Archive for June 17th, 2009

Report faults US efforts to curb gun smuggling (AP)

Written by on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 in Uncategorized.

FILE -- In this Feb. 18, 2009 file photo, Rep. Eliot Engel, D-N.Y., talks with reporters during a news conference in Mexico City.  (AP Photo/Marco Ugarte, File)AP – Government efforts to stop the flow of guns from the United States to Mexico have suffered in recent years from having no clear plot to combat gunrunners affiliated with drug cartels, investigators have concluded.

Original post by AP and software by Elliott Back

North Korea chemical weapons threaten region: report (Reuters)

Written by on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 in 257047.

North Korean players throw their coach, Kim Jong Hun, in the air as they celebrate qualifying for the 2010 World Cup on June 17. The North's new-found success is a far cry from just a few years ago when they all but vanished from international football after losing to arch-rivals Japan and South Korea in qualifiers for the 1994 tournament.(AFP/Mido Ahmed)Reuters – North Korea has several thousand tonnes of chemical weapons it can mount on missiles that could be used on a rapid strike against the South, said a report released on Thursday by the International Crisis Group (ICG).

Original post by Reuters and software by Elliott Back

Congress to look into testimony by Sammy Sosa

Written by on Wednesday, June 17th, 2009 in Latest News.

A congressional committee will look into former baseball slugger Sammy Sosa’s denial that he used illegal performance-enhancing drugs in light of a report that he tested positive for a performance-enhancing drug in 2003. The chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, Democratic Rep.

Original post by AFP and software by Elliott Back



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