Lebanon observed the bombing Syria in border town

The military will take action that is necessary to monitor the border with neighboring countries.

Beirut (Reuters)-Lebanese Prime Minister Najib Miqati, on Wednesday (20/3), appointing Foreign Minister Adnan Mansour to follow developments in the bombing of the small town of Lebanon by Syria's border.

After a cabinet meeting, Lebanese Minister of information Walid Daouk told reporters the Lebanese security services have confirmed Syria's army has been waging air strikes against Lebanese territory, according to the Xinhua report, Thursday.

Miqati said in that meeting, "the military will take action that is necessary to monitor the border with neighboring countries."

On Tuesday, President Michel Suleiman instructed Mansour to send a letter of protest to Syria, hoping to prevent "the Syria reiterated that such operations".

But Damascus, in his first comments about the attack, denied involvement in the incident.

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U.S.-Mexico border governors sign crime-fighting pact

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Governor of Baja California Guadalupe Osuna Millan (L) addresses the audience next to Governor of New Mexico Susana Martinez (C) and Governor of Sonora Guillermo Padres Elias at the annual conference of regional leaders from both sides of the border in Sonora September 29, 2011.

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ENSENADA, Mexico | Fri Sep 30, 2011 12:46pm EDT

ENSENADA, Mexico (Reuters) - Governors along the U.S.-Mexico border agreed on Thursday to examine how to create shared databases where they can swap DNA and other biometric information on criminals in an effort to curb the flow of guns and drugs between the two countries.

Officials announced the agreement at the end of an annual conference of regional leaders from both sides of the border that this year failed to attract many chief executives.

New Mexico's Republican governor Susana Martinez was the only U.S. governor in attendance along with three governors, out of the six invited, from the Mexican side. The Texas governor, Republican Presidential hopeful Rick Perry, was not present and his state did not sign the final agreement.

Drug violence has exploded along the border in recent years as the Mexican government, with U.S. support, takes on powerful cartels smuggling narcotics, illegal immigrants and weapons across the nearly 2,000-mile line.

"The hope is that every convicted criminal (deported from the United States) will return with biometric information that follows him back into Mexico," said Jose Osuna, governor of Baja California. The data could then be used by Mexican authorities to fight crime, he said.

Mexican President Felipe Calderon says voracious U.S. drug consumers are partly to blame for the spiraling violence, which has killed more than 42,000 people in Mexico during the five years of his term.

He also points to a river of U.S. guns flowing south across the border, including high-powered assault weapons that fuel escalating drug battles.

The U.S. government is still dealing with a scandal around a controversial operation at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), known as "Fast and Furious," that allowed weapons to move freely over the border.

Governors at the meeting urged U.S. officials to better track weapon sales and showed their support for U.S. President Barack Obama's latest efforts to curb the weapons trade.

The nearly three-decade-old conference was designed to soothe tensions along the busy dividing line.

But last year, Arizona Republican Governor Jan Brewer canceled the event after her Mexican counterparts protested the state's tough immigration laws. This year the governor pulled out at the last minute, saying through a spokesperson she had to attend to pressing state government business.

(Additional reporting by Rachel Uranga; editing by Cynthia Johnston)

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Dougherty Gang: Cross-Country Chase Trio Were Headed South of the Border

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Three sibling suspects in a multi-state crime spree that ended in a shootout with Colorado cops planned to escape to Mexico, investigators have revealed.
Ryan Edward Dougherty, 21, his sister Lee Grace Dougherty, 29, and brother Dylan Stanley-Dougherty, 26, are accused of robbing a Georgia bank, shooting at cops in two states and stealing cars in Utah. The pursuit ended in an Aug. 10 high-speed chase along I-25 near Walsenburg, about 150 miles south of Denver.
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After firing at police, the trio eventually crashed their getaway car – leading to their arrests and the discovery of at least nine firearms in or near the vehicle. These included two AK-47-type rifles, two machine pistols, two shotguns and three handguns. All but one of the weapons was loaded.
Colorado Springs police Detective Larry Dyer revealed the latest details in the case at a court hearing Sept. 20 – in which he also said the younger brother was the brains behind the enterprise.
Dyer said that after Dougherty was sentenced to register as a sex offender following a conviction for sending sexually explicit text messages to an 11-year-old girl, he decided to mount the crime spree. "During the interview, he pretty much led me to believe that he was the mastermind of this plan," added the detective.
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Each defendant faces five counts of attempted second-degree murder and five counts of first-degree assault. They have also been charged with vehicle theft, theft by receiving, and displaying fictitious or altered license plates. Each is being held on a $1.25 million bond and have yet to enter pleas. (via Newser)

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