WASHINGTON, Dec. 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Today, the Mexican government extradited 10 major drug defendants to the United States. Those defendants, whose charges are listed separately below, are accused of being associated with some of the ...   more »

Mexico extradites 10 suspected drug traffickers to the U.S., bringing to a
record 95 the number of suspects extradited between the two countries in one
year.

MEXICO (DECEMBER 31, 2008) POLICE VIDEO -
Mexico sent ...   more »

Dazed survivors of a Bangkok nightclub fire look on as firefighters rescue
people trapped inside the burning building.

BANGKOK, THAILAND (JANUARY 1, 2009) RUAMKATANYU FOUNDATION HANDOUT -
Less than an hour past the New Year ...   more »

U.S. and Iraqi officials formally handed over control of the Green Zone,
the heavily fortified Baghdad compound from which the United States governed
Iraq directly for more than a year after the invasion.

GREEN ZONE, ...   more »

REUTERS -
Helen Suzman, one of South Africa's most celebrated anti-apartheid
campaigners, has died at the age of 91.
The former politician was publicly critical of apartheid at a time when
this was rare among ...   more »

An Israeli air strike on a home in the Gaza Strip on Thursday (January 1)
killed a senior Hamas political leader, Hamas security sources said.
Meanwhile, huge explosions could be seen and heard on the ...   more »

Russia says it has cut off gas to Ukraine over a contract dispute, but has
increased supplies to customers in the rest of Europe.

MOSCOW, RUSSIA (JANUARY 1, 2009) REUTERS -
Russia said on Thursday ...   more »