The US slowed production of meth by cutting off key ingredients. But a blow to US methamphetamine labs became a boon to La
Familia drug gang in Mexico.
Mexico and the US are working together bring down Mexico's newest, most violent drug cartel. Last month, 303 alleged La Familia
members were arrested in 38 US cities. Fifteen members were indicted Friday in Chicago.
Ousted Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra has long provoked Thailand's government by rousing opposition at home. Now he's inflamed
regional tensions by becoming an economic adviser to rival Cambodia.
President Obama is hosting Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh this week with his first state visit. But India worries the
US cares more about wooing rivals China and Pakistan.
Israel's captured soldier Gilad Shalit would be exchanged for up to 1,000 Palestinian prisoners in a deal that could be be
finalized this week, a Hamas official told the Monitor.
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Richard Berry stands in a former Sunday School classroom in the basement of Trinity Evangelical Free Church. The room has been turned into a men's homeless shelter.
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