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  US ready to aid Mexico drug fight
Date: March  01, 2009  

By Emilio San PedroBBC NewsDefence Secretary Robert Gates has said the US wants to increase the military assistance it provides Mexico for its fight against drugs trafficking.He pointed to what he described as the Mexican president s courageous effort against the cartels.Mr Gates said Washington was more prepared now to help Mexico in its fight aga
  Colombia discovers Farc hideouts
Date: March  01, 2009  

Colombian soldiers says they have found extensive caves deep in the country s jungle used by Farc guerrillas.Special forces came across the caves after a five-year-long hunt for the secret hideout of a top Farc commander.The caves, in Meta province, are thought to have been able to shelter as many as 500 fighters from air attacks.Farc (Revolutionar
  Community penalties laughed at
Date: March  01, 2009  

The credibility of community sentences is at stake because offenders who breach the orders are not dealt with firmly enough, a study has found.Experts from King s College Londonexamined Community Orders and Suspended Sentence Orders, which were introduced in England and Wales four years ago.They require offenders to do unpaid work or undergo rehabi
  Prison drama
Date: February  28, 2009  

By Natalia AntelavaRoumieh Central Prison, BeirutMagdi has spent 15 years on death row, waiting for his execution in an airless, overcrowded prison cell.The jail where his life is supposed to end is wrapped in miles of barbed wire, surrounded by checkpoints and perched on top of the mountain that overlooks the Mediterranean.Roumieh Prison is Lebano
  My escape
Date: February  28, 2009  

Last week two prisoners made a daring escape from a Greek prison by helicopter - their second airborne jailbreak. Convicted drug trafficker David McMillan, who spent two years plotting his escape from a Bangkok jail in 1996, told the BBC how much planning this kind of operation takes."I had been planning [my escape] from the moment four police
   Intense pain
Date: February  28, 2009  

By Jane ElliottHealth reporter, BBC NewsEvery day for the past 20 years Mike Pollock has had at least two headaches, often three.One day he had 15 separate headaches.There is no cure and he has been in so much pain that he has considered suicide."I have been suffering from cluster headaches, also known as suicide headaches, since I was seven," he s
  Goody to spend weekend in hospice
Date: February  27, 2009  

Terminally-ill reality TV star Jade Goody has gone into a hospice to allow assessment of her medication.Goody, who has cervical cancer, is due to spend three days in St Clare Hospice, Harlow, Essex, after suffering hallucinations owing to medication.The 27-year-old mother-of-two was told earlier this month that she had just months to live.Goody, wh
  Venezuelan cocaine boat seized
Date: February  27, 2009  

A Venezuelan fishing boat has been seized near the Canary Islands with five tonnes of cocaine on board, Spanish customs officials have said.The drug shipment is thought to have a street value of 250m euros (£221m). Five Venezuelan crew members were held.Officials boarded the Dona Fortuna about 780 nautical miles (1,444 km) north-east of the isla
  Boy died of acne tablet reaction
Date: February  27, 2009  

A narrative verdict has been recorded at the inquest into the death of a "fit and healthy" 14-year boy who died 12 hours after taking tablets for acne.The cause of Shaun Jones death was an idiosyncratic reaction to a single capsule, said a coroner in Cardiff.Shaun, from Pontypridd, had seen his doctor about spots on his back. He was given a prescr
  Cancer victory
Date: February  27, 2009  

By Jane ElliottHealth reporter, BBC NewsWhen Geoff Horsfield was diagnosed with testicular cancer at the age of 35, he thought his career as a successful professional footballer was over.It was a bitter blow for the former Fulham, Halifax, Birmingham and West Brom striker and prompted him to retire.But three months later, after getting the all-clea


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