Mexico
Violence kills an employee of US Consulate, her husband in Mexico
March 15, 2010The United States government says it is outraged by the killing of three people associated with the U.S. consulate in the drug-plagued Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez. Officials say a U.S. consulate employee and her husband, both U.S. citizens,...
‘Russian mafia’ abroad now numbers 300,000
March 01, 2010By Paul Goble After avoiding any use of the term “Russian mafia” in the last few years, law enforcement personnel in Europe and elsewhere are now speaking about it again, noting that it includes “up to 300,000 people” and dominates...
Secretary Hilary Clinton remarks: Foreign Policy Address at CFR
July 15, 2009Foreign Policy Address at the Council on Foreign Relations Hillary Rodham Clinton Secretary of State Washington, DC July 15, 2009 Thank you very much, Richard, and I am delighted to be here in these new headquarters. I have been often to, I guess...
WHO Urges Governments To Put Flu Plans Into Action
April 30, 2009By Ron Synovitz The World Health Organization (WHO) has upgraded its pandemic alert level for a new strain of the swine flu from Phase 4 to Phase 5 on its six-phase scale. The declaration of Phase 5 means that the new flu virus has crossed borders...
Health Officials Race To Stop Global Spread Of Swine Flu
April 30, 2009Health officials around the world are racing to control a new strain of swine flu after Mexico announced that the probable death toll from an epidemic there is more than 100 people. The World Health Organization describes the disease as a unique version...
Swine Flu Prompts US School Closures
April 30, 2009By Michael Bowman Scores of schools are closed in several U.S. states to combat the spread of the influenza virus being called swine flu. The virus has now been detected in at least 10 countries, and the World Health Organization is warning that a worldwide...
U.S. swine flu victim from Mexico
April 29, 2009The child who died of swine flu in Texas was from Mexico and was in the Lone Star state seeking treatment, health officials said Wednesday. The 23-month-old child was the first confirmed swine flu death in the United States. The child, who died Monday...