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Entrenched Mexico drug mafia, vigilantes battle for control of agricultural Michoacan state
Associated PressLA RUANA, Mexico (AP) — 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 Templar cartel is...Tags: Defense, Limes, Restraint of Trade, Brazil, Politics
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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: Witnesses, Politics, Litigation, Genocide, Human Rights
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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: Eurovision Song Contest (tv program), China, Politics, Litigation, Genocide
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Analysis: U.S. food labels seen heating up North America meat war
ReutersWINNIPEG, Manitoba/CHICAGO (Reuters) - The United States is poised to introduce stricter rules on the labeling of meat imports this week, a move that is likely to heat up a simmering trade dispute with Canada and Mexico. Under new regulations that...Tags: Corporate Officers, Lobbying, Politics, National Government, Veal
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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: Roman Catholicism, Immigration, U.S. Congress, Religion and Belief, Politics
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Two men charged with killing Malcolm X grandson
ReutersMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Two men arrested in the fatal beating of the grandson of U.S. civil rights activist Malcolm X were sent to prison on Saturday to await trial, a Mexico City court spokesman said. David Hernandez and Manuel Perez, waiters at the...Tags: Dining and Drinking, New York City, Mexico, Crime, Law and Justice, Civil Rights
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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, Animal, Mexico, Restaurants, Restaurant and Catering Industry
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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: Punishment, Colombia, Pakistan, Mexico, Drug Use
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Plaintiffs in Mexico Yahoo case say will appeal court ruling
ReutersMEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Two Mexican firms embroiled in a contractual dispute with Yahoo Inc will appeal a court ruling that overturned an earlier $2.75 billion judgment in their favor, a director of the companies said on Friday. Yahoo announced the...Tags: Corporate Crime, Mexico, Breach of Contract, Yahoo! Inc.
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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: Social Issues, Discrimination, Same-Sex Marriage, Politics, Minority Groups
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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: Executive Branch, Corporate Officers, Armed Forces, Mexico, Politics
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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: Computing and Information Technology Industry, Microsoft Corporation, Music, Amazon.com Inc., Media Industry
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