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Archive: October 2009

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Is Mexico winning its war on drugs?

Mexico’s arrest of drug cartel suspects has become fairly commonplace. On Thursday, it was six suspected members of La Familia,
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Fear after government layoffs in Puerto Rico

The bad news came via certified letter to Norma Jimenez, Edna Rodriguez and nearly 17,000 other Puerto Ricans this month.
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Torch lit for Vancouver 2010 Olympics

The torch for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics was lit in a ceremony at the ancient Greek site of Olympia on Thursday, less than four months ahead of the games’ opening ceremony.
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Mistrial declared in Travolta extortion trial

A mistrial has been declared in the trial of two people accused of attempting to extort millions from actor John Travolta.
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Drug-related killings skyrocket in Juarez

Has Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, been lost to the drug cartels?
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Police probe death of witness in Argentina trial

Federal authorities in Argentina are investigating the death of a key witness in a human rights trial that started Tuesday, the official news agency reported.
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Greenpeace protests modified corn in Mexico

Mexico saw the first public protests this weekend over the government’s decision to allow cultivation of the first genetically modified corn, which environmentalists and others say could ruin the nation’s native crop.
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Eight die in Argentina collision, report says

Eight people died early Monday in Buenos Aires, Argentina, when a city bus and a police ambulance collided, the government news agency reported.
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Two killed in attack on Guatemalan police

Lethal assaults on police and prison guards in Guatemala continued over the weekend, with an attack on a national police patrol that killed two officers and left one wounded, authorities said.
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Weakening Hurricane Rick downgraded

Hurricane Rick weakened to a Category 3 storm early Monday as it churned toward Mexico’s Pacific coast, forecasters said.

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