Argentina grants political asylum to leftist accused of killing Chilean senator

Argentina gives asylum to alleged Chilean assassin

Officials say Mexican mayor killed in $6,000 contract hit over land dispute; 2 men arrested

Mexico officials: Mayor killed in $6,000 hit

Justice Department asks judge to dismiss lawsuit filed on behalf of radical cleric

DoJ seeks to dismiss suit filed for radical cleric

White House cites state secrets, seeks dismissal of targeted killing lawsuit filed for cleric

WH: lawsuit wants targeted killing lawsuit dropped

Mideast’s other crisis: 5-year-old murder threatens political meltdown and violence in Lebanon

5-year-old murder stokes dangerous Lebanon crisis

Spain asks SAfrica to hand over ex-Rwandan general accused of genocide who survived shooting

Spain asks SAfrica to extradite ex-Rwanda general

Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service lifts the lid, a little, with an official history

UK spies spill secrets in official history of MI6

Critics say Mexico slow in acting on lessons from Colombia’s dismantling of killer cartels

Critics say Mexico needs to learn from Colombia

Venezuelan man suspected of using Twitter to incite assassination of President Chavez

Venezuela: Man used Twitter to try to kill Chavez

Judge orders mental evaluation for ex-soldier accused of taking hostages at Ga. Army hospital

US President Barack Obama welcomes Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak

Lebanon prime minister says it was mistake to accuse Syria of killing his father, Rafik Hariri

Lebanon PM: Wrong to accuse Syria in Hariri death

Mexico’s attorney general says Texas-born durg kingpin ‘the Barbie’ has been captured

Mexico says drug lord ‘the Barbie’ captured

NY rights groups sue in DC, say targeted killings of US citizens overseas unconstitutional

U.S. President Barack Obama

10 percent of Mexican federal police have been fired this year for failing corruption checks

Mexico has fired 10 pct of federal police in 2010

Mayor of northern Mexican town found dead days after kidnapping by armed men at his home

Mexican mayor found dead 3 days after kidnapping