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16 May 2009 22:56

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World: A ton of dudes with guns got their buddies out of a Mexican prison

  • 20 gunmen (a pretty massive crew) showed up with guns at the Central Mexican prison
  • 53 inmates managed to escape after a struggle; half of them had ties to a Mexican drug cartel source
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11 May 2009 08:40

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World: People are fleeing Taliban-stricken NW Pakistan en masse

  • 350,000 civilians have left the war zone in the last 12 days alone, 900,000 overall
  • 700 militants were killed in raids in the last four days, says Pakistan source
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10 Apr 2009 10:17

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U.S., World: The captain tried (and failed) to escape the Somali pirates

  • U.S. officials say Richard Phillips is still safe. Phillips attempted to escape into the water but was recaptured by the four gunmen currently holding him hostage. Despite this, the government has every reason to believe Phillips remains unharmed. In other news, Maersk would not say how its crew regained control of the ship from the pirates – they say they’ll launch an investigation later. source
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