Written By Unknown on Senin, 15 Desember 2014 | 16.15
Australia's Prime Minister has said there are "some indications" that the siege at a Sydney cafe could be politically motivated.
However, he added that the exact motivation is yet to be established.
Speaking at a news conference in Canberra, Tony Abbott said: "We have to appreciate that even in a society such as ours there are people who would wish to do us harm.
"That's why we have police and security organisations of the utmost professionalism that are ready and able to respond to a whole range of situations and contingencies including the situation that we are now seeing in Sydney.
"The whole point of politically motivated violence is to scare people out of being themselves. Australia is a peaceful, open and generous society. Nothing should ever change that and that is why I would urge all Australians today to go about their business as usual.
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"Of course if anyone does have any suspicions of untoward activity, there is the national security hotline, 1800-123-400, which I would urge them to call."
He added: "Our thoughts and prayers must above all go out to the individuals who are caught up in this.
"I can think of almost nothing more distressing or terrifying than to be caught up in such a situation, and our hearts go out to those people."
Mr Abbott later tweeted that Australia's National Security Committee had been briefed on the situation.
Video:Man Inside Cafe With Hostages
In further posts he wrote: "I'm proud of the way police and security bodies have responded to the disturbing events today.
"It's been a difficult day, which has tested us, but like Australians in all sorts of situations, we have risen to the challenge."
New South Wales Police also urged people to "go about their daily business as usual".
"The message at the moment is that you should continue your business as usual. If you had plans to go into the city you should go about your plans as usual," said deputy commissioner Catherine Burn.
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Gallery: Latest Images From Australia
Two hostages run for cover behind a policeman during a hostage siege in the central business district of Sydney
A black flag bearing Arabic script held up at a cafe in central Sydney has become the subject of worldwide scrutiny for the clues it might yield to the motivation behind the hostage-taking.
The distinctive banner was held up to the window by people inside the Lindt chocolate cafe, where a gunman has taken an unknown number of hostages.
Its white-on-black lettering resembles that seen on flags flown by Islamic State (IS), the murderous faction which has conquered swathes of territory across Iraq and Syria in recent months, and other Islamist terror organisations such as al Qaeda.
A black flag with white lettering inside the cafe
But it is not thought to be an actual IS flag.
Dr Matthew Gray, from the Centre of Arabic and Islamic Studies in Canberra, said he believed it to be the Shahada, or declaration of faith.
Video:'They Put ISIS Sign On The Window'
He said it was similar but not identical to that used by IS.
"It's based around a black flag with white text that supposedly the Prophet Muhammad would carry, including into battle when he was fighting on behalf of the religion," Dr Gray told Sky News.
"This banner takes different forms. It looks vaguely like the IS flag.
"The one we're seeing in the window is a little bit different. The IS flag has just the beginning of the Shahada at the top, whereas this one has what looks to me like it could have the full Shahada, the full declaration of faith on the bottom of the flag.
"The text translates to 'There's no God except Allah and Muhammad is his prophet.' This is the first fundamental tenet of Islam. It's what you say to convert to Islam and at prayer time.
"It's a standard statement but when it's used in this context it's got a more military connotation. There are various groups that use a variety of this flag.
Video:Escaping The Sydney Cafe Gunman
"It's got that connotation of the bearer of the flag marching into war."
The statement is considered the first of Islam's five pillars of faith.
A grainy image of a man thought to be keeping the hostages at gunpoint taken by Channel 7 News cameras also shows him wearing a black bandana with white writing on it.
The script is not clear enough to make out exactly what it says, but some Arabic speakers on social media claimed it also mentioned the word 'Muhammad' and words pledging allegiance to Islam.
As well as the flag held up by customers, another Arabic flag has been seen inside the cafe.
Police are investigating reports the assailant has used hostages' social media accounts to demand a meeting with Australian Prime Minster Tony Abbott.
It is now thought police know the identity of the man - and that he was previously known to both the Sydney force.
Video:Escaping The Sydney Cafe Gunman
Some of the hostages have spoken to their families on mobile phones - while five, three male customers and two female staff, have managed to escape since the siege began more than ten hours ago.
Journalist Chris Reason, who has a view of the cafe from the 7 News building, said the gunman was "extremely agitated" when the hostages fled.
"All the hostages now huddled at one end of Lindt Cafe, one is covering the window at that end with an apron," Mr Reason tweeted.
"From inside Martin Place we can see the faces of hostages - pained, strained, eyes red and raw. One young with head in hands.
"From inside Martin Place newsroom we can see gunman is rotating hostages, forcing them to stand against windows, sometimes 2 hours at a time."
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Australian police said negotiators had been in contact with the "armed offender" - but refused to speculate on his motivation.
Video:Gunman Takes Hostages In Sydney
The gunman - who has contacted several media outlets from the cafe and reportedly wants an IS flag delivered there - has been seen using hostages as human shields.
New South Wales Police deputy commissioner Catherine Burn described it as a "sensitive negotiation" and said there was nothing to suggest anyone had been harmed.
Food has now been taken into the cafe for the hostages.
Channel 9 News reporter Mark Burrows told Sky News the gunman is "quite well known to the media in Sydney".
He said Channel 9 News received calls from two women being held hostage - and that the gunman could be heard in the background stating his demands.
One of the women appeared "remarkably calm and cool" and asked Mr Burrows to pass a message to her husband.
The other woman who called was "agitated because she didn't think anything was happening".
Video:'They Put ISIS Sign On The Window'
Mr Burrows said it was a trademark of New South Wales Police that they allow negotiations to go "on and on and on ... They are not worried about speeding things up".
Martin Place - home to the Reserve Bank of Australia, commercial banks and close to the New South Wales state parliament - has been closed off and up to 100 heavily armed police are surrounding the area.
Earlier, live television footage showed patrons inside the cafe standing with their hands pressed against the windows.
Hostages were also seen holding a black flag with white Arabic text.
According to reports, the gunman, who is wearing a black headband with white writing, walked into the cafe just before 10am local time.
A Lindt executive said there were about 10 staff and "probably 30 customers" in the cafe - but police later said the number was "not as high as 30", although they did not give further details.
The Australian Prime Minister said he has convened the National Security Committee for emergency briefings following the "hostage-taking situation".
Video:Man Came Face-To-Face With Gunman
"This is obviously a deeply concerning incident but all Australians should be reassured that our law enforcement and security agencies are well trained and equipped and are responding in a thorough and professional manner," said Mr Abbott.
Mr Abbott said he did not yet know the motivation of those holding the hostages, adding: "Our thoughts and prayers must above all go out to the individuals who are caught up in this.
"I can think of almost nothing more distressing or terrifying than to be caught up in such a situation, and our hearts go out to those people."
Police have now confirmed they are working "on a footing" it is a terrorist incident - but they remain confident a peaceful resolution can be achieved.
Several buildings in the area have been evacuated, including the Channel 7 newsroom opposite the cafe, and staff at the Reserve Bank of Australia are in lockdown inside the building. All are said to be safe.
Meanwhile, Sydney Opera House has been evacuated after a suspicious package was reportedly found not long after the police operation in the financial district began.
Police confirmed they were dealing with an "incident" there, but said it was not linked to events at the cafe.
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Gallery: Latest Images From Australia
Two hostages run for cover behind a policeman during a hostage siege in the central business district of Sydney
Written By Unknown on Minggu, 14 Desember 2014 | 16.15
Thousands March Against US Police Killings
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Video:Anti-Police March In Washington
By Sky News US Team
Tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of cities across the US to protest at the killings of unarmed black men by police and call on politicians to act.
Organisers expected the rallies to be among the largest seen over the lethal actions of officers in New York, Cleveland and Ferguson, Missouri.
Protesters in Washington carried placards reading "Black Lives Matter" and "Who do you protect? Who do you serve".
Marchers shouted "No justice, no peace, no racist police" and "Hands up, don't shoot".
Among those who took part in the march on the Capitol Building were the families of Eric Garner, killed by an officer using a chokehold position in New York, Michael Brown, who was fatally shot in Ferguson, Trayvon Martin, who was shot by a neighbourhood watch volunteer in Florida, and Tamir Rice, who was fatally shot in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Gallery: Protests Over US Police Killings
Thousands of people have marched in several US cities including Washington and New York to demand justice for black men who have died at the hands of white police
It is part of a growing protest movement sparked by the fatal August shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by a white policeman
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Protests continued after 43-year-old Eric Garner died in New York when he was put in a chokehold by a police officer
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Several thousand people have massed on the streets, shouting "No justice, no peace!" - a signature chant of the nationwide demonstrations
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The families of Michael Brown and Eric Garner were among the protests
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Esaw Garner, the widow of the 43-year-old, who died in July after officers arrested him in Staten Island on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes, told marchers: "Let's keep it strong, long and meaningful."
"Wow, what a sea of people," said Mr Brown's mother, Lesley McSpadden.
"If they don't see this and make a change, I don't know what we're going to do."
The lack of criminal charges brought by grand juries in the New York and Ferguson cases has fuelled protests across the US.
Civil rights leader the Rev Al Sharpton, whose National Action Alliance headed the Washington protest, said in a statement: "We need more than just talk - we need legislative action that will shift things both on the books and in the streets."
Video:Dec 4: Chokehold Decision
He called for legislation that would allow federal prosecutors to take over cases involving police.
Local prosecutors who work with police regularly and then must investigate officers faced a conflict of interest, he argued.
Protesters in Washington were expected to arrive by bus from as far away as Florida, Connecticut and Pittsburgh.
Organisers estimated the crowd at 40,000 to 50,000.
The rally blocked Pennsylvania Avenue between the White House and the US Capitol.
Video:Riots And Racial Tension: A History
The march in New York, a city which has seen a series of protests after a grand jury failed to indict the officer who killed Mr Garner, was estimated by observers to have drawn a crowd of more than 10,000.
The crowd headed north up Manhattan's Fifth Avenue from Washington Square Park and was due to end at the city's police headquarters.
Some chanted "How do you spell racist? NYPD" and some taunted police guarding the route.
New York march co-organiser Umaara Elliott said in a statement: "It's open season on black people now.
"So we demand that action be taken at every level of government to ensure that these racist killings by the police cease."
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Gallery: Unarmed Michael Brown Was Shot By A White Officer
Michael Brown, 18, was shot dead on 9 August by officer Darren Wilson. Family described Mr Brown, known as Big Mike, as a gentle giant. He was unarmed
CCTV footage appeared to show Mr Brown conducting a strong-arm robbery at a convenience store minutes before his encounter with Officer Wilson
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Hundreds of protesters also gathered in Boston, Massachusetts.
The state police said "several demonstrators who failed to comply with the law despite orders to do so have been taken into custody".
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Thousands March Against US Police Killings
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Video:Anti-Police March In Washington
By Sky News US Team
Tens of thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of cities across the US to protest at the killings of unarmed black men by police and call on politicians to act.
Organisers expected the rallies to be among the largest seen over the lethal actions of officers in New York, Cleveland and Ferguson, Missouri.
Protesters in Washington carried placards reading "Black Lives Matter" and "Who do you protect? Who do you serve".
Marchers shouted "No justice, no peace, no racist police" and "Hands up, don't shoot".
Among those who took part in the march on the Capitol Building were the families of Eric Garner, killed by an officer using a chokehold position in New York, Michael Brown, who was fatally shot in Ferguson, Trayvon Martin, who was shot by a neighbourhood watch volunteer in Florida, and Tamir Rice, who was fatally shot in Cleveland, Ohio.
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Gallery: Protests Over US Police Killings
Thousands of people have marched in several US cities including Washington and New York to demand justice for black men who have died at the hands of white police
It is part of a growing protest movement sparked by the fatal August shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by a white policeman
]]>
Protests continued after 43-year-old Eric Garner died in New York when he was put in a chokehold by a police officer
]]>
Several thousand people have massed on the streets, shouting "No justice, no peace!" - a signature chant of the nationwide demonstrations
]]>
The families of Michael Brown and Eric Garner were among the protests
]]>
Esaw Garner, the widow of the 43-year-old, who died in July after officers arrested him in Staten Island on suspicion of selling loose, untaxed cigarettes, told marchers: "Let's keep it strong, long and meaningful."
"Wow, what a sea of people," said Mr Brown's mother, Lesley McSpadden.
"If they don't see this and make a change, I don't know what we're going to do."
The lack of criminal charges brought by grand juries in the New York and Ferguson cases has fuelled protests across the US.
Civil rights leader the Rev Al Sharpton, whose National Action Alliance headed the Washington protest, said in a statement: "We need more than just talk - we need legislative action that will shift things both on the books and in the streets."
Video:Dec 4: Chokehold Decision
He called for legislation that would allow federal prosecutors to take over cases involving police.
Local prosecutors who work with police regularly and then must investigate officers faced a conflict of interest, he argued.
Protesters in Washington were expected to arrive by bus from as far away as Florida, Connecticut and Pittsburgh.
Organisers estimated the crowd at 40,000 to 50,000.
The rally blocked Pennsylvania Avenue between the White House and the US Capitol.
Video:Riots And Racial Tension: A History
The march in New York, a city which has seen a series of protests after a grand jury failed to indict the officer who killed Mr Garner, was estimated by observers to have drawn a crowd of more than 10,000.
The crowd headed north up Manhattan's Fifth Avenue from Washington Square Park and was due to end at the city's police headquarters.
Some chanted "How do you spell racist? NYPD" and some taunted police guarding the route.
New York march co-organiser Umaara Elliott said in a statement: "It's open season on black people now.
"So we demand that action be taken at every level of government to ensure that these racist killings by the police cease."
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Gallery: Unarmed Michael Brown Was Shot By A White Officer
Michael Brown, 18, was shot dead on 9 August by officer Darren Wilson. Family described Mr Brown, known as Big Mike, as a gentle giant. He was unarmed
CCTV footage appeared to show Mr Brown conducting a strong-arm robbery at a convenience store minutes before his encounter with Officer Wilson
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Hundreds of protesters also gathered in Boston, Massachusetts.
The state police said "several demonstrators who failed to comply with the law despite orders to do so have been taken into custody".
Negotiators at United Nations talks in Peru have reached a deal which sets the stage for a global climate pact to be made next year in Paris.
The two-week meeting of representatives from more than 190 nations was due to close in Lima on Friday, but had gone into overtime due to disputes that arose in the opening days.
After late-night wrangling, delegates early on Sunday agreed on a format for national pledges to cut greenhouse gases, which is the heart of the planned Paris pact.
However, it weakened language on the content of the pledges, saying they "may" instead of "shall" include quantifiable information showing how nations intend to meet their emissions targets.
Climate change effects nclude rising sea levels
"As a text it's not perfect, but it includes the positions of the parties," said Peru's environment minister, Manuel Pulgar-Vidal.
The original goal of the talks had been to reach agreement on what should go into the promises countries made in the global climate pact expected in Paris.
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The Lima agreement was adopted hours after a previous draft was rejected by developing countries who said wealthy nations were trying to shirk their responsibilities on global warming.
The four-page document - dubbed the Lima Call for Climate Action - asks countries to submit plans to tackle global warming early in 2015 to form the basis of the Paris agreement.
"I think it's definitely watered down from what we expected," said Alden Meyer of the Union of Concerned Scientists.
Sam Smith, chief of climate policy for the environmental group WWF, said: "The text went from weak to weaker to weakest and it's very weak indeed."
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Sealed in 2015 and taking effect by 2020, the Paris pact aims see all nations bound into the same category for cutting the carbon gases that drive climate change.
It wants to limit global warming to no more than 2C over pre-industrial levels.
Developed countries had wanted the pledges to focus on greenhouse emissions cuts, while developing nations wanted to see commitments of financial support to absorb the effects of climate change, which the UN estimates will amount to at least $200bn annually by 2050.
Some small island states at risk of being flooded by rising seas also complained the draft made no mention of a "loss and damage" mechanism agreed on in last year's UN talks in Poland.
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"We need a permanent arrangement to help the poorest of the world," said Ian Fry, negotiator for the Pacific Island nation of Tuvalu.
Meanwhile, top carbon polluter China and other major developing countries opposed plans for a review process that would allow the pledges to be compared against one another before the Paris summit.
Though negotiating tactics always play a role, virtually all disputes in the UN talks reflected the wider issue of how to divide the burden of fixing global warming that scientists say results from human activity, primarily the burning of oil, coal and natural gas.
Historically, Western nations are the biggest emitters. Currently, however, most CO2 emissions are coming from developing countries as they grow their economies and lift millions of people out of poverty.
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According to the UN's scientific panel on climate change, the world can pump out no more than about 1 trillion tons of carbon to have a likely chance of avoiding dangerous levels of warming.
It has already spent more than half of that carbon budget as emissions continue to rise, driven by growth in China and other emerging economies.
Scientific reports say climate impacts are already happening and include rising sea levels, intensifying heat waves and shifts in weather patterns causing floods and droughts.
The head of the UK's Intelligence and Security Committee is demanding to see material documenting any British links to the CIA's use of torture.
Sir Malcolm Rifkind, chair of the Commons committee, is seeking any intelligence relating to the UK that was redacted from the explosive Senate report into the CIA.
It concluded that the CIA lied over its torture and interrogation programme developed in the wake of the 9/11 attacks.
Sir Malcolm told The Observer newspaper: "I am not going to go into the details of how we might try and achieve this, there are various ways we can try and advance it, but at the end of the day the actual decision on the American redacted material is for the Americans to take.
"One additional point is that the only issues we are going to be asking them about are issues relevant to the United Kingdom.
Video:Former CIA Officer Michael Scheuer
"We don't need to see the whole of their redacted report."
The British Government has admitted requesting the deletion of references to Britain's intelligence agencies for national security reasons.
UK Government representatives had 24 meetings with members of the US committee responsible for the findings.
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Some of the deletions are believed to relate to the British Overseas Territory of Diego Garcia.
There is escalating pressure on the British government not to extend an agreement allowing the US to use the territory in the Indian Ocean as a military base.
Andrew Tyrie, chair of the all-party parliamentary group on rendition, said any negotiations should address allegations that it was used by the CIA to render terror suspects around the world.
Video:UK Involvement in CIA Torture
"The negotiations on the lease can focus minds on establishing the scope and limits of Britain's involvement, direct or indirect, in extraordinary rendition," Mr Tyrie said.
"We are talking about kidnap and taking people to places where they may be maltreated or tortured."
The former Home Office minister, Lib Dem MP Norman Baker, who has taken a close interest in the atoll, said: "As it comes up for renewal, we need a full explanation of what happened in our name on that island."
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:: Sir Malcolm Rifkind will appear on Sky's Murnaghan programme at 11.30am this morning.
Written By Unknown on Sabtu, 13 Desember 2014 | 16.15
Mexico's drug trade is worth between $19 and $29bn (£12.1 and £18.5bn) a year in cash - but takes an immeasurably greater toll in human lives and misery.
Some 90% of the cocaine bound for the US goes through the country, which shares a long border with its northern neighbour.
The narcotics industry makes up between 3-4% of the country's GDP, and employs half a million people.
Murder - even mass murder - is relatively commonplace. On average, someone dies a drugs-related death every half an hour.
There have been more than 132,000 kidnappings since 2006, and the government lists a total of 22,322 people as missing.
Video:Where The Gangs Get Their Guns
There are 10 firearms deaths per 100,000 people - more than twice the rate of the US - despite the fact there is just one legal firearms dealer in the entire country.
Even amid this carnage, the recent abduction of 43 college students made headlines not just nationwide but around the world.
The victims were attacked by officers in the southern city of Iguala after demonstrations there.
Prosecutors say they were handed over by corrupt police officers to a drugs gang that killed them and burnt their bodies.
A Palestinian has thrown acid at an Israeli family, including children, after being given a lift in their car in the West Bank, the army has said.
The man attacked them near a checkpoint outside Bethlehem and close to the Gush Etzion settlement, the military said in a statement to AFP news agency.
A man and four children were hurt, Israeli police and the military told Reuters.
The suspect was shot in the leg by a civilian after getting out of the car and he has since been arrested, AFP reported.
The family was attacked near the Gush Etzion settlement
"A vehicle carrying a family with four girls picked up a hitchhiker," the statement from the army said.
"The hitchhiker threw acid on the passengers, injuring them lightly."
Video:10 Dec: Palestinian Minister Killed
The attack comes after Palestinian minister Ziad Abu Ein died in a confrontation with Israeli troops in the West Bank on Wednesday.
He was taking part in a tree-planting demonstration in Turmus Aya when he was confronted by Israeli soldiers and tear gas was fired.
Witnesses also said the cabinet member was involved in a scuffle with an Israeli soldier and there were claims he was hit on the chest by an Israeli soldier's helmet and a rifle butt.
He then began to experience breathing problems, and died while he was being taken to hospital by ambulance.
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The Palestinian leadership blamed Israel for Ziad Abu Ein's death and threatened to retaliate.
"We are open to taking up any option against the other side," Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas said.
Israeli ministers called for calm and US Secretary of State John Kerry will meet Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday as part of attempts to defuse tensions.
By Stuart Ramsay, Chief Correspondent, in Mexico City
A Mexican hitman, who claims to have killed as many as 900 people, has told Sky News how the police and the military are often involved in the planning and execution of his murders.
"Carlos" has been a paid killer for more than 25 years - working for drug cartels, politicians and the military.
We met the hitman in Tepito market - one of the most dangerous places in the whole of Mexico City, despite being at the heart of its smartest district.
The assassin said the network of cartel power is so entrenched in society and powered by so much money that it is unstoppable.
"On some occasions, we have to go to places where weapons are not allowed and then they (police) meet us.
Video:Narco State: Mexico's Drugs War
"They take us to a hotel and they provide all the weapons that we may need, money and everything so that one can do the job one has to do."
The abduction of 43 students last September has forced Mexico into confronting its crime problems.
Carlos believes that the students are already dead, and uses a chilling example from his own experience to explain why he is so certain.
Video:Sky News Talks To A Mexican Hitman
"Let me tell you a story. Some protestors came. We let them in and then we closed the road, we closed the entrance, we closed the exit. When they were stuck in the middle we killed them all," he recounted.
"Then a (rubbish) truck from the army came and collected them all. Then street sweeper machines went past. They opened the road again, as if nothing had happened.
"The students are dead, it is more convenient. For kidnapping you get 160 years, for killing its 35. It's a huge difference, don't you think?"
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Mexico is described by many as a "Narco State", where government and civil society appear powerless against drug money, cartels, corruption and terrible violence - committed on an almost daily basis.
This country bordering the United States and Central America has become a transit point for drugs across the world.
The revenues are mind-blowing - tens of billions of dollars a year.
Video:Mexico City's Tepito Market
The demand for what it can deliver to affluent societies is insatiable.
It is the root of the problem of course, and widespread poverty, combined with the need to make a living, are the crumbling foundations of a state teetering on the edge of disaster.
Mexico is in trouble. It is failing. A black market culture where anything can be bought is all-pervading. Nobody is above this. Absolutely nobody.
Written By Unknown on Jumat, 12 Desember 2014 | 16.15
Mexico's drug trade is worth between $19 and $29bn (£12.1 and £18.5bn) a year in cash - but takes an immeasurably greater toll in human lives and misery.
Some 90% of the cocaine bound for the US goes through the country, which shares a long border with its northern neighbour.
The narcotics industry makes up between 3-4% of the country's GDP, and employs half a million people.
Murder - even mass murder - is relatively commonplace. On average, someone dies a drugs-related death every half an hour.
There have been more than 132,000 kidnappings since 2006, and the government lists a total of 22,322 people as missing.
Video:Where The Gangs Get Their Guns
There are 10 firearms deaths per 100,000 people - more than twice the rate of the US - despite the fact there is just one legal firearms dealer in the entire country.
Even amid this carnage, the recent abduction of 43 college students made headlines not just nationwide but around the world.
The victims were attacked by officers in the southern city of Iguala after demonstrations there.
Prosecutors say they were handed over by corrupt police officers to a drugs gang that killed them and burnt their bodies.
