A BIBLE camp counsellor and a boy scout leader were among 125 people arrested across the US in an internet child pornography case in which subscribers purchased photos and videos of children engaged in sex acts with adults, federal authorities have announced.

US Border Patrol agents today exchanged gunfire with drug smugglers across the Rio Grande as they intercepted about 800 pounds of marijuana.

One of the seven US prisoners of war found safe and well said he was convinced his Iraqi captors were going to kill him.

IRAQI troops released seven captured US soldiers - some wounded but in good condition - to US Marines yesterday, a surprise discovery near where troops were entering Saddam Hussein’s hometown of Tikrit.