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A city fogged in by fear and uncertainty

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 04:20 PM PST

A visit to Nuevo Laredo, in the violence-ridden state of Tamaulipas, reveals a city in limbo. Residents try to go about their lives but with one eye out for gunfights and narco roadblocks.

One minute you're shaking it on a dance floor throbbing with happy wedding guests. The next you're navigating darkened, forlorn streets, hoping the bad guys have the night off.

Unpopular Afghan war presents challenge to NATO

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 02:15 PM PST

A NATO summit has its work cut out: Convincing weary European citizens that there is an end in sight, Americans that they aren't alone in this fight and the Taliban that their cause is hopeless.

What NATO talks about when it talks about Afghanistan depends largely on who's listening.

Iran touts new air defenses during war games

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 12:00 AM PST

During what Iran described as its largest-ever war games, military officials say they have tested new command-and-control equipment, a domestically built medium-range air defense system called Mersad, and new weapons.

Iran's military this week is showing off its defensive capabilities, including what it described as new air defenses, amid renewed talk of airstrikes on Iran's nuclear sites.

Swedish prosecutors get OK to seek arrest warrant for WikiLeaks founder

Posted: 19 Nov 2010 12:00 AM PST

A Stockholm court's ruling could lead to an Interpol arrest warrant for Julian Assange, who is being sought for questioning about allegations of rape and other sexual offenses.

Swedish prosecutors won permission Thursday from a Stockholm court to seek an international arrest warrant for Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks website, whom they want to question about allegations of rape and other sexual offenses.

Detention order sought for Wikileaks founder Julian Assange

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 04:18 AM PST

A Swedish prosecutor wants to question him on suspicion of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion. Assange has denied the allegations, and his location is unclear.

A Swedish prosecutor requested a court order Thursday to detain WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange for questioning on suspicion of rape, sexual molestation and unlawful coercion.

U.S. civilian court acquits ex-Guantanamo detainee of all major terrorism charges

Posted: 18 Nov 2010 12:00 AM PST

The verdict involving a suspect in the 1998 bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa may complicate efforts to try Sept. 11 defendants in nonmilitary U.S. courts. But Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani may still face life in prison without parole for his conviction on a lesser count.

A New York federal jury acquitted alleged Al Qaeda accomplice Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani on Wednesday of all major terrorism charges in the 1998 suicide bombings of two U.S. embassies in Africa that killed 224 people, including 12 Americans.