Official: Iran's missile project aimed at U.S.
An Israeli government minister said Thursday that Iran is developing a missile that could strike targets more than 6,000 miles away and would be capable of reaching the East Coast of the United States.
Minister for Strategic Affairs Moshe Yaalon said the missile project was "aimed at America, not us" and should heighten U.S. concerns about Iran's nuclear project.
Tehran maintains its research is designed for peaceful purposes, but the U.S. and some of its allies suspect the regime is trying to develop nuclear weapons.
Terror leaders killed, Philippines says
The Philippine military said it killed Southeast Asia's most-wanted terrorist and two other senior militants Thursday in a U.S.-backed airstrike marking one of the region's biggest anti-terrorism successes in recent years.
The dawn strike targeting a militant camp on a southern Philippine island killed Malaysian Zulkifli bin Hir, also known as Marwan, a top leader of the regional, al Qaida-linked Jemaah Islamiyah terror network, said military spokesman Col. Marcelo Burgos.
A U.S. official confirmed Thursday that the Pentagon had assisted in the strike.Also killed were the leader of the Philippine-based Abu Sayyaf militants, Umbra Jumdail, and a Singaporean leader in Jemaah Islamiyah, Abdullah Ali, who used the guerrilla name Muawiyah, Burgos said.
Syrians recognize massacre anniversary
Syrian security forces fanned out in Hama on Thursday as protesters splashed red paint symbolizing blood in the streets to mark the 30th anniversary of a notorious massacre carried out by President Bashar Assad's father and predecessor.
The Hama massacre of 1982, which leveled entire neighborhoods and killed thousands of people, has become a rallying cry for the Syrian uprising that began nearly 11 months ago in the hopes of ending four decades of the Assad family rule.
Hitler schnapps sales legal, Austria says
Officials say they have stopped investigating a man after finding no evidence that his sales of wine and schnapps with Adolf Hitler on the label were breaking a law against glorifying the Nazi era.
State prosecution official Heinz Rusch says the investigation has ended because of a lack of proof the man broke that law.
The probe was launched last year after complaints that a Web site posting showed bottles with portraits of Hitler and the swastika. The site offered sales of spirits in "nostalgic bottles of former historical greats."
Mexico sees major remittances rebound
The amount of money Mexican migrant workers sent home in 2011 increased by 6.86 percent over the year before, the first major rebound in remittances since the 2008 economic downturn, Mexico's central bank announced.
Remittances totaled just over $22.7 billion in 2011, up from $21.27 billion in 2010, the bank said Wednesday. The 2010 figure represented an increase of just 0.12 percent over the $21.24 billion sent home in 2009.
From wire reports
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