Magnitude 5.7 quake rattles southern Mexico - A magnitude 5.7-earthquake shook southern Mexico near the Oaxaca coast Monday, setting off evacuation alarms and swaying buildings as far away as Mexico City. Tue, 9 Feb 2010 02:20:01 GMT

Mexico arrests 2 reputed leaders of drug gang - Mexican authorities on Monday arrested two suspected leaders of a brutal drug trafficking gang that terrorized the border city of Tijuana for several years, a U.S. official said. Tue, 9 Feb 2010 01:57:49 GMT

N. Korea’s Kim reiterates disarmament pledge - China's Xinhua News Agency says that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has reiterated his country's promise to achieve a denuclearization of the Korean peninsula. Tue, 9 Feb 2010 01:43:24 GMT

Mexico troops find 12 tons of pot in truck - Mexican soldiers seize more than 12 tons of marijuana found beneath a false floor of a tractor trailer. Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:55:43 GMT

McItaly burger controversial in home country -

Italy's agriculture minister defended his sponsorship of McDonald's new all-Italian burger Monday amid criticism that he is selling out to a multinational corporation.

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:28:52 GMT

Spring rains threaten Haitian survivors -

In Haiti's devastated capital city, early spring rains threaten to cause landslides and bring about health problems in the makeshift camps where more than 500,000 people are living.

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:20:53 GMT

NATO: Afghans to play big role in offensive -

Thousands of Afghan soldiers and police will join U.S. and NATO troops in an offensive in southern Afghanistan, playing their biggest role in any joint operation of the Afghan war.

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 22:12:05 GMT

Tel Aviv man accused of enslaving women -

An Israeli man has been jailed, suspected by police of enslaving a cult-like harem of at least 17 women and 37 children.

Mon, 8 Feb 2010 21:55:11 GMT