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Mexico Earthquake: 7.9 Magnitude Shakes Mexico City
Channel 2 NewsA strong, long 7.9 earthquake with an epicenter in Guerrero state shook central southern Mexico on Tuesday, swaying buildings in Mexico City and sending frightened workers and residents into the streets. The U.S. Geological Surveyset the intensity...Tags: Natural Disasters, Mexico
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Drug cartel boss pleads guilty to murder in U.S. agent's death
WASHINGTON — A Mexican drug cartel commander pleaded guilty Thursday to murder and attempted murder in a 2011 ambush south of the border that left one American agent dead and a second injured, and which sharply strained U.S.-Mexico relations....
Tags: Theft, U.S. Embassy, Firearms, Court Preliminary, Murder
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Aberdeen class gives immigrants opportunity to improve English skills
Adolfo Garcia is one of the top students in the English as a Second Language class at Cornerstones, but his nearly fluent English is not the whole story. His English reading and writing skills are poor. "I need to improve," he said. "I only went...
Tags: Burma, France, Mexico, Employment Opportunities
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Entrenched Mexico drug mafia, vigilantes battle for control of agricultural Michoacan state
Associated PressLA RUANA, Mexico (AP) — The farm state of Michoacan is burning. A drug cartel that takes its name from an ancient monastic order has set fire to lumber yards, packing plants and passenger buses in a medieval-like reign of terror. The Knights...Tags: Government, Limes, Felipe Calderon, Organized Crime, Crime, Law and Justice
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Guatemalan court action revives questions about Rios Montt's fate
MEXICO CITY— The Guatemalan high court’s decision to overturn the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt and restart his trial has revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic...
Tags: Hate Crimes, Guatemala, Massacres, Justice and Rights, Xi Jinping
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Guatemala full of questions after genocide conviction annulled
MEXICO CITY — The Guatemalan high court's decision to annul the genocide conviction of former military dictator Efrain Rios Montt on Tuesday revived questions about his responsibility for the slaughter of some 1,700 ethnic Maya people. The...Tags: Hate Crimes, Guatemala, Justice and Rights, Massacres, Crime, Law and Justice
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Cartel-controlled border towns present big challenge in Congress' quest for immigration reform
Associated PressMATAMOROS, Mexico (AP) — Just across the Rio Grande from Brownsville, Texas, stands a dormitory-style shelter filled with people recently deported from the U.S. and other migrants waiting to cross the border. The long rows of bunk beds offer...Tags: Police Arrests, U.S. Congress, U.S. House Committee on Homeland Security, Crime, Law and Justice, Organized Crime
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OAS study says countries should consider decriminalizing drug use
BOGOTA, Colombia — The Organization of American States said Friday that countries should consider decriminalizing drug use, a shift backed by several Latin American leaders but opposed by the United States. Decriminalization could be one of many...
Tags: Colombia, Lifestyle and Leisure, Pakistan, Recreational Substance Use, Bogota (Colombia)
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Gay rights activists in Mexico City accuse police of abuses
MEXICO CITY -- Same-sex marriage is legal in this city. Gay and lesbian couples can adopt children, and the government touts tolerance and respect for "sexual diversity" in messages posted on subway platforms and bus billboards. Yet, according to...
Tags: Civil Rights, Justice and Rights, Crime, Law and Justice, Social Issues, Gays and Lesbians
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Apron maker finds profitable recipe catering to chefs
Los Angeles TimesEllen Bennett launched an apron company last year not knowing how to sew and not knowing how to run a business. Now she has the world, so to speak, by the strings. "There was just the idea," says the diminutive, consistently buoyant 25-year-old who also...Tags: Dining and Drinking, Lifestyle and Leisure, Restaurant and Catering Industry, Animal, New Products
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Jaron Lanier takes a hard look at the wired world
Jaron Lanier has a research job with Microsoft. He won't go into specfics, but it has something to do with imagining the future and asking questions. Lanier is a longtime Silicon Valley insider whose primary occupation has been to imagine, think and ask...
Tags: Microsoft Corporation, Nursing, Siren (music group), Xbox, Skype
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Mexico names public security chief for Michoacan state
MEXICO CITY — Responding to mounting concern about disorder in the Mexican state of Michoacan, officials announced Thursday that an army general would take over as its public security chief, overseeing both state and federal security forces. The...Tags: Government, Armed Forces, Grupo Bimbo, Executive Branch, Politics
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