Jamaica Gleaner International
Published: Monday Tuesday | October 27, 2009
IRAQ - Baghdad steps up security after bombs kill 155
BAGHDAD (AP): Iraqi security forces conducted intense searches at checkpoints in Baghdad on Monday amid warnings of more attacks, as Iraqis questioned how two buses packed with explosives penetrated what was supposed to be... Read More...
PAKISTAN - 11 officers arrested for illegal entry
QUETTA, Pakistan (AP):Pakistani police arrested 11 Iranian Revolutionary Guard officers Monday for illegally entering the country, amid tensions over a recent suicide attack that Tehran alleges was carried out by militants backed by Pakistani... Read More...
UNITED STATES - Former adoption director pleads guilty
TAMPA, Fla. A judge has ordered the former head of a Tampa adoption agency to repay US$178,000 that prosecutors say she stole from adoptive parents. The Florida Attorney General's Office said ... Read More...
UNITED STATES - FBI, police rescue 52 kids in prostitution probes
WASHINGTON (AP): FBI officials say they have rescued 52 children in a series of raids around the country aimed at under age prostitution.Authorities say the youngest victim was just 10 years old. Read More...
NETHERLANDS - Int'l group ranks countries for climate change investments
AMSTERDAM (AP): An international investment group has ranked the best countries for investing in renewable energy, placing Germany, China and France as the least risky.Other low-risk countries... Read More...