into the waterfront slum district, some of them operated by control wires. They said the slum was festooned with explosive booby traps intended for soldiers and police sent in to arrest him.

Gunmen were also said to have disguised themselves as women. "They were very well organized, they knew what they were doing," said Colonel Rocky Meade of the Jamaican Defence Force. "We encountered very sophisticated defensive layouts." Heavy fighting lasting some 12 hours followed the start of the operation to seize Coke, who is accused by the American authorities of masterminding a criminal empire stretching from Kingston to the streets of New York. Washin…

The world's leading supplier of the anti-diabetes drug insulin is withdrawing a state-of-the-art medication from Greece. Novo Nordisk, a Danish company, objects to a governmentfunding bill — an almost unthinkable position for them in the past — complaining that it was bloated and irresponsible. Both measures ultimately passed as Congress made a messy pre-Memorial Day exit. But lawmakers say they appear to have reached a turning point when it comes to routine deficit spending. The new attitude could reshape the way Congress does its fiscal business the rest of this year an…

The U.S. military is reviewing options for a unilateral strike in Pakistan in the event that a successful attack on American soil is traced to the country's tribal areas, according to senior military officials.

Ties between the alleged Times Square bomber, Faisal Shahzad, and elements of the Pakistani Taliban have sharpened the Obama administration's need for retaliatory options, the officials said. They