US soldiers briefly quarantined
ISTANBUL - SIX US soldiers and a Turk were briefly quarantined in Istanbul after a suspicious powder was found in a parcel at the city's main airport, Anatolia news agency reported on Friday. The seven were placed under supervision at a hospital in Istanbul on Thursday. Officials gave the go-ahead for them to be discharged on Friday evening after the substance turned out to be harmless.
Mexico: Soldiers kill 30 in troubled border state
Mexican soldiers killed at least 30 suspected cartel members in two shootouts near the U.S. border in a region that has become one of biggest battlegrounds in the country's drug war, authorities said Friday.
Mexico: Soldiers kill 25 in troubled border state
Soldiers killed at least 25 suspected cartel members Thursday in a raid and gunbattle in a Mexican state near the U.S. border that has become one of the most dangerous battlegrounds in the country's drug war.
Mexican soldiers kill 25 in cartel raid
Mexican soldiers kill at least 25 suspected drug cartel members in a raid and gun battle in a Mexican state near the U.S. border that has become one of the most dangerous battlegrounds in the country's drug war.