Ancient Mayans first domesticated turkey
August 9th, 2012 - 2:56 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 9 (IANS) Turkey, one of the most widely consumed birds worldwide, was domesticated by the ancient Mayans, more than 1,000 years earlier than previously believed.The discovery of ... Read more...
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Japanese steelmaker to build plant in central Mexico
August 8th, 2012 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Tokyo, Aug 8 (IANS/EFE) Nippon Steel and several Japanese partners have formed a joint venture to build a steel plant in the central Mexican state of Guanajuato to supply the ... Read more...
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Mexican town takes on world’s richest man
July 23rd, 2012 - 12:05 pm ICT by IANS
Puebla (Mexico), July 23 (IANS/EFE) A peasant town in central Mexico has declared war on the world's richest man, Carlos Slim, to prevent him from operating a gold and silver ... Read more...
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Kids’ bodies recovered from 700-year-old Mexican grave
July 18th, 2012 - 12:23 am ICT by IANS
London, July 17 (IANS) Archaeologists in Mexico City have discovered skulls and other bones of 15 human beings from a mysterious mass grave, most of them of children of travelling ... Read more...
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Seven girls raped at summer camp in Mexico
July 16th, 2012 - 11:22 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, July 16 (IANS/EFE) Seven girls were raped and a number of boys were beaten by assailants who attacked a summer camp in central Mexico last week, authorities said.The ... Read more...
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Strong earthquake strikes off Mexico’s Pacific coast, no casualties
April 12th, 2012 - 7:48 pm ICT by BNO News
LAZARO CARDENAS, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) -- A strong earthquake struck off the Pacific coast of Mexico on late Wednesday afternoon, causing tall buildings to sway as far away as Mexico City, seismologists ... Read more...
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Mexico invites bids for $3.5 bn gas pipeline project
March 21st, 2012 - 12:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 21 (IANS/EFE) President Felipe Calderon said Mexico has begun inviting bids for the Northwest Gas Pipeline, a conduit that will stretch for more than 2,000 km from ... Read more...
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Mexican schoolgirl brings hand grenade to class
February 15th, 2012 - 12:15 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Feb 15 (IANS/EFE) A nine-year-old girl took a hand grenade to an elementary school in Morelos, a state in central Mexico, authorities said.Administrators at the school in the ... Read more...
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7 suspects die in shootout with security forces in central Mexico
January 17th, 2012 - 9:50 pm ICT by BNO News
CUERNAVACA, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) -- At least seven people were killed on Monday morning during a shootout between security forces and criminals in central Mexico, officials said on Tuesday. One person has ... Read more...
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Mexican oil giant to spend $24 mn to repair pipeline
December 21st, 2011 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Dec 21 (IANS/EFE) State-owned oil giant Petroleos Mexicanos, or Pemex, said it planned to spend 329.8 million pesos (about $24 million) to repair a pipeline damaged in an ... Read more...
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Demand for private security services in Mexico up 40 percent
December 18th, 2011 - 1:05 pm ICT by IANS
Monterrey (Mexico), Dec 18 (IANS/EFE) Demand for private security services in Mexico rose 40 percent this year compared to 2010 amid continued high levels of drug-related violence, an official of ... Read more...
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11-year-old girl gives birth in the central Philippines
November 28th, 2011 - 8:43 pm ICT by BNO News
ILOILO, PHILIPPINES (BNO NEWS) -- An 11-year-old girl has given birth to a baby boy in the central Philippines after a pregnancy of seven months, the government confirmed on Monday. It is ... Read more...
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Mexican man found living with sister’s corpse
September 5th, 2011 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Sep 5 (IANS/EFE) An octogenarian in Hidalgo, a state in central Mexico, has been found living with his dead sister's corpse, officials said.The discovery was made Thursday night ... Read more...
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2,800-year-old monument found in Mexico
July 27th, 2011 - 12:16 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, July 27 (IANS/EFE) Mexican archaeologists have discovered a 1.5 tonne stone relief that was created more than 2,800 years ago, authorities said.
The discovery was made at the archaeological ... Read more...
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23 police officers arrested over alleged ties with drug cartel in central Mexico
May 3rd, 2011 - 12:22 am ICT by BNO News
GUANAJUATO, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) -- Mexican authorities on Monday announced that 23 police officers were arrested over their alleged ties with La Familia drug carter in central Mexico, El Universal newspaper reported.The ... Read more...
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Two dead after clashes between soldiers and gunmen in central Mexico
February 25th, 2011 - 10:51 pm ICT by BNO News
MICHOACAN, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) -- Two people on Thursday were killed during clashes between the Mexican Army and gunmen in central Mexico, the state-run Notimex news agency reported on Friday.The confrontation took ... Read more...
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Mexican teenager used social websites to kidnap people
January 17th, 2011 - 10:48 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Jan 17 (IANS/EFE) A teenaged youth who allegedly kidnapped students he met via social networking websites has been arrested in Mexico, officials said.Pedro Lopez Biffano, 19, who was holding a ... Read more...
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Bus crash kills 21 people in central Mexico
October 18th, 2010 - 10:15 pm ICT by BNO News
MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) -- A total of 21 people were killed on early Monday morning after a passenger bus was involved in a crash in central Mexico, officials said.The accident happened ... Read more...
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Seven dead, 20 missing after landslide in central Mexico
September 21st, 2010 - 10:42 pm ICT by BNO News
MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) – Seven people died and at least 20 people are unaccounted for after a landslide swipe five cars away in central Mexico, local media reported on Tuesday.According to ... Read more...
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Mexican electrical workers end 80-day hunger strike
July 23rd, 2010 - 4:17 pm ICT by BNO News
MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) -- Mexican electrical workers ended on Friday early morning a hunger strike after the Mexican Union of Electricians and the government of President Felipe Calderon agreed to begin ... Read more...
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Mexican police seize 20 kilos (44 pounds) of plastic explosives in Mexico City
June 9th, 2010 - 9:07 pm ICT by BNO News
MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) -- The Mexican Navy raided a property in central Mexico City on Wednesday, seizing over 20 kilos (44 pounds) of C-4 explosives and arresting four people, local media ... Read more...
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Moderate earthquake rattles central Mexico
April 16th, 2010 - 5:52 pm ICT by BNO News
MEXICO CITY (BNO NEWS) -- A moderate earthquake struck central Mexico on Friday morning, seismologists said. There were no immediate reports of damage or casualties.The 5.1-magnitude earthquake at 5.01 a.m. local time ... Read more...
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Mexican police arrest drug kingpin
April 13th, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, April 13 (IANS/EFE) The kingpin of the La Familia Michoacana drug organisation has been arrested in central Mexico, the Public Safety Secretariat has said.
Jose Manuel Cuevas Arias was arrested along ... Read more...
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Bus Crashes Outside of Phoenix Kills At Least Six
March 6th, 2010 - 3:53 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Mar 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) A bus accident which took place on the Gila River Indian Reservation near the Sacaton Community has killed at least 6 people, and there may be more. The ... Read more...
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28 killed in mudslide in Mexico
February 7th, 2010 - 3:08 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Feb 7 (IANS/EFE) At least 28 people were killed in mudslide caused by torrential rains during the past four days in central Mexico and other regions.
Ten people were killed in ... Read more...
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Native Americans domesticated turkeys 1,500 yrs before New World discovery
February 2nd, 2010 - 3:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Feb 2 (ANI): In a new study, researchers have found that Native Americans had already domesticated turkeys twice more than 1,500 years before Christopher Columbus and his crew sailed to the ... Read more...
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Three Cubans escape from migrant detention camp in Mexico
December 28th, 2009 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Dec 28 (IANS/EFE) Three Cuban nationals escaped from a National Migration Institute, or INM, facility in central Mexico, officials said.
Yoel Francisco Escalante Machado, Roxana Alfonso Roche and Jose Miguel Falla ... Read more...
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Mexico to drop photo of Madrid mayor’s air-kiss from anti-flu ad
November 14th, 2009 - 1:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, November 14 (ANI): Authorities in Mexico have recalled an anti-swine flu health campaign after picture of Madrid's mayor Albert Ruiz-Gallardon kissing the cheek of the President of the Madrid region, Esperanza ... Read more...
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Prehistoric rhinos roamed in Mexico, say scientists
November 13th, 2009 - 5:37 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Nov 13 (EFE) The rhinoceros fossils kept in a museum in western Mexico belonged to an ancient rhino species called Teleoceras hicksi that lived more than four million years ago, ... Read more...
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Mexican animal rights activists protest bullfighting
October 26th, 2009 - 11:42 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Oct 26 (EFE) Members of an animal rights group staged a protest in Guanajuato, a city in central Mexico, against the inclusion of bullfights for the first time in the ... Read more...
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Mexico government dissolves public electricity company
October 13th, 2009 - 12:19 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Oct 12 (EFE) Mexican President Felipe Calderon has dissolved a public power company amid labour dispute, officials said.
The Luz y Fuerza del Centro (LyFC), which supplies electricity to the capital ... Read more...
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Ancient Mayans made pyramids to make music for rain god
September 23rd, 2009 - 1:42 pm ICT by ANI
London, September 23 (ANI): Researchers have discovered that many pyramids in Mexico were created by the ancient Mayans to create "raindrop" music to communicate with their rain god.Take for example, Mexico's El ... Read more...
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World over-armed, peace under-funded: Ban Ki-moon
September 10th, 2009 - 12:31 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Sep 9 (DPA) Noting that disarmament is back on the global agenda, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon cautioned Wednesday that the "world is over-armed and peace is under-funded".
Ban opened a disarmament ... Read more...
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Coca-Cola to invest $5 bn in Mexico
August 22nd, 2009 - 12:41 am ICT by IANS
Tepozotlan (Mexico), Aug 21 (EFE) The Coca-Cola Company plans to invest $5 billion over the next five years in Mexico to boost its presence in the country.
Mexico ranks second after US ... Read more...
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Salamanders can regenerate lost limbs, damaged lungs
July 2nd, 2009 - 3:50 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 2 (IANS) The salamander is a super hero of regeneration, able to replace lost limbs, damaged lungs, sliced spinal cord - even bits of lopped-off brain.
But it turns out that ... Read more...
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