As The World Turns

As The World Turns

Cops Attack Jamaican Drug Lord's Stronghold

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More than 1,000 police and soldiers assaulted a public housing complex occupied by heavily armed gangsters defending an alleged drug lord wanted by the U.S.

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Eyjafjallajökull is settling down

But everyone is still holding their breath on the much larger neighbor, Katla. Historically, when Eyjafjallajökull blows, so does Katla. Air travel still sounds questionable and is likely to stay in this state for months to come.

There has been a marked drop in the volcanic activity in Iceland that has disrupted flights across Europe for more than a month, and observers say the volcano "appears to be dormant".

Icelandic scientists said that their latest readings at Eyjafjallajökull found little eruption activity, although they warned it was too early to say it was completely over.

Heat camera footage from early indicated that the temperature inside the crater had dropped to 100C, meaning the volcano is now producing steam rather than magma and ash, according to the status report issued by the Icelandic Met Office and Institute of Earth Sciences, University of Iceland.

Champs Elysées goes down to the country farm

French farmers organized a massive event on the Champs Elysées, during the long weekend holiday. I generally avoid that area at all costs because it's overpriced, sterile and is a magnet for crime. It's been quite a hit and has drawn large crowds. French farms still have a small, family farm feel compared to the massive, corporate owned farms of the US but it's changing. More from

The Guardian:

By bringing in 8,000 plots of earth and 150,000 plants to the city and installing them, amid sheep and cattle, along three-quarters of a mile of the thoroughfare, struggling farmers are attempting to highlight an aspect of French life which they believe is too often overlooked by Paris.

In the ravages of a crisis which has seen production costs soar and product prices fall, representatives of the agricultural sector say farmers are being brought to their knees.

But William Villeneuve, president of the young farmers' union, insisted the greening of the Champs Elysées was more a celebration than a protest.

"We are not here to bemoan our plight," he said. "We are here to promote our trade." The farmers wanted to make French consumers reflect on "what they have on their plates" and how it got there, he added.

Ex-cop claims Uribe's brother led death squad

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President Alvaro Uribe of Colombia BOGOTA, Colombia a ' A retired police major said Monday that Colombian President Alvaro Uribe's younger brother commanded a right-wing death squad in the early 1990s from the family's cattle ranch.