MEXICO - Drug lord's place on Forbes list angers city
Mexico decried Forbes magazine's decision to name the country's most-wanted drug lord to its "World's Most Powerful People," calling it an insult to the government's bloody struggle against drug cartels.

WASHINGTON - Dozens of Gitmo detainees finally get day in court
In courtrooms barred to the public, dozens of terror suspects are pleading for their freedom from the Guantánamo Bay prison, sometimes even testifying on their own behalf by video from the United States naval base in Cuba...

SINGAPORE - Obama tells Myanmar junta to free Suu Kyi
An official says United States President Barack Obama has told Myanmar's junta to free pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi and other political prisoners. Obama delivered the message during his summit yesterday with leaders of 10 Southeast Asian nations...

LONDON - 'British prisons breeding radical'
(AP): A British think tank said yesterday that prison policies are failing to stop Muslim inmates being radicalised, and urged the government to set up a special centre to "deprogram" extremists.