| Canada Defends Decision Not to Fund Abortions HALIFAX, Nova Scotia (AP) -- Canada's Conservative prime minister on Tuesday defended his government's decision not to fund abortions abroad despite putting forward maternal and children's health care as the top foreign-aid initiative at this year's G-8 summit. feeds.nytimes.com |
Police Draw Criticism for Treatment of G-20 Protesters The police arrested more than 600 people over the weekend at the Group of 20 summit meeting, using tear gas and physical force. feeds.nytimes.com |
U.S. Withholds Millions in Mexico Antidrug Aid The decision was based on concerns that the country was not doing enough to protect its people from abuses by the police and the military. feeds.nytimes.com |
Juarez Editorial Ignites a Beleaguered Mexico The threats, four or five of them, came to reporters at Imagen, a daily newspaper in the once-quiet state of Zacatecas where drug cartels have taken over in just the last few years. Then editor Patricia Mercado got a phone call ordering her to print a prepared article or she would be kidnapped. feeds.nytimes.com |
18 Bodies in Acapulco Cited as Kidnapping Victims Some answers in the monthlong mystery of what happened to 20 kidnapped Mexicans. nytimes.com |