1.
Study: More than half of pets overweight
LA PAZ, Bolivia, Nov. 2 (UPI) -- The Bolivian government will take over anti-drug efforts in Bolivia, replacing the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, President Evo Morales said Saturday.
Morales said he was suspending DEA operations in a speech he gave in a remote area, which was broadcast throughout Bolivia, CNN reported. The DEA said it had received no official notification from the Bolivian government.
More than a month ago, Morales ordered DEA agents to leave the Chapare region, the major cocaine area. He said he could no longer guarantee their safety in the violence-torn region.
Morales, the first Bolivian Indian to become president, has had an increasingly contentious relationship with the United States. Bolivia and the United States recently had a tit-for-tat expulsion of their ambassadors.
"If this is true, it is an unfortunate situation," Garrison Courtney, a DEA spokesman, said Saturday. "We've been working with our counterparts for over 30 years and have a tremendous working relationship with our Bolivian counterparts."
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Additional Top News Stories | |
DETROIT, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
The Nigerian who tried to blow up a Detroit-bound jetliner on Christmas Day 2009 shouldn't receive life in prison for the failed attack, his legal adviser said.
|
NEWARK, N.J., Feb. 14 (UPI) --
Dozens of fans stood in freezing temperatures along the sidewalks of Newark, N.J., to bear witness to the body of pop singer Whitney Houston being brought home.
|
BAGHDAD, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
U.S. supermajor Exxon Mobil won't be able to take part in an oil and natural gas licensing auction scheduled for May in Iraq, a spokesman said.
|
ROSTOV-ON-DON, Russia, Feb. 14 (UPI) --
Russian authorities said a man was arrested for allegedly stabbing a friend who claimed his abs were strong enough to resist a knife blade.
|
| Stories | Photos | People | Comments |
View Caption
