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AP - Confused hit men may have gone to the wrong party, the FBI said Tuesday as it cast doubt on fears that the slaying of three people with ties to the U.S. consulate shows that Mexican drug cartels have launched an offensive against U.S. government employees.

AP - When the young woman needed to use the toilet, she went out into the darkened tent camp and was attacked by three men.

AP - The human rights group Amnesty international appealed to Cuban President Raul Castro to release political prisoners and scrap laws that restrict fundamental freedoms, using the seventh anniversary of a major crackdown on dissent to call for change.

AFP - President Felipe Calderon on Tuesday called for shared US responsibility in the fight against Mexico's drug gangs, after US consulate-linked killings in the violent city of Ciudad Juarez.

Reuters - Crowds of protesters slammed President Felipe Calderon's military crackdown on drug cartels as he flew to Mexico's most violent city on Tuesday, three days after gunmen killed two Americans and a Mexican linked to the local U.S. consulate.

Reuters - Matthew Bigg is the bureau chief for Reuters in Atlanta and covers the U.S.

AP - Costa Rican President-elect Laura Chinchilla says fighting drug trafficking will be one of her government's priorities.

AP - Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko offered to help Venezuela strengthen its military, saying Tuesday that President Hugo Chavez's government should not have to worry about foreign threats.