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Mexico captures Sinaloa cartel boss 'Chapo' Guzman

Posted: 22 Feb 2014 03:46 PM PST

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. A senior U.S. law enforcement official said Saturday, that Guzman, the head of Mexicoís Sinaloa Cartel, was captured alive overnight in the beach resort town of Mazatlan. Guzman faces multiple federal drug trafficking indictments in the U.S. and is on the Drug Enforcement Administrationís most-wanted list. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities captured the world's most powerful drug lord in a resort city Saturday after a massive search through the home state of the legendary capo whose global organization is the leading supplier of cocaine to the United States.

Detentions of major Mexico drug chiefs

Posted: 22 Feb 2014 10:50 AM PST

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Top Mexican drug cartel captures or killings in recent years:

Bio information on Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman

Posted: 22 Feb 2014 02:07 PM PST

FILE - This undated file image released by Mexico's Attorney General's Office on May 31, 1993, shows drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman at an undisclosed location. A senior U.S. law enforcement official said Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014 that Guzman, the head of Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel, was captured alive overnight in the beach resort town of Mazatlan. Guzman faces multiple federal drug trafficking indictments in the U.S. and is on the Drug Enforcement Administration's most-wanted list. (AP Photo/Procuraduria General de la Republica, File)MEXICO CITY (AP) — NAME — Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera

UN demands humanitarian aid for all of Syria

Posted: 22 Feb 2014 01:02 PM PST

U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon, center, listens as Jordan's Ambassador to the United Nations Prince Zeid Ra'ad Zeid Al-Hussein, left, speaks after a U.N. Security Council vote on the Syria humanitarian crisis at the U.N. headquarters on Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. The council united for the first time on the resolution demanding that President Bashar Assad's government and the opposition provide immediate access everywhere in the country to deliver aid to millions of people. (AP Photo/Bebeto Matthews)UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council united for the first time on a resolution on Syria's humanitarian crisis Saturday, demanding that President Bashar Assad's government and the opposition provide immediate access everywhere in the country to deliver aid to millions of people in desperate need.

Norwegian women, Dutch speedskaters strike gold

Posted: 22 Feb 2014 01:36 PM PST

Norway's gold medal winner Marit Bjoergen, left, congratulates Norway's bronze medal winner Kristin Stoermer Steira and Norway's silver medal winnerTherese Johaug, right, after the women's 30K cross-country race at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The Norwegian women revived their cross country skiing dominance at the Sochi Olympics on Saturday and the Dutch added two more speedskating gold medals to their record haul.

2 more athletes test positive at Sochi Olympics

Posted: 22 Feb 2014 01:22 PM PST

SOCHI, Russia (AP) — A Latvian hockey player and a Ukrainian cross-country skier failed drug tests at the Sochi Olympics, bringing to four the number of doping cases at the games.

2 popes on hand in historic 1st cardinal ceremony

Posted: 22 Feb 2014 01:26 PM PST

Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI is greeted by Pope Francis at the end of a consistory inside the St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. Benedict XVI has joined Pope Francis in a ceremony creating the cardinals who will elect their successor in an unprecedented blending of papacies past, present and future. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)VATICAN CITY (AP) — In an unprecedented blending of papacies past, present and future, retired Pope Benedict XVI joined Pope Francis at a ceremony Saturday to formally install new cardinals who will one day elect their successor.

Most-wanted capo looks pudgy, bowed post-arrest

Posted: 22 Feb 2014 01:18 PM PST

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City, Mexico, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. A senior U.S. law enforcement official said Saturday, that Guzman, the head of Mexicoís Sinaloa Cartel, was captured alive overnight in the beach resort town of Mazatlan. Guzman faces multiple federal drug trafficking indictments in the U.S. and is on the Drug Enforcement Administrationís most-wanted list. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)MEXICO CITY (AP) — The man who eluded Mexican authorities for 13 years looked pudgy, bowed and middle-aged as he was marched by masked marines across a tarmac to a helicopter waiting to whisk him to jail.

Mexico's Sinaloa drug chief arrested

Posted: 22 Feb 2014 02:03 PM PST

Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman is escorted to a helicopter in handcuffs by Mexican navy marines at a navy hanger in Mexico City, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. A senior U.S. law enforcement official said Saturday, that Guzman, the head of Mexicoís Sinaloa Cartel, was captured alive overnight in the beach resort town of Mazatlan. Guzman faces multiple federal drug trafficking indictments in the U.S. and is on the Drug Enforcement Administrationís most-wanted list. (AP Photo/Eduardo Verdugo)MEXICO CITY (AP) — A massive operation that mushroomed through the western Mexican state of Sinaloa last week netted the world's top drug lord, who was captured early Saturday by U.S. and Mexican authorities at a condominium in Mazatlan, officials from both countries said.

AP PHOTOS: Sochi on Day 16

Posted: 22 Feb 2014 11:38 AM PST

The Netherlands speedskating team celebrates gold in the men's team pursuit. Carolina Kostner of Italy casts a shadow on the rink as she begins her figure skating routine. And a hockey puck bounces off the wall during a warm up session before the USA vs. Finland bronze medal game. Here's a look at Saturday's highlights from the Sochi Olympics.

IOC says Latvian hockey player tests positive

Posted: 22 Feb 2014 12:44 PM PST

Germany v Latvia - 2013 IIHF Ice Hockey World ChampionshipSOCHI, Russia (AP) — The IOC says a Latvian hockey player has been expelled from the Sochi Olympics after failing a doping test.

NJ's Christie keeps low profile as Dems attack

Posted: 22 Feb 2014 01:31 PM PST

New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie takes a cell phone photo with NGA staffer Lily Kersh during the National Governor's Association Winter Meeting in Washington, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen)WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving cautiously to repair his image, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is maintaining a low profile this weekend as the nation's governors gather in Washington.

Early House race tests Obamacare as election issue

Posted: 22 Feb 2014 07:16 AM PST

FILE - In this Nov. 23, 2013, file photo, Alex Sink, center, the state's former chief financial officer, talks with supporters and volunteers during the opening of her congressional campaign office in Clearwater, Fla. Obamacare is on the ballot in a big way in a competitive House race in Florida that offers a preview of the nationwide campaign for Congress this fall. (AP Photo/Steve Nesius, File) (AP Photo/Steve Nesius, File)CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — The candidates are Alex Sink, Democrat, and David Jolly, Republican, but Obamacare is on the ballot in a big way in a competitive House race in Florida that offers a preview of the nationwide campaign for Congress this fall.

Ukraine's Tymoshenko rallies protesters in Kiev

Posted: 22 Feb 2014 03:23 PM PST

KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — In a stunning reversal of fortune, Ukrainian opposition icon Yulia Tymoshenko left imprisonment Saturday and spoke to a massive, adoring crowd, while her arch-foe President Viktor Yanukovych decamped to eastern Ukraine and vowed he would remain in power.

Venezuelans protest en masse in rival rallies

Posted: 22 Feb 2014 03:46 PM PST

Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets of Caracas in marches for and against President Nicolas Maduro's government Saturday, as the nation's massive divide became ever more evident. The protests -- which began on February 4 -- are seen as the biggest test yet to socialist leader Maduro since he succeeded late leftist icon Hugo Chavez last year, with the country's economic problems at the heart of often bloody scenes that have left 10 people dead and scores injured. And less than 24 hours after Maduro made a rare and open offer to US President Barack Obama of talks to end more than a decade of enmity, there appeared no prospect of a rapprochement after Secretary of State John Kerry hit out at the Venezuelan government's handling of the protests. Heeding the call of opposition leader Henrique Capriles, who narrowly lost to Maduro in the election to succeed Chavez last year, at least 50,000 anti-government protesters streamed into several avenues in the Caracas neighborhood of Sucre.

24 soldiers to get Medal of Honor after review examining bias

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:47 PM PST

These photos released by the U.S. Army show, from left, Spec. 4 Santiago J. Erevia, Sgt. 1st Class Jose Rodela and Staff Sgt. Melvin Morris. Seeking to correct potential acts of bias spanning three wars, President Barack Obama will award the Medal of Honor on March 18, 2014, to 24 Army veterans, including Erevia, Rodela and Morris, who are still alive and fought in the Vietnam War, following a congressionally mandated review to ensure that eligible recipients were not bypassed due to prejudice. Of the 24, eight fought in the Vietnam War, nine in the Korean War and seven in World War II. (AP Photo/U.S. Army)Twenty-four Army soldiers who fought in World War II, Korea and Vietnam will receive the Medal of Honor next month, correcting oversights that prevented many of them from receiving the nation's highest award for valor because of their Hispanic, Jewish and African-American backgrounds, White...

Venezuelan protest leader sends jailhouse plea

Posted: 21 Feb 2014 05:01 PM PST

Supporters of opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez hold flowers and shout during a rally to promote peace in CaracasHandwritten note tells followers not to quit peaceful demonstrations despite deadly violence.

Opposition: Ukraine's Yanukovych has left Kiev

Posted: 22 Feb 2014 11:06 AM PST

Anti-government protesters, one holding the Ukrainian national flag, drive a military vehicle through Independence Square in central Kiev on February 22, 2014Embattled President Viktor Yanukovych has left Kiev, opposition leader Vitali Klitschko said amid reports that the president has fled the country altogether.

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