Americas

RECIFE, Brazil (AP) — Airlines moved quickly Tuesday to replace speed monitors like those suspected of feeding false information to the computers on Air France Flight 447 and possibly leading the plane to break up over the Atlantic Ocean.

MEXICO CITY, Mexico (AP) — Federal forces detained 10 mayors and 18 other officials Tuesday for allegedly protecting one of Mexico's most violent drug cartels in an unprecedented anti-corruption sweep in the Pacific coast state of Michoacán.

WASHINGTON, USA In the land of freedom, key United States Senate lawmakers are pushing to dramatically escalate U.S. defenses against cyber-attacks, crafting proposals that would empower the government to set and enforce security standards for private industry for the first time.

WASHINGTON, USA — President Obama sent a secret letter to Russia’s president last month suggesting that he would back off deploying a new missile defense system in Eastern Europe if Moscow would help stop Iran from developing long-range weapons, American officials said Monday.