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AP – A Mexican judge has ordered a US-born suspected drug lord known as”La Barbie” held for 40 days pending an investigation into organized crime and other charges.

AFP – The world’s seventh-largest steelmaker, Tata Steel, is in talks with banks for a 3.5-billion-pound loan for Corus, a report said Saturday.

AP – The United States’ top military officer says Washington does not plan to withdraw its weapons from Iraq through Turkey.

AP – An 11-year-old boy was recovering Saturday after a sea lion mauled him at a popular Sydney zoo’s aquarium show as horrified visitors looked on.

AP – A Honduran who survived the massacre of 72 migrants in Mexico helped untie the only other survivor — a wounded Ecuadorean — and the two fled together, an official said Friday.

AP – A suicide bombing claimed by the Pakistani Taliban killed at least 43 Shiite Muslims at a procession in southwest Pakistan. The assault sharply drove up the toll of sectarian assaults in a country battered by massive flooding.

AP – Posters supporting Egypt’s intelligence chief as a candidate in next year’s presidential election were removed from Cairo’s streets hours after they appeared, while an independent newspaper was ordered to pull reports of the campaign from its pages, officials said Friday.

AFP – England handed under-fire manager Fabio Capello some badly needed breathing space here Friday as a Jermain Defoe hat-trick saw them romp to a 4-0 victory over Bulgaria in their opening Euro 2012 qualifier.

Time.com – After a notable absence, the Secretary of State has been a very visible presence at the current negotiations. Will it pay off?

AP – Mozambique’s economy has lost more than $3 million because of deadly riots over the rising prices of food and other goods, the government said Friday, as state media reported new protests in two other towns.

Time.com – Thailand’s opposition movement expressed fears Friday over the appointment of General Prayuth Chan-ocha as the new commander of the Royal Thai Army

AP – A powerful 7.4-magnitude earthquake struck much of New Zealand’s South Island early Saturday. No tsunami alert was issued and there were no reports of injuries.

AP – A UPS cargo plane crashed Friday outside Dubai, officials said. There was no immediate word on casualties.

AP – North Korea is preparing its largest political meeting in 30 years, and leader Kim Jong Il is expected to appoint a son to a key Workers Party position in what would be the strongest sign yet of a succession movement in the secretive communist country.

AP – Britain’s former deputy prime minister pressed Friday for police to reveal more about what is alleged to have been a pattern of illegal eavesdropping at a major tabloid newspaper.