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MEXICO
Ex-Drug Czar Held in Leaks to Cartel
Mexico's former drug czar took $450,000 to leak information about planned police operations to a powerful cartel, officials said Friday.
Noe Ramirez is the highest-ranking law enforcement official arrested as part of Mexico's sweeping effort to weed out officials who shared police information with violent drug smugglers.
He had resigned in a department shake-up in July.
SOMALIA
Islamists Hunt Saudi Ship's Hijackers
Dozens of Somali Islamist insurgents stormed a port Friday as they hunted the pirates behind the seizure of a Saudi supertanker that was the world's biggest hijacking, a local elder said.
The Sirius Star, a Saudi vessel with a $100 million oil cargo, is believed to be anchored near Haradheere, about halfway up Somalia's long coastline.
"Saudi Arabia is a Muslim country, and hijacking its ship is a bigger crime than [hijacking] other ships," a spokesman for the Islamists said. "Haradheere is under our control, and we shall do something about that ship."
Brazil Recalls Envoy From Ecuador in Loan Dispute
Brazil recalled its ambassador from Ecuador, escalating a diplomatic dispute over the Andean country's move to suspend payments on a $320 million loan from Brazil, the region's main economic power.
U.S. Strike Kills 5 Insurgents, Pakistani Officials Say
Intelligence officials in Pakistan say a suspected U.S. missile strike Saturday killed at least five insurgents when it hit the home of a local commander in the northwest.
Mourners Killed in Bombing at Pakistani Funeral
A bomb killed eight mourners at the funeral of a slain Shiite cleric in northwestern Pakistan. Police said the attack in the city of Dera Ismail Khan also injured 28 people and was followed by riots.
Zimbabwe Bans Opposition Rallies in Capital
Police banned two rallies planned by Zimbabwe's opposition Movement for Democratic Change, citing a cholera outbreak in the capital, Harare. Rallies are the only way the MDC can communicate with its members, an opposition spokesman said.
Explosion Shuts Down Oil Pipeline in Turkey
An explosion shut down a pipeline in southeastern Turkey that carries oil from Iraq to the Mediterranean. Kurdish rebels have bombed the pipeline before, and regional governor Mehmet Kiliclar said the blast, 50 miles from the Iraqi border, may have been deliberate.
Canada Starts Mercy Killing of Trapped Narwhals
Canadian hunters in a remote Arctic community have started killing between 100 and 200 narwhals -- small, white whales with long tusks -- that are trapped in ice near Baffin Island and facing a slow death.
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