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Police: Mexican woman in wheelchair flees on foot
(AP)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 22:17:07 GMT
AP - Police say a woman who begged from a wheelchair was caught running from a crime scene on foot in Monterrey, Mexico. Police spokeswoman Sidlayin Robles says 30-year-old Ana Victoria Perez fled on foot after she and her husband allegedly threw a stone through the front window of a furniture store.
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U.S. anti-kidnap expert's vanishing spins Mexico mystery
(Reuters)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 19:28:35 GMT
Reuters - The abduction of a U.S. anti-kidnap expert in northern Mexico last month remains a mystery with no clues to the man's whereabouts and no ransom demanded by his captors, police said on Monday.
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Obama, Richardson statements on withdrawal
(AP)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:12:56 GMT
AP - Statements from President-elect Barack Obama and New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson that were released Sunday by Obama's transition office on Richardson's decision to withdraw as Obama's nominee to be commerce secretary:
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Chronology of key events in Richardson withdrawal
(AP)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 10:11:36 GMT
AP - Notable events leading to New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson's withdrawal of his bid to become commerce secretary:
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Richardson withdrawal leaves gap in Cabinet picks
(AP)
Mon, 05 Jan 2009 09:25:22 GMT
 AP - The Cabinet that President-elect Barack Obama picked on a fast track has an unexpected opening, with New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson, Obama's choice for commerce secretary, withdrawing under pressure of a federal investigation into how his political donors landed a lucrative transportation contract.
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Obama transition hits bump as Richardson withdraws
(Reuters)
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 23:49:44 GMT
 Reuters - President-elect Barack Obama stumbled in his quest for a smooth transition on Sunday when New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson withdrew as his nominee for commerce secretary in the face of a legal inquiry.
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Obama's commerce pick Richardson bows out
(AFP)
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 19:28:00 GMT
AFP - Bill Richardson, president-elect Barack Obama's pick to be commerce secretary, said Sunday he was withdrawing his name owing to an investigation into a company doing business with his state of New Mexico.
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Richardson withdraws as Obama's commerce pick
(Reuters)
Sun, 04 Jan 2009 18:45:47 GMT
 Reuters - New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson has withdrawn as President-elect Barack Obama's nominee for commerce secretary, an Obama aide said Sunday.
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Mexican warlock predicts US troops on border
(AP)
Sat, 03 Jan 2009 20:42:47 GMT
 AP - Mexico's self-proclaimed "Grand Warlock" says the United States will pull troops out of Iraq in 2009 and send them to the border with Mexico in an attempt to expand its territory.
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Mexico Zapatista leader slams Obama over Gaza silence
(AFP)
Sat, 03 Jan 2009 05:31:54 GMT
 AFP - Mexico's Zapatista rebel leader "Subcomandante" Marcos slammed US president-elect Barack Obama for failing to speak out on Israel's bombing of Gaza, in a speech on Friday marking the 15th anniversary of his rebellion.
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Shootouts leave 8 police wounded in Mexico
(AP)
Sat, 03 Jan 2009 03:47:03 GMT
AP - Mexico started off the New Year with a string of shootouts and killings.
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Mexican man arrested in machete killing of doctor
(AP)
Sat, 03 Jan 2009 01:40:11 GMT
AP - Police in western Mexico have arrested a farmworker who allegedly hacked a doctor to death with a machete for refusing to treat his son.
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Killings in Mexico border city increase fivefold in 2008
(AFP)
Sat, 03 Jan 2009 00:06:20 GMT
 AFP - Suspected drug-related killings rose more than fivefold to 1,653 in Mexico's northern border city of Ciudad Juarez in 2008, according to an AFP count based on police reports.
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Mexico rebel leader back in public for 15 year Zapatista anniversary
(AFP)
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 22:53:13 GMT
 AFP - Mexico's Zapatista rebel leader "Subcomandante" Marcos made his first public appearance in more than a year Friday at an event marking the 15th anniversary of his rebellion.
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Mexico security law latest bid to tackle spiraling drug crime
(AFP)
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 20:18:38 GMT
 AFP - Mexico on Friday enacted a security law aiming to centralize law enforcement efforts after a violent 2008 in which the death toll from suspected drug crime more than doubled to over 5,500.
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12 dead in northern Mexico are latest drug war victims
(AFP)
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 04:00:43 GMT
 AFP - Twelve people were killed in northern Mexico close to the US border, including eight in Ciudad Juarez, in the latest violence attributed to the country's brutal drug war.
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Two Canadians seriously injured in Mexican nightclub shooting
(AFP)
Fri, 02 Jan 2009 00:01:45 GMT
AFP - Two Canadians were shot at a nightclub in the western Mexican resort destination of Cabo San Lucas, the Canadian foreign ministry said Thursday.
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Mexico extradites 10 drug suspects to US
(AP)
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 23:04:52 GMT
AP - Mexico sent 10 alleged drug smugglers to the United States on Wednesday, capping an already record year for extraditions between the two countries.
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Mexican agents accused of migrant abuse
(AP)
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 22:28:22 GMT
AP - Mexican immigration agents allegedly locked a group of Central American migrants in a trailer after they refused to pay a bribe, the country's National Human Rights Commission said Wednesday.
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Man living at Mexico airport has new home
(AP)
Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:26:18 GMT
AP - Oh, what a difference a bath can make.
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