Russian spy sent back home wants to leave, live under fake name with wife in Peru, says lawyer

Russian spy wants to live under fake name in Peru

Inmates who escaped from Arizona prison linked to killing of couple in New Mexico

Arizona prison escapees linked to N.M. killings

Mexican federal police protesting corruption detain commander in violent border city

Protesting federal cops detain commander in Juarez

Britain issues travel advisory to Philippines

MANILA - Britain has advised its citizens to avoid travelling to the Philippines, citing high threat of terror attacks in the country’s southern region.

Mexican marines rescue 12 allegedly kidnapped in northern border state beset by drug violence

Mexican marines rescue 12 kidnapped in north

Mexican journalists demand protection, justice as drug gangs step up attacks to silence media

Mexican journalists march for protection, justice

Puerto Rico’s prisons department to investigate inmate deaths criticized in ACLU report

PRico to probe prison deaths after ACLU report

Mother of escaped inmate arrested near Payson, Ariz; accused of helping son, others in flight

Mother of escaped inmate arrested in Arizona

Colombia’s hold over rebel regions still tenuous despite US-backed counterinsurgency plan

Colombia gov’t has tenuous hold on rebel haven

Meghalaya rebel group asks for boycott of Independence Day

SHILLONG - The outlawed Hynniewtrep National Liberation Council (HNLC) Saturday appealed to the people to join their boycott of the Independence Day celebrations, even as security forces were put on alert across eastern Meghalaya.

NATO soldiers, Afghan policemen killed in blasts

KABUL - Two NATO soldiers, six Afghan policemen and two civilians were killed in separate roadside bomb blasts in Afghanistan Saturday, officials said.

Reach of the Internet and legal realities mean US govt can do little to stop WikiLeaks

What to do about WikiLeaks? Not much can be done

Friends of Conn. beer warehouse shooter say he long complained about racial discrimination

Beer warehouse shooter long complained of racism

SoCal school won’t take no for an answer in a dogged mission to round up chronic dropouts

Pasadena school dogs chronic dropouts

PASADENA, Calif. — School has long since started for the day when Jose Ramirez pulls up to a small bungalow and yells out to a tardy student. Anthony Gonzalez limps to the door, shirtless with a head of bed-tousled hair.

In role reversal, Ohio sex offender mistakenly given private information about his neighbors

In turnabout, Ohio ex-con gets data on neighbors

Insurance for forest officials in Maoist areas

NEW DELHI - The central government Saturday said that all forest officials working in Maoist affected areas will be brought under insurance cover and will also be given risk allowance.

Development plans in Maoist districts to be revised: Chidambaram

NEW DELHI - Admitting that the government’s developmental plans were not delivering desired results in impoverished tribal regions of east and central India, Home Minister P. Chidambaram Saturday said financial aid of nearly Rs.14,000 crore would be approved soon for Maoist-affected districts.

Dust needs to settle: Rao on India-Pakistan talks

NEW DELHI - Foreign Secretary Nirupama Rao has said that the “dust needs to settle” after the collapse of the India-Pakistan talks in Islamabad last month.

US, British nationals killed in Afghan attack

KABUL - A charity organisation said Saturday that six Americans, one German and one British national on a medical mission were among 10 people killed by militants in northeastern Afghanistan.

Somali pirates leave cargo ship 1 day after hijacking; anti-piracy force says 2 crew injured

Somali pirates leave hijacked ship after 1 day

Foreign fighters support Taliban in Afghanistan

KABUL - About 40 foreign fighters have been supporting Taliban militants in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province, police said Saturday.

Christine Shreeve Hubbs Arrested For Sex With Minors

LIVERMORE (GaeaTimes.com)- A Livermore woman named Christine Shreeve Hubbs has been charged by the police with 67 counts of felony charges for allegedly indulging in sexual acts with two minor boys. The charges that have been brought against Christine Shreeve Hubbs include unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, oral copulation and lewd acts on a minor. The woman was arrested on Thursday evening on a warrant and is being held at Santa Rita Jail in Dublin. Her bail has been set for $4.3 million.

Afghan police find bodies of six Germans, two Americans

KABUL - Police found the bullet-riddled bodies of eight foreigners and two of their Afghan colleagues in a remote mountainous area in northeastern Afghanistan, a police official said.

Medical charity: 6 Americans among 10 killed by militants in remote area of N Afghanistan

6 Americans on medical team killed in Afghanistan

21 Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan

KABUL - Twenty-one Taliban militants were killed in fighting with security forces in eastern Afghanistan, Xinhua reported Saturday.

Charity group: 6 Americans among 10 killed by militants in remote area of N Afghanistan

Medical charity: 6 Americans killed in Afghanistan

Afghan police: 2 Americans among 10 killed by militants in remote northern Afghanistan

Americans among 10 killed in northern Afghanistan

US government faces hurdles as it looks to plug WikiLeaks release of secret documents

Plugging the WikiLeak: What can the government do?

Pakistan’s Harkat-ul-Jihad Islami declared terror group

WASHINGTON - The United States and the United Nations have designated Pakistan’s Harakat-ul Jihad Islami a “Foreign Terrorist Organization” and targeted its commander Mohammad Ilyas Kashmiri, said to be an associate of jailed Lashkar-e-Taiba (LeT) operative David Headley.