Navy searches for stranded villagers

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Royal Marines from 45 Commando will seek to establish contact with people cut off in flooded villages along the border of Honduras and Nicaragua. It is believed that up to 900 villagers may have been forced to seek shelter on the roofs of their houses as a result of the flooding caused by Hurricane Mitch. They have now spent 10 days without food or water. The marines will use fast dinghies as they seek to reach areas identified by a Royal Navy Lynx helicopter on a video reconnaissance mission.

Central America, Natural disasters, Honduras, Hurricanes, Disaster relief, Nicaragua

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Mexican party rocked by arrest

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Mexico's ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party (RPI) could find itself out of power after 65 years following the arrest of Raul Salinas, the brother of former Mexican president Carlos Salinas, on charges of ordering and financing the murder of the party's secretary-general. Mexico is already facing economic and political crisis, and this is likely to be made worse by the scandal over Raul Salinas, who is a respected businessman.

Cases, Family, Salinas de Gortari, Carlos, Salinas de Gortari, Raul

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Bogota battles to root out the drug habit

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The Colombian government has been fighting for many years to eliminate cocaine production in the country, and members of the national police's anti-narcotics commmando force have regularly been fired on by Marxist guerillas, who cooperate with narcotics traffickers. Colombia is now receiving US support for Operation Splendour, under which chemicals are sprayed from aircraft to destroy poppy, coca and marijuana crops.

Narcotics, Control of, Narcotics control, Colombia

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