Six gunned down in Mexican bar
August 9th, 2012 - 11:27 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Aug 9 (IANS/EFE) Gunmen killed six people inside a bar in Mexico state, officials said.The victims - two women and four men - were having a celebration Wednesday ... Read more...
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Shree Cement penalized Rs.397.51 crore for monopolistic practices
July 30th, 2012 - 8:20 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 30 (IANS) The Competition Commission of India (CCI) Monday found 11 cement manufacturers and the Cement Manufacturers Association contravening the provisions of the Competition Act through monopolistic ... Read more...
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Mexican prison’s security chief gunned down
July 30th, 2012 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
Culiacan (Mexico), July 30 (IANS/EFE) The security chief of the prison in Culiacan, the capital of the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa, has been gunned down, police said.Alejandro Osuna Rios ... Read more...
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Seven beheaded in Mexican town
July 13th, 2012 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, July 13 (IANS/EFE) Seven decapitated bodies were found Thursday in the central Mexican town of Jojutla, authorities said.The bodies were inside a pick-up truck abandoned next to a ... Read more...
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Police chief gunned down in Mexico
July 2nd, 2012 - 12:11 pm ICT by IANS
Culiacan (Mexico), July 2 (IANS/EFE) The police chief of Choix, a city in the northwestern Mexican state of Sinaloa, has been shot dead, officials said.Hector Echavarria died at a hospital ... Read more...
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‘More stringent laws against cartelisation needed’
February 14th, 2012 - 12:38 am ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 13 (IANS) Competition watchdog,he Competition Commission of India (CCI) is in favour of more stringent laws against formation of cartels as it affects consumers' interest.
"Cartelisation can become ... Read more...
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Beheaded bodies found in Mexico
December 25th, 2011 - 10:21 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Dec 25 (IANS/EFE) At least 10 bodies, some of them decapitated, have been found in a Mexican town, officials said.The bodies were found Friday in the northern part ... Read more...
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Monday is world competition day
December 4th, 2011 - 6:05 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 4 (IANS) Competition watchdogs across the world will celebrate World Competition Day on Dec 5 and the theme this year is 'cartels and their harmful effects on ... Read more...
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‘Fly by night mining operators creating problems’
November 17th, 2011 - 7:36 pm ICT by IANS
Miramar (Goa), Nov 17 (IANS) Goa's angry mining industry Thursday took potshots at what they called "fly by night" mining operators and traders for tarnishing the image of established ... Read more...
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Goa’s drug trade could have Colombian links: CBI
September 9th, 2011 - 7:05 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Sep 9 (IANS) Goa's police-politician-drug nexus could also have a linkage in Colombia in South America, notorious for its drug running cartels, a Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) officer ... Read more...
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Eight mechanics shot dead in garage in Mexico
May 19th, 2011 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Villahermosa (Mexico), May 19 (IANS/EFE) Eight mechanics working at a garage were gunned down and two were wounded in an attack in the southeastern Mexican state of Tabasco, authorities said ... Read more...
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13 die in Mexico shootout
May 16th, 2011 - 11:12 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, May 16 (IANS/EFE) At least 13 people, including four police officers, were killed in a shootout on a highway in Guerrero, a state in southern Mexico, officials said ... Read more...
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121 Bodies recovered from mass graves in Mexican state
May 6th, 2011 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, May 6 (IANs/EFE) A total of 121 bodies have been recovered from the mass graves in the northern Mexican state of Durango, with the latest digs turning up 11 ... Read more...
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Systemic failure blamed for Bangladesh share market crisis
April 7th, 2011 - 8:43 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, April 7 (IANS) A probe committee said Thursday that systemic failure has allowed massive manipulation of the stock exchanges in Bangladesh, and also dismissed the view that political ... Read more...
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Nearly 1,700 special forces soldiers desert Mexican army
March 9th, 2011 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 9 (IANS/EFE) Some 1,680 Mexican army special forces soldiers have deserted in the past decade, a media report said citing defense secretariat figures.The army does not know ... Read more...
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Four shot dead in Mexican bar’s parking lot
March 9th, 2011 - 11:03 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 9 (IANS/EFE) At least four people were killed and seven wounded when gunmen attacked them in the parking lot of a bar in northwestern Mexico, officials said.The ... Read more...
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Cocaine stash found in steamroller
February 20th, 2011 - 12:23 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Feb 20 (IANS/EFE) Mexican security forces confiscated more than 630 kg of cocaine hidden inside a steamroller in the southeastern city of Ciudad del Carmen, authorities said.The cocaine seizure, in ... Read more...
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24 killed in Mexico violence
January 9th, 2011 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Jan 9 (IANS/EFE) At least 24 people were killed, 15 of them found decapitated, in the southern Mexican resort city of Acapulco, officials said.On Saturday morning, 15 decapitated men were ... Read more...
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Five bullet-riddled bodies found on Mexican highway
December 31st, 2010 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), Dec 31 (IANS/EFE) Five bullet-riddled bodies were found on a rural highway in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, officials said.Residents of the town of Sainapuchi notified police Wednesday ... Read more...
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Petite 20-yr-old college girl takes ‘most dangerous’ police chief job in Mexico
October 21st, 2010 - 2:40 pm ICT by ANI
London, Oct 21 (ANI): A town in Mexico has left most astonished after it appointed a college going mother-of-one to head a police force in the heart of a traditional route for ... Read more...
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Dhaka to Delhi: crack down on drug factories near border
September 27th, 2010 - 1:04 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, Sep 27 (IANS) Bangladesh has urged India to crack down on factories that make the banned Phensedyl syrup near the border. Two million bottles of Phensedyl were seized last year.
Popular ... Read more...
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Five dismembered bodies found in Mexico
September 22nd, 2010 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Sep 22 (IANS/EFE) Five dismembered bodies were found on a highway near Tanhuato, a city in the western Mexican state of Michoacan, police said.
The trunks of the bodies were piled ... Read more...
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Pakistan cricketers were fixing ‘almost every match’
September 5th, 2010 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
London, Sep 5 (IANS) Pakistan Test batsman Yasir Hameed reportedly told a British tabloid that his teammates have been fixing "almost every match" and that he himself had refused bribes. However, he ... Read more...
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Seven die in Mexico shootout
August 31st, 2010 - 6:49 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Aug 31 (IANS/EFE) Seven people died in a nearly 15-hour battle between gunmen and soldiers in Mexico, defence department said Monday.
The clash began Sunday night when troops tried to search ... Read more...
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Kidnapped mayor found dead in Mexico’s drug-plagued north
August 18th, 2010 - 10:49 pm ICT by BNO News
MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) -- Mexican police on Wednesday found the body of a mayor two days after he was kidnapped by drug hitmen near the northern city of Monterrey, local media ... Read more...
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‘Drug Mule’ Comment Puts Arizona Governor In Hot Water
June 28th, 2010 - 8:15 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
June 28, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): The governor of the state of Arizona, suddenly found herself being shrouded by controversy after her controversial ‘drug mule’ comment. She used the term ... Read more...
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Mexican navy seizes 2.4 tonnnes of cocaine
May 4th, 2010 - 2:21 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, May 4 (IANS/EFE) The Mexican Navy has seized 2.4 tonnes of cocaine stashed in a fishing boat intercepted in the Pacific waters.
The navy acted on a tip from the US ... Read more...
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Colombian drug lord’s son says all he inherited was a watch
May 4th, 2010 - 1:53 pm ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, May 4 (IANS/EFE) The son of the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar said that from the incalculable fortune of his father, the only thing he inherited was a watch ... Read more...
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Fear of poverty motivated Shakira to taste success
April 3rd, 2010 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 3 (IANS) Popular singer Shakira claims her drive for success comes from seeing poverty during her childhood.
"My dad went bankrupt when I was eight-years-old. I remember the day I ... Read more...
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Gunmen help suspect escape from ambulance
March 3rd, 2010 - 1:13 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 3 (IANS/EFE) Gunmen helped a suspect being taken to a hospital in a port city of Mexico to escape from a Red Cross ambulance, a spokesman for the humanitarian ... Read more...
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Former head of the Gulf Cartel sentenced to 25 years
February 26th, 2010 - 1:08 am ICT by BNO News
HOUSTON, TEXAS (BNO NEWS) – Former head of the Gulf Cartel has been sentenced to serve in federal prison without parole, United States Attorney José Angel Moreno said Wednesday.Osiel Cardenas-Guillen, 42, of ... Read more...
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18 tons of stolen explosives found in Mexico
February 21st, 2010 - 11:43 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Feb 21 (IANS/EFE) The police recovered 18 tons of explosives that had been stolen hours earlier in northern Mexico, authorities said.
The industrial-use explosives were stolen from a tractor-trailer on a ... Read more...
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Drug runners will shoot Goa chief minister soon: Congress legislator
January 12th, 2010 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
Panaji, Jan 12 (IANS) A ruling party legislator has said that drug runners had a grip over coastal Goa and that they would soon have enough clout to even shoot the state's ... Read more...
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EU regulators charge Philips, others over cathode ray tube cartel
November 26th, 2009 - 11:14 pm ICT by IANS
Brussels, Nov 26 (DPA) European Union regulators Thursday formally charged Dutch electronics giant Philips and other manufacturers of cathode ray tubes (CRT) of forming a cartel aimed at inflating the price of ... Read more...
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Spiralling prices make Pakistanis doubt Ramadan blessings
September 1st, 2009 - 1:24 pm ICT by IANS
By Nadeem Sarwar
Islamabad, Sep 1 (DPA) Muslims around the world believe Ramadan is a period during which the doors of heaven are opened and blessings shower down in abundance, but ... Read more...
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