| 25 Mexican Police Officers Are Accused of Links to Drug Traffickers The officers had been detained at police headquarters in the cities of Monterrey, San Nicolás de los Garza and Apodaca, as well as at the state public security offices. nytimes.com |
Child Mortality Rate Declines Globally The child mortality rate has declined by more than a quarter in the last two decades partly because of the widening distribution of relatively inexpensive technologies. feeds.nytimes.com |
World Briefing | The Americas: Mexico: Raid on Slave Labor The police freed 107 people on Thursday who were imprisoned and forced to work in a clandestine factory in Mexico City, the prosecutor’s office said. feeds.nytimes.com |
Mexican President Says Crime Now 3rd Priority MEXICO CITY (AP) -- Mexican President Felipe Calderon said Wednesday that jobs and reducing poverty will be his top two priorities in 2010, while the fight against drug cartels that dominated the first half of his presidency placed third. feeds.nytimes.com |
Haiti Mourns Its Dead, Government Ends Rescue Operation PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) - Haiti mourned its dead on Saturday and hundreds gathered in the ruins of a wrecked Catholic cathedral to honor an archbishop and other victims killed in last week's earthquake as the government ended search-and-rescue operations. feeds.nytimes.com |