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Somalia: A Chance At Normalcy
Somalia: A Chance At Normalcy
Federal Soldiers sip tea while children kick a football on a dusty street in the Somali capital of Mogadishu in October 2011: a scene of daily life unthinkable in August, when Islamist Shebab fighters were in control.
Colombia: Drug Lab Shut Down
Colombia: Drug Lab Shut Down
Colombian police from an anti-narcotics unit guard some 5 tons of cocaine seized in October 2011 from an illegal laboratory belonging to the Colombia Popular Anti-subversive Revolutionary Army of Colombia, also known as ERPAC.
Mexico: Cartel house turned around
Mexico: Cartel house turned around
Mexican officials say a house once used by drug traffickers to hold kidnapping victims in the border city of Tijuana will be converted into a children’s club.
Finland: Nuclear talks planned
The United Nations named Finland to host a sensitive conference in 2012 on making the Middle East free of nuclear arms and weapons of mass destruction.