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Mexican president congratulates Barack Obama on election victory
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Wed, 11/05/2008 - 07:42.Mexican President Felipe Calderon congratulated Senator Barack Obama for his triumph in the US presidential election and said he hopes for "a new stage" in relations between the two neighbou
Mexican drug lord arrested
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Mon, 10/27/2008 - 08:08.The suspected drug lord Eduardo Arellano Feliz was arrested Sunday in Tijuana on the Mexican border with the United States, the Mexican army said.
Arellano, who was using the alias Samuel Bracamontes, was seized after exchanging gunfire in a residential area of Tijuana.
Sixteen inmates die in mutiny in Mexican prison
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Mon, 10/20/2008 - 16:19.
Some sixteen inmates died and 17 others were injured in a jail mutiny in the northern Mexican city of Reynosa, on the border with the United States, according to preliminary information made public by the authorities.
Quake measuring 6.6 on Richter scale shakes Mexico
Submitted by William Kaelin on Thu, 10/16/2008 - 22:50.A quake measuring 6.6 on the Richter scale shook Mexico at 2:41 pm (1941 GMT) Thursday, the country's National Seismological Service (SSN) said.
Preliminary information showed the quake's epicentre was off the coast of the state of Chiapas.
Hurricane Omar threatens islands in Caribbean
Submitted by Marina Dimova on Wed, 10/15/2008 - 09:11.A new hurricane formed in the Caribbean overnight Tuesday, with wind speeds of around 120 kilometres per hour.
Hurricane Omar was expected to reach the northern islands of the Antilles on Wednesday and the Leeward Islands by Thursday, meteorologists at the US Hurricane Centre in Miami said.
Mexican flag at half-mast in remembrance of 1968 massacre
Submitted by William Kaelin on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 23:03.Mexico City Mayor Marcelo Ebrard launched Thursday the commemoration of the 40th anniversary of the Tlatelolco Massacre by setting the Mexican flag at half-mast on the site of the violent repression of students in 1968.
Eight more killings in Tijuana, Mexico, for week's total of 32
Submitted by William Kaelin on Thu, 10/02/2008 - 22:35.Eight more people were found dead Thursday in a vacant lot in the south-east of the Mexican city of Tijuana, bringing the total of gruesome finds by police to 32 bodies this week alone.
The killings on the border with the United States appeared to be part of the country's escalating drug war, officials said.
More than 150 civilians killed in Mexico's drug war
Submitted by William Kaelin on Mon, 09/29/2008 - 17:33.An estimated 152 bystanders, including more than 40 children, were killed this year in Mexico's ongoing drug wars, the Mexican daily El Universal reported Monday.
The deaths of men, women and children - who had no links to the drug gangs - were caused by stray bullets and attacks by both criminals and security forces, the report said.
London - Aero-engine maker Rolls-Royce said Thursday it would cut up to 2,000 jobs worldwide as a result of the current economic "uncertainties."
Washington - Buying a new computer usually involves comparing models. Comparisons are more difficult than they used to be, as the number of choices has grown and manufacturers have started marketing computers with specific uses in mind.
Indian authorities have issued a birth certificate to a Japanese baby born to an Indian surrogate mother, easing the way for her Japanese father to take her home, news reports said Saturday.
