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By Ioannis Gatsiounis - AOL NewsKAMPALA, Uganda -- Life can be harsh in the Karamoja sub-region, with its arid climate, food shortages, and a tradition of cattle raiding. But for Christine Kokona, life's gotten worse since that night last year she boarded a bus with a stranger for this scruffy, squeezed capital of 1.6 million. Christine doesn't know her age but appears to be about 8. She wears a tattered, zebra-print dress as she begs along Kampala Road during the day. Around dusk, she feeds mainly on rotten tomatoes and potato scraps at the Owino market then retires for the night to a small room shared by ...
Man Held in Mexico Had 18 Monkeys Tied Around His Waist
By Terence Neilan - AOL News(July 20) -- There's was a reason he looked nervous when he arrived at the airport in Mexico City. Tucked under his sweater, police say, were 18 little monkeys the man was trying to smuggle, each one hidden in a sock attached to a girdle. And not just any monkey. Many species of the titi monkeys being carried by Roberto Sol Cabrera are on the international endangered list. Even those not on the list, as well as a whole range of other animals, fetch a high price in the illegal wildlife trade between Mexico and the U.S. and other parts of the world, AOL News was told today. if(typeof ...
21 Killed in Mexican Gang Shootout Near US Border
By not in system - AOL NewsHERMOSILLO, Mexico (July 2) -- A massive gun battle between rival drug and migrant trafficking gangs near the U.S. border Thursday left 21 people dead and at least six others wounded, prosecutors said. The fire fight occurred in a sparsely populated area about 12 miles from the Arizona border, near the city of Nogales, that is considered a prime corridor for immigrant and drug smuggling. The Sonora state Attorney General's Office said in a statement that nine people were captured by police at the scene of the shootings, six of whom had been wounded in the confrontation. Eight vehicles and ...
U.S. Baptist Group in Haiti Charged With Child Abductions
By David Sessions - Politics DailyTen Americans who tried to take 33 children out of Haiti last week without proper documentation were charged with child abduction and criminal conspiracy, the New York Times reports. The group, made up mostly of members of a Baptist congregation in Idaho, said they were transporting the children to an orphanage in the Dominican Republic. They continue to be held while an investigation judge completes a review -- expected to last three months -- of the case and determines whether to pursue further legal action. The Americans admitted to taking the children without the government's approval, ...
Idaho Church Group Arrested for Fleeing Haiti With 33 Children
By David Sessions - Politics DailyTen members of a Baptist group in Idaho were arrested for attempting to illegally remove 33 children from Haiti, USA Today reports. The group said it was taking them to an orphanage across the border in the Dominican Republic, but did not have the required paperwork to do so. "In this chaos the government is in right now, we were just trying to do the right thing," said the group's spokeswoman, Laura Silsby. She and her companions are being held at the judicial police headquarters in Port-au-Prince, but no charges have been filed. The Haitian government has suspended adoption amid worries ...
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