Are North Korea's latest provocative actions just another round of brinkmanship? Take a look at a timeline of North Korea's nuclear program and decide for yourself if its threats to strike international forces that stop North Korean ships, or its promise to never again cooperate in six-party talks, are serious issues for international secuity.

Timeline: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/10/04/AR2006100401067.html

Check out more about North Korea at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/linkset/2006/07/05/LI2006070501112.html
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico -- A few months ago, the mayor of the most violent city in Mexico would sometimes sleep across the border in El Paso for safety. Now, with the military firmly in control of Ciudad Juarez, an entire day can pass without a single drug-related killing....

Read more about the recent decline in drug killings in Juarez.

Also, view a photo gallery about the Mexican military's work in the border town.

Find the full series Mexico At War online at washingtonpost.com.


The Mexican military has taken over police work in Ciudad Juarez to control drug-related violence. (Sarah Voisin/The Washington Post)
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