According to the United Kingdom's Border Agency, in 2008 some 5,000 foreign criminals were removed from Great Britain. This includes 50 killers and attempted killers, over 200 sex offenders and more than 1,500 drug offenders. The Agency had set a goal of expelling more than 4,200 foreign lawbreakers, which is how many were kicked out in 2007.

According to a report from Pakistan's Daily Times, five police officers and two journalists were killed when a suicide bomber blew himself up in Dera Ismail Khan Monday evening. The officers, as well as the journalists, were responding to a previous explosion. It appears this diversion was used to lure the police to the site where the suicide bomber was lying in wait.

Besides those killed, another 14 police and 7 civilians were wounded by the blast.

Monday in Paris the trial began for three men charged with involvement in the deadly Ghriba synagogue bombing in Tunisia in 2002. One of the men on trial is Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, the self-proclaimed mastermind of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Mohammed is currently held at the U.S. military's Guantanamo Bay detention facility and so was not on hand for the beginning of court proceedings.

The French government is trying these men because two French nationals were killed in the blast, as were 14 Germans and 5 Tunisians.

The U.S. and Canada share a trusted traveler program called NEXUS. It provides pre-screened and approved citizens and permanent residents from both countries faster processing at land, sea and air ports of entry. The Vancouver Sun ran an article on Sunday about the program, and why more than 6,500 travelers from both countries have had their NEXUS membership revoked since the program began in 2002.

The Colombian government has increased the reward money offered for information leading to the capture of members of the leftist rebel group FARC. According to ColombiaReports.com, the new rewards, in U.S. dollars, are: $2.4 million for commanders and $145,000 for regional commanders.

The new American Embassy in Baghdad was officially dedicated on Monday (1/5) by U.S. Ambassador Ryan C. Crocker. Embassy staff completed the move into the new facility on December 31. This is America's largest Embassy ever and cost a total of $592 million - about $150 million over budget. Also, it was originally supposed to open in September 2007.

Three gunmen stole arms and munitions from a military base in Demark on Sunday. The Copenhagen Post reports the assailants "stormed" a military base guardhouse in the town of Slagelse, which is located on the island of Zealand. They made off with automatic rifles, semi-automatic pistols and ammunition - some of which were destined for troops in Afghanistan. According to the report, this is the first time that a military facility has been robbed in Denmark.

We had a post on Saturday about India's plans to turn over evidence tying elements in Pakistan to the planning and execution of the Mumbai terrorist attack in November. Early Monday (1/5) India followed through with this promise, and the Pakistani government now has evidence that includes the confession of Ajmal Amir Kasab, the only Pakistani terrorist captured alive during the attacks, records of GPS and satellite phones used by the terrorists, and transcripts of conversations between the attackers and their handlers in Pakistan.

India authorities plan to deliver the same information to other nations, including the U.S., China and Great Britain.