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AP IMPACT: Honduran criminals missing after arrest

Mon, 13 May 2013 14:58:05 -0400

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras - At least five times in the last few months, members of a Honduras street gang were killed or went missing just after run-ins with the U.S.-supported national police, The Associated Press has determined, feeding accusations that they were victims of federal death squads.

Dozens kidnapped in M23 fief in Congo: officials

Wed, 08 May 2013 13:48:11 -0400

RUTSHURU, Congo - Nearly 30 people have been kidnapped in eastern Congo by the M23 rebels in their fief of Rutshuru since the beginning of April, said a community leader on Wednesday. The kidnappings appear to be for ransom, a new and worrying trend in Congo's lawless east.

Syrian president showing renewed confidence

Wed, 01 May 2013 18:12:21 -0400

BEIRUT - Syrian President Bashar Assad and his allies are showing renewed confidence that the momentum in the civil war is shifting in their favor, due in part to the rapid rise of al-Qaida-linked extremists among the rebels and the world's reluctance to take forceful action to intervene in the fighting.