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According to newspaper photographs -- NOT reproduced here, signed messages lied near or on top of the corpses, whose feet were tied to a street pole.

7 semi-naked, bullet-ridden corpses dumped in Mexican resort town

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 10/4/2011

Drug-related violence tore through Mexican coastal resort towns this past weekend, with at least 20 people killed. By far the most gruesome were the bodies of seven men, riddled with bullets and seminude that was dumped at a downtown bus stop in the Pacific resort town of Zihuatanejo, near ...

Narco-subs are at the cutting edge of smuggling technology. The Colombian navy has collected a small group of these ships and boats at Mlaga. Narco subs are said to resemble speedboats with their roofs removed.

Two 'narco subs' confiscated in Colombia

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 9/27/2011

Two "narco subs" - clunky, not always submersible watercraft intended to smuggle cocaine across the ocean have been confiscated in Colombia. The subs, in spite of being constructed off the grid, are surprisingly sophisticated and add a new level to which drug smugglers have gone in order to ...

Nuevo Laredo Live prominently features tip hotlines for the Mexican army, navy and police. It encourages users to report the location of drug gang lookouts and drug sales points, which is possibly the information that angered the cartel.

Internet posting costs young Mexican woman her life by decapitation

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 9/26/2011

A posting on a Mexican social networking site has cost a woman her life. The woman's decapitated body was discovered in a Mexican border city over the weekend. A handwritten sign said she was killed in retaliation for her postings on a social networking site. The murder may be the third ...

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Europe

Special Nazi war-crimes investigators have reopened their files after the conviction of former U.S. autoworker John Demjanjuk. That trail set a new legal precedent in Germany.

Hundreds of investigations into Nazi wrongdoing reopened

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 10/5/2011

It's been almost 70 years since Hitler's Third Reich was finally overthrown. The millions that died at the hands of the Nazis have left a lasting scar on the world's memory. Now - there is a widespread push to bring those responsible, which include surviving Nazi guards and soldiers to Justice. The ...

France and Belgium's central banks have both pledged all support necessary for the bank, insuring every cent of its deposits.

France, Belgium rally around beleaguered Dexia bank

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 10/5/2011

The Franco-Belgian bank Dexia SA is undergoing a massive rescue operation. France's Finance Minister Francois Baroin indicated that a partial solution to save the bank could be announced soon. Dexia "cannot continue in its present form, that is incontestable," Baroin says. The bank's ...

Adding to the darkening picture, the Greek government disclosed over the weekend that it will not meet its budget goals this year and next, citing a worse-than-expected economic environment.

Greek default - not if, but when

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 10/5/2011

While some express optimism that Greece will be able to "snatch its chestnuts from the fire" and avoid a default after years of fiscal irresponsibility, the prevailing attitude among European economists is not will Greece default on its debts - but when. "The debt level of Greece is not ...

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Middle East

Syria, not too brutal for China and Russia

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 10/5/2011

In a move that many in the US and Europe are criticizing, Russia and China joined forces to veto an important UN Security Council resolution on Syria. On Tuesday the UN Security Council held a vote on a resolution calling for an immediate halt of the crackdown in Syria against opponents of ...

Syrian dissidents call on international community to halt war crimes

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 10/4/2011

Prominent Syrian opposition figure Bourhan Ghalioun declared that a broad-based national council has been formed to overthrow President Bashar Assad's regime, which they accused of pushing the country to the brink of civil war. Upon hearing the news, Syrians took to the streets in ...

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Asia Pacific

The Yeti, along with its North American cousin the Bigfoot, has been a source of much popular culture where he has appeared in countless B-movies.

U.S., Russian scientists vow to get you, Yeti

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 10/5/2011

The monstrous being is the stuff of legend and fairy tales, inspiring stories, films and songs. Now, Russian in addition to American scientists is set to gather in the Kemerova region of Siberia to hunt down the Yeti. Sightings of the somewhat mythical creatures have increased threefold in the area ...

The emergence of China as the world's fastest-growing major economy has led to often strained relations with the United States.

Angry China warns Washington over possible trade war

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 10/5/2011

The passage of a bill intended to make Beijing let its currency rise could lead to a trade war between the world's top two economies, Chinese officials have warned. Both China's central bank and ministries of commerce and foreign affairs are accusing the U.S. of "politicizing" currency ...

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Africa

If the death toll is confirmed, the attack would be the deadliest carried out by al-Shabab since multiple bombings in the Ugandan capital Kampala killed at least 76 people in July 2010.

Suicide bombing attack in Mogadishu leaves 70 people dead

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 10/4/2011

Seventy people - chiefly college students waiting in line for scholarships - have been killed in a suicide bombing in Mogadishu, the capital of Somalia. By far one of the country's deadliest suicide attacks, charred corpses line the boulevard as soldiers carried away survivors - some ...

Cease-fire in Sirte as humanitarian crisis worsens

By Catholic Online (NEWS CONSORTIUM) • Catholic Online • 10/3/2011

Hundreds of people are fleeing the Libyan coastal town of Sirte as the National Transitional Council (NTC) announced a 48 hour cease-fire in their effort to capture Muammar Qaddafi's hometown. TRIPOLI, LIBYA (Catholic Online) - Hundreds of cars have been reported packing the roads leading out of ...

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