MEXICO CITY - Suspected drug traffickers detonated hand grenades in a square packed with Independence Day celebrators in President Felipe Calderon's hometown of Morelia, killing eight and injuring 100 in what officials said Tuesday was an act of terrorism. One of the grenades exploded about 200 yards from where Gov. Leonel Godoy was ringing a bell as part of the "cry of independence" around 11 p.m. Monday as hundreds in the capital of Michoacan state blew horns and waved flags in...

WASHINGTON -- The Lebanon-based, Iran-backed Hizballah is now the major international terrorist group active in Latin America, a senior State Department official told Congress. Coordinator for Counterterrorism Philip Wilcox Jr. testified Sept. 28 to the House Committee on International Relations, warning lawmakers that two bombings and other actions over the last three years point to Teheran as Hizballah's chief supporter. He described Hizballah's recent actions in the region, particularly...