THE man credited as the driving force behind the Navy’s determined counter -narcotics campaign retired yesterday after nearly 40 years battling the import of drugs into this country.

Haiti issued wildly conflicting death tolls for the January 12 earthquake, adding to confusion about how many people actually died – and to suspicion that nobody really knows.

A top aide to Honduras’ ousted president accused the United States of involvement in the coup, saying that the plane that flew Manuel Zelaya into exile stopped to refuel at an airfield where hundreds of US troops are based.

A DETAINEE at Guantanamo Bay has died of an apparent suicide, US military officials said.

A detainee at Guantanamo Bay has died of an apparent suicide, US military officials said.

Gardaí in Cork are continuing to question three men in connection with yesterday's massive cocaine seizure.

The US Pentagon has ordered an investigation into possible abuse at the Guantanamo Bay prison after a Marine officer said she overheard guards boasting about beating detainees.

Fifty-two prisoners being held at Guantanamo Bay have staged a hunger strike, US military officials confirmed tonight.

US and British aircraft attacked an anti-aircraft artillery site in Iraq’s southern no-fly zone today.

Rescuers recovered the bodies of seven Americans and nine Vietnamese who died in a helicopter crash while searching for the remains of US soldiers missing in action from the Vietnam War.