OECD predicts tough times ahead for eurozone

The Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development has warned that the eurozone's debt crisis is not over and banks in the bloc remain weak.

Pressure eases off eurozone debt fears

Financial market pressure on the euro zone eased a little this week as Italy's borrowing costs fell and bank shares stabilised.

Mexico kills top drug lord at US border

Mexican marines killed drug baron Ezequiel "Tony Tormenta" Cardenas in a ferocious gunfight at the US border on Friday.

Mexican media cowed by drug violence

In January, gunmen kidnapped, tortured and shot dead Mexican reporter Valetin Valdes before dumping his body outside a motel.