A year ago today, US and Iraqi forces raided the home of Iraqi journalist Ibrahim Jassam, a freelance photographer working for Reuters. Soldiers seized his computer hard drive and cameras. He was led away, handcuffed and blindfolded.
An interesting question arises in the case of Phillip Garrido, the man who allegedly kidnapped 11-year-old Jaycee Lee Dugard, raped her, and kept her captive for almost 20 years: Did the drug war play a role in this horrible event?
Iranian legislators have approved most of the cabinet nominees proposed by Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, the president, including Iran's first female minister and a man linked to the bombing of a Jewish centre in Argentina.
A journalist who accused Russian authorities of being involved in the disappearance of the Arctic Sea cargo ship in July has reportedly fled the country after receiving a warning call.
At least 18 people have been killed after armed men stormed into a drug treatment centre in northern Mexico's border city of Ciudad Juarez, security officials say.
The US space agency has said it is keeping close watch on a large piece of a space junk that is expected to come within a hair's breadth – in space terms – of the International Space Station.
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The Chinese government has approved a vaccine against H1N1 influenza that works in a single dose.
The US space agency has said it is keeping close watch on a large piece of a space junk that is expected to come within a hair's breadth – in space terms – of the International Space Station.
