Wednesday, January 29, 2014

La Tuta



Published on Jan 28, 2014

You might pass Servando "La Tuta" Gomez on the street and not look twice. But with a $2.5m bounty on his head, the charismatic leader of Mexico's Knights Templar drug cartel commands respect and fear.Sign up for Snowmail, your daily preview of what is on

Sunday, January 19, 2014

The US Government and Israel

14 January 2014 Last updated at 17:41 GMT (BBC)

The US has condemned as "offensive" reported comments by Israel's defence minister about Secretary of State John Kerry's Middle East peace proposals.

State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki said the alleged comments by Moshe Yaalon were "inappropriate" given America's support to Israel's security.

Mr Kerry's peace proposals reportedly include security arrangements in the Jordan Valley - between a future Palestinian state and Jordan.

However, Israel is said to be demanding that it maintains a military presence under any future peace deal with the Palestinians.

While the peace talks have been continuing, Israel last week announced plans to build 1,400 new homes in Jewish settlements in the West Bank and East Jerusalem.

About 500,000 Jews live in more than 100 settlements built since Israel's 1967 occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem. The settlements are considered illegal under international law, though Israel disputes this.



Monday, 25 November, 2002, 23:14 GMT  

Israel asks US for more money
 
Top Israeli officials have gone to Washington DC to ask for special financial aid, to help the country deal with the vicious economic downturn triggered by two years of Palestinian uprising.