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Walking through an evidence room at the ATF headquarters in el Paso, an agent points out a variety of deadly weapons — seized before they could make their way across the border into Mexico.

"This is a typical AK-47," he says, pulling one from the rack. Pointing out another firearm, he explains that it is capable of high-caliber rounds that can penetrate armored vehicles. Yet another has a huge scope, "which could be used as a sniper-type rifle."

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U.S. border patrol agent Jose Romero tells CBS News that a recent surge of Mexican military troops along the border has reduced violence and drug trafficking.

But Romero, like many others who live and work along the Rio Grande, is keeping his fingers crossed that the powerful drug gangs aren't just laying low — gathering strength to wage the next battle in the "real war" next door.

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Department of Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano says Mexico is “not at this point” in danger of becoming a failed narco-state. But she says the ongoing drug cartel related violence is a threat to both Mexico and the United States.

Napolitano will be traveling to Mexico City April 1-3 to meet with her security counterparts and attend a conference on arms trafficking. Attorney General Eric Holder will also be there.

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The Hamas leadership said on Wednesday it still has "certain reservations" over an Egyptian cease-fire plan, which calls for an immediate truce between Israel and the Islamic movement until an agreement is reached.

"We responded positively to the Egyptian initiative but there is still several specified points of differences and certain reservations. We hope that these points will be solved over the next few days to meet with the Palestinian national interests," a Hamas source, speaking on the condition of anonymity, told CBS News.

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Award-winning CBS News photographer Adil Bradlow spent last week talking to people along South Africa's northern border, where thousands of refugees are pouring in to escape disease and abject poverty in Zimbabwe.

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