“More than 45 people have been killed in Tijuana since Saturday in grisly drug violence that appears to signal the end of a nearly yearlong truce between rival crime bosses, according to Mexican authorities. At some crime scenes, attackers left behind threatening narco-messages, recalling the type of terror tactics used in gang warfare last year [...]
“Scotland Yard chief Sir Paul Stephenson has warned there was a ‘real problem’ that some police forces were incapable of combating serious organised crime. The Metropolitan Police Commissioner said he was disappointed with the Government’s failure to address the problem after dismissing his proposal to merge certain constabularies.”
Residents flee as Philippines volcano threatens to erupt -CNN
“Philippines authorities Tuesday started evacuating about 50,000 people living around the island nation’s most active volcano after it oozed fiery lava and belched clouds of ash. A large-scale eruption was forecast as imminent.
“A suicide bomber struck an upmarket district of the Afghan capital Kabul on Tuesday near a hotel and guest house frequented by foreigners, killing eight people and wounding another 40, officials said. It was the latest in a string of attacks in Kabul blamed mostly on Taliban militants and coincided with a conference on corruption [...]