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Security has been strengthened at the US Consulate in northern Mexico after two unidentified gunmen opened fire at the building and threw a grenade that failed to explode, the EFE news agency reported Tuesday. The two assailants attacked the consulate in northern city of Monterrey Saturday midnight when it was closed, the consulate said in a statement Monday.

Thirty years ago, Ronald Reagan ushered in an era of tax cuts for the wealthy and end government regulations over industry. John McCain entered Congress in that era and was an enthusiastic supporter of the Reagan mantra of the business of America is business.

The incident began when an Israeli Arab drove his care through a Jewish neighborhood on the eve of Yom Kippur. His window was open and music filled the air. To some Jewish people on the street, the appearance of a car, let alone one that blared music, was a deliberate insult to the Jewish religion and had to be dealt with by attacking the man in the car.

The British government has been pushing for power to hold suspected “terrorists” for up to 42 days without charging people with a crime. It was a key part of Gordon Brown’s legislative program to fight terrorism. His plan went down to a crushing defeat in the House of Lords by an overwhelming vote of 309 to 118.

A year ago, the Australian government decided to implement new policies in the Northern Territory in order to “assist” Aboriginal people in having more successful lives and to improve the lives of their children.

The incident began in a relatively unimportant way when an Arab motorist drove through a Jewish neighborhood on Yom Kippur eve and played his radio. Jewish residents became infuriated at what they considered to be an insult and the result was violence and riots on the part of Jews and Arabs in Acre.

IBA, MFs to mutually fix lending rate October 14th, 2008 The apex banking body IBA will fix the lending rate in consultation with the mutual fund industry to help fund houses meet the redemption pressure, Finance Minister P Chidambaram said on Tuesday.

Malaysian airport police have seized 29 kg of ketamine worth 1.15 million ringgit ($350,000) believed to have come from India, news reports said Tuesday. Customs officers at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport Sunday discovered the ketamine powder, an anaesthetic that has become popular as a

The Law of the Jungle By: FIDEL CASTRO Trade, within a society and between countries, is the exchange of goods and services produced by human beings. The owners of the means of production appropriate the profits. As a class, they are the leaders of the capitalist state and they boast of fostering development and social wellbeing through market.

With Americans worried about the global financial turmoil, Democrat Barack Obama has taken an 8-point lead over Republican rival John McCain just three weeks before the Nov 4 presidential election, polls show.