Mexico arrests 6 in deadly Cancun bar blaze The Guardian | CANCUN, Mexico (AP) — Mexican police have arrested six suspects in a bar fire that killed eight in the resort city of Cancun. | Quintana Roo state Attorney General Francisco Alor says the suspects told police a drug gang hired them to throw gasoline bombs at the bar, presumably in an attempt at ...
Drugs and violence: Mexico's addiction BBC News Waves of killings blamed on drug cartels are continuing to sweep Mexico. Here, Mexican political scientist Eduardo Guerrero Gutierrez examines the reasons for the violence and the prospects for the future. Continue reading the main story MEXICO'S DRUGS WAR | Battling the cartels On patrol in Mexico'...
Drugs and violence: Mexico's addiction BBC News Waves of killings blamed on drug cartels are continuing to sweep Mexico. Here, Mexican political scientist Eduardo Guerrero Gutierrez examines the reasons for the violence and the prospects for the future. Continue reading the main story MEXICO'S DRU...
Dozens killed in Mexico shootout Al Jazeera | At least 25 people have been killed in clashes between soldiers and suspected drug gang members near the northern Mexican city of Monterrey, local media have reported. | The soldiers stormed a training camp allegedly set up by the gang member...
Guns, drugs, and La Barbie: Why America is responsible for Mexican drug cartels The Christian Science Monitor New York | After the arrest this week of one of Mexico’s most ruthless drug lords, “La Barbie,” media coverage has highlighted his American-born, football star origins. But the kingpin is the product of America in a more profound way: We are mo...
Bragato Exchange Scholar Exploring Italy Scoop Thursday, 2 September 2010, 1:20 pm | Press Release: Eastern Institute of Technology | Bragato Exchange Scholar Exploring Italy | EIT Hawke’s Bay wine science and viticulture student Tom Lovelock is to spend a month in Italy as this yearȁ...
Enthusiasts cultivate rare, unusual fruit The Press Democrat | The fruit grew on a peach tree that sprouted accidentally in Bathgate's persimmon grove, and he eagerly collected the sticky pits to plant more. | Bathgate was one of hundreds of rare fruit aficionados gathered to share seeds, cuttings and knowledg...
Robinho joins AC Milan on transfer deadline day Kansas City Star Luca Bruno Brazilian soccer player Robinho, after undertaking medical checks in Gallarate, near Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. Brazil striker Robinho has arrived in Italy and will sign with AC Milan if the seven-time European champions let go ...
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Robinho joins AC Milan on transfer deadline day Kansas City Star Luca Bruno Brazilian soccer player Robinho, after undertaking medical checks in Gallarate, near Milan, Italy, Tuesday, Aug. 31, 2010. Brazil striker Robinho has arrived in Italy an...
HIV Discrimination Case Filed in China The New York Times | Filed at 1:54 a.m. ET | BEIJING (AP) -- A municipal court in central China has accepted the country's first lawsuit alleging work discrimination because of HIV status, state medi...
Mexico Ousts 3,200 Police Officers From Force Wall Street Journal By NICHOLAS CASEY | MEXICO CITY—Mexico fired nearly one-tenth of its entire Federal Police force en masse for failing lie-detector tests, being suspected of corruption, or for other reasons—a major blow to efforts to fight drug-traffickin...
Mexico arrests drug trafficker Edgar 'Barbie' Valdez BBC News Mexican police have arrested top drug trafficker Edgar Valdez, a US citizen also known as Barbie for his blond hair, Mexico's attorney general says. | He was reportedly detained in the centre of the country. | Edgar Valdez is linked to the influentia...
Victims of Massacre in Mexico Said to Be Migrants The New York Times | MEXICO CITY — The bodies of 72 people discovered Tuesday on a ranch in northeast Mexico were migrants killed by gunmen who tried to extort money from them as the migrants made their way toward the United States border, a witness told Mexican authorities Wednesday. | Initial reports late Tuesday suggested the mass collection of bodies about ...
