U.S. contributes to Colombia's quiet military revolution

The daring jungle rescue July 2 of 15 hostages held by Colombian guerrillas might never have happened if not for a controversial decision six years ago in Congress to allow American military aid to Colombia to be used in "unified campaign" against drugs and terrorism.
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Colombian cocaine ring linked to Hezbollah

U.S. and Colombian investigators have dismantled an international cocaine smuggling and money laundering ring that allegedly used part of its profits to finance Hezbollah, the Lebanon-based Shiite militia, officials said Tuesday.
After Hurricane Ike, battered Caribbean nations reach out for relief

The aerial view for Haiti's newly installed prime minister was brutal Tuesday: a storm-ravaged landscape stretching out for miles, flooded rice fields, washed-out cities and survivors battling rivers of mud.
DALLAS MORNING NEWS

Crime fears drive Mexicans' increase of extreme security measures

Fearful Mexicans are injecting rice-sized security chips under their skin, strapping on $400 bulletproof vests under work shirts, and installing satellite trackers in their cars as an unchecked crime wave sweeps the nation.

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