Jamaica Gleaner International

Published: Monday Monday | November 9, 2009

UNITED STATES - Some predicted trouble from Fort Hood suspect
FORT HOOD, Texas (AP):In retrospect, the signs of Major Nidal Malik Hasan's growing anger over the United States wars in Iraq and Afghanistan seem unmistakable. But even people who worried that his increasingly strident views were clouding his ability... Read More...

Wig-wearing mob fugitive nabbed near Naples
(AP): Italy yesterday hailed the capture of a wig-disguised mobster who had been on the list of the country's top 30 fugitives. Defence Minister Ignazio La Russa's office said paramilitary police arrested Luigi Esposito on Saturday in Posillipo... Read More...

Ida brushes past Mexico, watch issued for US coast
(AP): Hurricane Ida swiped the resort city of Cancun yesterday with bands of wind and rain as it steamed north towards the Gulf of Mexico, where officials issued a hurricane watch for coastal Louisiana and Mississippi.Gusts of wind whipped palm trees... Read More...

Suspect identified in Seattle police killing
AP: Police described a suspect in the shooting death of a Seattle policeman as a "lone domestic terrorist" and said he was also suspected of firebombing four police vehicles. VAt a news conference, Seattle Assistant Police Chief ... Read More...