Jamaica Gleaner International
Published: Monday Thursday | December 24, 2009
Drug trade fuels Middle East war
Lebanon's drug-producing heartland is back in business with a resurgence of marijuana and poppy fields, challenging the country's underpowered security forces and adding another dimension to Israel's war with Hezbollah... Read More...
Weapon-plane mystery deepens
BANGKOK (AP)The mystery of an aircraft seized in Thailand with a cache of North Korean weapons deepened further yesterday when a senior Thai police officer said it was not headed to Iran as some reports have indicated.... Read More...
BRIEFS
'Life-threatening' white Christmas - DENVER (AP): A major winter storm is promising to bring a white Christmas to parts of the West and Midwest and also threatening to cause long delays and tough driving conditions for countless holiday travellers. Read More...
Mexico says cartel killed marine's family - Police may also have facilitated the murderers' getaway
VILLAHERMOSA, Mexico (AP): Family members of a fallen marine hailed as a drug-war hero were slain by a gang allied with a top drug lord in retaliation for the cartel leader's death, a state official... Read More...
Woman killed in drive-by shooting
McALLEN, Texas (AP): A Texas border mayor says he doesn't think he nor the Mexican officials he was with were targets of a drive-by shooting in front of a popular restaurant in Piedras Negras, Mexico.A woman died in the Tuesday attack... Read More...