Mexican judge orders drug lord held 40 more days (Reuters)

Reuters – A Mexican judge ordered Edgar “La Barbie” Valdez, believed to be one of the country’s top drug bosses, held for 40 more days of investigation, the federal prosecutor’s office said on Saturday.

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Cuba’s Fidel Castro makes first public speech in 4 years (Reuters)

Reuters – Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, wearing his green military cap and clothing like the commandant of old, made his first speech before the Cuban public since falling ill in 2006 on Friday, warning of the threat of nuclear war.

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Facebook page leads search for loved ones in Haiti (AP)

AP – The desperate quest to find loved ones started just minutes after the earthquake, as cell phones rang unanswered from beneath the rubble of Haiti’s best hotel.
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Ecuador says 2nd migrant survived Mexico massacre (AP)

AP – Ecuador’s president says a second person survived a drug gang’s massacre of 72 migrants in Mexico.
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Mexicans hope “La Barbie” arrest may be turning point (Reuters)

Reuters – Mexican authorities displayed in public a top drug lord Tuesday whose arrest this week they hope will mark a breakthrough in President Felipe Calderon’s bloody campaign against powerful cartels.

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Hurricane Earl lashes Leeward Islands (AFP)

AFP – Hurricane Earl surged into the Leeward Islands in the Caribbean early Monday after strengthening to a Category Two storm with 110 mile-an-hour winds, weather authorities said.

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Drilling for trapped Chile miners to start Monday (AFP)

AFP – Chilean rescuers will begin Monday the months-long task of drilling a shaft to rescue 33 miners trapped deep underground, as officials draft an accelerated rescue plan.

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Some Chile miners despondent as drilling rescue gets ready (AFP)

AFP – An Australian-made hydraulic bore was being assembled Saturday for the months-long drilling of a shaft big enough to rescue 33 trapped miners, some of whom were showing signs of depression.

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Car bomb explodes outside Mexico TV studio (Reuters)

Reuters – A car bomb exploded in northern Mexico outside a studio of top broadcaster Televisa early on Friday, days after marines found 72 bodies killed by drug gangs in the country’s escalating cartel war.

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Drug cartel suspected in massacre of 72 migrants (AP)

AP – Mexican security forces were bringing refrigeration equipment for the bodies of 72 Central and South American migrants massacred by drug cartel gunmen at a remote ranch in northern Mexico, while investigators tried Thursday to determine their identities and why they were gunned down 100 miles (160 kilometers) from the U.S. border.

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