GDL firms, individuals placed on US Treasury blacklist
The U.S. Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has targeted 18 individuals linked to drug kingpin Rafael Caro Quintero, who is currently serving a 40-year prison term for the kidnapping and murder of Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) agent Enrique Camarena in 1985.

Pope Benedict XVI joined social networking site Twitter last week under the username @Pontifex.
After the ballyhoo and hype of the national conventions, the presidential candidates get down to the business end of their campaigns next week with the first of four keenly anticipated – and potentially make-or-break – debates.