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Mexican drug cartel money laundering trial begins in Texas By Jim Forsyth Mon Apr 15, 2013 4:57pm EDT (Reuters) - The jury trial of a Mexican drug cartel leader that began on Monday in Austin, Texas, will provide a look at how the vicious gangs that make huge profits in drug and human...

North Korea forgets arms race to focus on marathon Sean Plambeck News Limited Network April 15, 20135:30AM Runners pass by a long row of North Korean soldiers as they cross a bridge in Pyongyang during the 26th Mangyongdae Prize Marathon, held to mark the upcoming April 15 birthday of the...

French prisoner escapes after dynamiting through doors One of France's best-known prisoners has escaped from jail after dynamiting his way out through the gates. Officers patrol the yard of Sequedin prison, after an inmate, Redoine Faid, managed to escape. Photo: AFP By Harriet Alexander...

Factbox: Pentagon's DIA monitors foreign militaries around the world Fri Apr 12, 2013 4:49pm EDT (Reuters) - The Defense Intelligence Agency, the Pentagon spy agency which has concluded that North Korea likely has a nuclear bomb that can be fitted on a missile, relies on a vast network of...

S.Korea's Military Capability 'Inadequate' An American academic says South Korea's military capabilities are inadequate to handle a North Korean invasion or other North Korean military action or regime collapse there. In an article entitled "Managing Catastrophic North Korea Risks," Bruce...

Photo: South Korean naval base MSB (Movement Sea Base). South Korea has recently started boosting its naval forces.

Photo: An F-16 jet participating in joint U.S.-South Korean military exercises at a military range near the town of Pocheon. Photo: KF-16 jets at the Seosan Air Force Base. There are 11 main and 49 auxiliary Air Force bases and 14 dual-purpose airfields in South Korea. Photo: An F-15K...

The 20th Army Division conducts a river-crossing drill.

South Korean KIFV armoured infantry fighting vehicle

South Korean Special Army soldiers demonstrate their martial arts skills during a rehearsal for upcoming the 64th anniversary of Armed Forces Day at the Gyeryong military headquarters in Gyeryong. (AP)