A mass rally of supporters of defeated Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has "elected" him head of a parallel government. Hundreds of thousands of protesters gathered in …
Mexican president to move annual salute
President Vicente Fox backed away from a confrontation with leftist Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Thursday, announcing that he wouldn't hold his annual Independence Day celebration at the capital's …
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Mexican officials to burn ballots
Electoral officials said Tuesday that they will burn the ballots from the disputed presidential election despite calls from both candidates to spare them. Luis Carlos Ugalde, chairman of the Federal …
Journalist jailed in Sudan returns home
American journalist Paul Salopek returned home to New Mexico on Sunday, a day after being freed from prison in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region where he had been held for more than a month on espionage …
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Threat remains of a nuclear terror strike
IN the months leading up to September 11, 2001, there were 20 cases of illicit trafficking in radioactive materials in Germany, Romania, South Africa and Mexico. In July of that year, French police …
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Gunmen toss 5 human heads on dance floor
In a horrifying show of brutality, gunmen barged into a bar in central Mexico early Wednesday and tossed five human heads on the dance floor, after covering patrons with their weapons, officials said. …
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Teams vie for U.S. border security contract
Five industry teams are competing for a $2.1 billion contract to be awarded next month to help the U.S. Department of Homeland Security beef up security along over 7,500 miles of U.S. borders with …
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Potentially dangerous Ernesto now a hurricane
Ernesto grew into the first hurricane of the Atlantic season on Sunday and threatened deforested Haiti with floods and mudslides as it headed for the Gulf of Mexico a year after Hurricane Katrina …
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Tropical Storm Ernesto Gathers Strength in Caribbean
Tropical Storm Ernesto, strengthening in the Caribbean Sea, may become a powerful hurricane by the time it reaches the Gulf of Mexico next week, according to U.S. forecasters. Meteorologists at the …
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Assailants attack newspaper in Cancun
Assailants threw grenades at the offices of a newspaper in the resort city of Cancun in the latest in a series of attacks on news outlets across Mexico, police said Thursday. Several grenades hit the …
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