MADRID, Spain (CNN)
— Spain’s best-known investigating magistrate, Judge Baltasar Garzon, was rushed to a hospital in Madrid on Friday, where he remained under observation in the coronary unit, CNN partner station CNN+ reported.
Garzon issued a precedent-setting arrest warrant in 1998 for former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet for human rights abuses. He has recently been involved in a high-profile investigation of alleged corruption and Read the rest of this entry »

By Michael Webster, Investigative Reporter
The war on drugs is a war on terror and the war on terror is a war on drugs. They are interwoven and law
enforcement believes they are inseparable. The Taliban and Al-Qaeda  are growing poppies and producing heroin in Afghanistan and distributing those drugs via ships, aircraft and ground mules to Iraq, Turkey, Europe and Mexico to help raise cash.                                   Read the rest of this entry »

December 12, 2008 11:57 p.m. EST
Tokyo, Japan (AHN) – Japanese tankers will continue to refuel and provide water to U.S. Navy ships patrolling the Indian Ocean for another year after the country’s parliament enacted Friday a controversial anti-terrorism law.
The Diet’s lower house, controlled by conservative Prime Minister Taro Aso’s Liberal Democratic Party, overrode an earlier junking of the refueling bill by the opposition-dominated upper Read the rest of this entry »

In recent years, the number of governments aiding terrorists and subversives has dwindled, and support by the few recalcitrant regimes has become far more secretive. That has come largely because such governments are internationally reviled, subject to high-profile United Nations sanctions and shame. As the utter horror of terrorism has become better known, no government and few groups can be seen to lend their backing. Unfortunately, the terrorists Read the rest of this entry »

GLASGOW airport terror hero John Smeaton’s condition in hospital deteriorated early yesterday.
The 32-year-old’s family and fiancee Christy MacPhedran were called to his bedside at Paisley’s Royal Alexandra Hospital.
But his condition improved following the 5am alert and last night his condition was stable.
The former baggage handler is in intensive care following a severe asthma attack at home. He is unconscious and on a ventilator.
Smeaton Read the rest of this entry »