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• Mexico captures Sinaloa cartel boss 'Chapo' Guzman
• Detentions of major Mexico drug chiefs
• Bio information on Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman
• UN demands humanitarian aid for all of Syria
• Norwegian women, Dutch speedskaters strike gold
• 2 more athletes test positive at Sochi Olympics
• 2 popes on hand in historic 1st cardinal ceremony
• Most-wanted capo looks pudgy, bowed post-arrest
• Mexico's Sinaloa drug chief arrested
• AP PHOTOS: Sochi on Day 16
• IOC says Latvian hockey player tests positive
• NJ's Christie keeps low profile as Dems attack
• Early House race tests Obamacare as election issue
• Ukraine's Tymoshenko rallies protesters in Kiev
• Venezuelans protest en masse in rival rallies
• 24 soldiers to get Medal of Honor after review examining bias
• Venezuelan protest leader sends jailhouse plea
• Opposition: Ukraine's Yanukovych has left Kiev

Mexico captures Sinaloa cartel boss 'Chapo' Guzman Posted: 22 Feb 2014 03:46 PM PST MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican authorities captured the world's most powerful drug lord in a resort city Saturday after a massive search through the home state of the legendary capo whose global organization is the leading supplier of cocaine to the United States.

Detentions of major Mexico drug chiefs Posted: 22 Feb 2014 10:50 AM PST MEXICO CITY (AP) — Top Mexican drug cartel captures or killings in recent years:

Bio information on Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman Posted: 22 Feb 2014 02:07 PM PST MEXICO CITY (AP) — NAME — Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera

UN demands humanitarian aid for all of Syria Posted: 22 Feb 2014 01:02 PM PST UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The U.N. Security Council united for the first time on a resolution on Syria's humanitarian crisis Saturday, demanding that President Bashar Assad's government and the opposition provide immediate access everywhere in the country to deliver aid to millions of people in desperate need.

Norwegian women, Dutch speedskaters strike gold Posted: 22 Feb 2014 01:36 PM PST SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The Norwegian women revived their cross country skiing dominance at the Sochi Olympics on Saturday and the Dutch added two more speedskating gold medals to their record haul.

2 more athletes test positive at Sochi Olympics Posted: 22 Feb 2014 01:22 PM PST SOCHI, Russia (AP) — A Latvian hockey player and a Ukrainian cross-country skier failed drug tests at the Sochi Olympics, bringing to four the number of doping cases at the games.

2 popes on hand in historic 1st cardinal ceremony Posted: 22 Feb 2014 01:26 PM PST VATICAN CITY (AP) — In an unprecedented blending of papacies past, present and future, retired Pope Benedict XVI joined Pope Francis at a ceremony Saturday to formally install new cardinals who will one day elect their successor.

Most-wanted capo looks pudgy, bowed post-arrest Posted: 22 Feb 2014 01:18 PM PST MEXICO CITY (AP) — The man who eluded Mexican authorities for 13 years looked pudgy, bowed and middle-aged as he was marched by masked marines across a tarmac to a helicopter waiting to whisk him to jail.

Mexico's Sinaloa drug chief arrested Posted: 22 Feb 2014 02:03 PM PST MEXICO CITY (AP) — A massive operation that mushroomed through the western Mexican state of Sinaloa last week netted the world's top drug lord, who was captured early Saturday by U.S. and Mexican authorities at a condominium in Mazatlan, officials from both countries said.

AP PHOTOS: Sochi on Day 16 Posted: 22 Feb 2014 11:38 AM PST The Netherlands speedskating team celebrates gold in the men's team pursuit. Carolina Kostner of Italy casts a shadow on the rink as she begins her figure skating routine. And a hockey puck bounces off the wall during a warm up session before the USA vs. Finland bronze medal game. Here's a look at Saturday's highlights from the Sochi Olympics.

IOC says Latvian hockey player tests positive Posted: 22 Feb 2014 12:44 PM PST SOCHI, Russia (AP) — The IOC says a Latvian hockey player has been expelled from the Sochi Olympics after failing a doping test.

NJ's Christie keeps low profile as Dems attack Posted: 22 Feb 2014 01:31 PM PST WASHINGTON (AP) — Moving cautiously to repair his image, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie is maintaining a low profile this weekend as the nation's governors gather in Washington.

Early House race tests Obamacare as election issue Posted: 22 Feb 2014 07:16 AM PST CLEARWATER, Fla. (AP) — The candidates are Alex Sink, Democrat, and David Jolly, Republican, but Obamacare is on the ballot in a big way in a competitive House race in Florida that offers a preview of the nationwide campaign for Congress this fall.

Ukraine's Tymoshenko rallies protesters in Kiev Posted: 22 Feb 2014 03:23 PM PST KIEV, Ukraine (AP) — In a stunning reversal of fortune, Ukrainian opposition icon Yulia Tymoshenko left imprisonment Saturday and spoke to a massive, adoring crowd, while her arch-foe President Viktor Yanukovych decamped to eastern Ukraine and vowed he would remain in power.

Venezuelans protest en masse in rival rallies Posted: 22 Feb 2014 03:46 PM PST Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets of Caracas in marches for and against President Nicolas Maduro's government Saturday, as the nation's massive divide became ever more evident. The protests -- which began on February 4 -- are seen as the biggest test yet to socialist leader Maduro since he succeeded late leftist icon Hugo Chavez last year, with the country's economic problems at the heart of often bloody scenes that have left 10 people dead and scores injured. And less than 24 hours after Maduro made a rare and open offer to US President Barack Obama of talks to end more than a decade of enmity, there appeared no prospect of a rapprochement after Secretary of State John Kerry hit out at the Venezuelan government's handling of the protests. Heeding the call of opposition leader Henrique Capriles, who narrowly lost to Maduro in the election to succeed Chavez last year, at least 50,000 anti-government protesters streamed into several avenues in the Caracas neighborhood of Sucre.

24 soldiers to get Medal of Honor after review examining bias Posted: 21 Feb 2014 04:47 PM PST Twenty-four Army soldiers who fought in World War II, Korea and Vietnam will receive the Medal of Honor next month, correcting oversights that prevented many of them from receiving the nation's highest award for valor because of their Hispanic, Jewish and African-American backgrounds, White...

Venezuelan protest leader sends jailhouse plea Posted: 21 Feb 2014 05:01 PM PST Handwritten note tells followers not to quit peaceful demonstrations despite deadly violence.

Opposition: Ukraine's Yanukovych has left Kiev Posted: 22 Feb 2014 11:06 AM PST Embattled President Viktor Yanukovych has left Kiev, opposition leader Vitali Klitschko said amid reports that the president has fled the country altogether.

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