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Mexico detains 108 in immigration sweep; most from Central America

MEXICO CITY | Sat Apr 27, 2013 7:52pm EDT (Reuters) – Mexican authorities said on Saturday they detained 108 undocumented immigrants along highways, at bus stations and on a cargo train route that thousands of Central [...]

U.S.: Intelligence points to small-scale use of sarin in Syria

By Michael Pearson, CNN | updated 4:49 PM EDT, Thu April 25, 2013 (CNN) — The United States has evidence that the chemical weapon sarin has been used in Syria on a small scale, Defense Secretary [...]

Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher “The Iron Lady” dies at 87

Published April 08, 2013 | FoxNews.com Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, an outspoken woman known to  many as “The Iron Lady,” has died at 87 after suffering a stroke. “It is with great sadness that [...]

THAAD Deployment in Asia

By Ray Muccio | Producer, The David Webb Show The Pentagon has ordered the deployment of the Terminal High Altitude Area Defense System (THAAD). This deployment has put the United States Pacific Command (PACOM) at an [...]

N. Korea approves nuclear strike on United States

By Jung Ha-Won (AFP) – 1 hour ago SEOUL — North Korea dramatically escalated its warlike rhetoric on Thursday, warning that it had authorised plans for nuclear strikes on targets in the United States. “The moment of [...]

Pope Francis’ Easter Sunday message

March 31, 2013 The official English language translation provided by the Vatican of Pope Francis’ Easter Sunday message from the balcony of St. Peter’s Basilica.   Dear brothers and sisters in Rome and throughout the world, Happy Easter! Happy [...]

U.S., Afghanistan Reach Prison Transfer Deal

By LOLITA C. BALDOR 03/23/13 04:04 PM ET EDT WASHINGTON — The U.S. has reached an agreement with the Afghanistan government to transfer the Parwan Detention Facility to Afghan control, the Pentagon said Saturday, two weeks after [...]

‘Chemical weapon’ rocks Syria’s second largest city as civil war crosses Obama’s ‘red line’

From REUTERS | Last Updated: 9:42 AM, March 19, 2013 BEIRUT, March 19 – Syria’s government and rebels accused each other of launching a deadly chemical attack near the northern city of Aleppo on Tuesday in what would, if [...]

Putin urges revival of Soviet-era fitness tests

Posted: Mar 13, 2013 10:58 AM EDT MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin called Wednesday for the revival of a Soviet-era physical evaluation program that required all schoolchildren to pass fitness tests. Putin, a judo enthusiast [...]

Nuclear Talks: United States Sits Down with Iran in Kazakhstan Today

Iran and big powers hint at nuclear talks concessions By Fredrik Dahl and Justyna Pawlak | ALMATY | Tue Feb 26, 2013 8:55am EST (Reuters) - Iran said it was prepared to make an offer to major powers in talks on [...]