Bodyguard business booms in Colombia
VALLEDUPAR, Colombia (Reuters):The bodyguard business is booming in this northern Colombian city plastered with posters of rival political candidates, mostly tough-looking men with hard eyes and forced smiles. New crime gangs are emerging in Valledupar...
Gov't to review security firms after shooting
BAGHDAD (Reuters):Iraq will review the status of all security companies after this week's "flagrant assault" by contractors from the U.S. firm Blackwater in which 11 people were shot dead, the government said yesterday. Government spokesman Ali al-Dabbagh said...
Political will lacking in confronting global warming - Ban Ki-moon
UNITED NATIONS (AP):The science is clear and the time short, but the political will is lacking to confront global warming, the U.N. secretary-general said yesterday. Ban Ki-moon said he hoped next Monday's "climate summit" here will help galvanise leaders to take action...
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