Mexican farmers to sell commodities on futures market
August 2nd, 2012 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Aug 2 (IANS/EFE) The government and brokers are launching the Market Risk Management Program, which will allow farmers to sell commodities using futures contracts, Mexican officials said.The program's ... Read more...
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Mexico probes Wal-Mart bribery allegations
April 27th, 2012 - 11:13 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, April 27 (IANS/EFE) Investigators are looking into allegations that US retail giant Wal-Mart's unit in Mexico paid bribes to officials to speed the opening of stores during its ... Read more...
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Brazil sets auto export quotas for Mexico
April 5th, 2012 - 12:03 pm ICT by IANS
Brasilia, April 5 (IANS/EFE) The government has set its automotive export quotas for Mexico based on the requirements of each automaker operating in Brazil, officials said.The Foreign Trade Secretariat determined ... Read more...
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Argentina looks to stem imports of Mexican-made autos
April 3rd, 2012 - 10:45 am ICT by IANS
Buenos Aires, April 3 (IANS/EFE) Argentina is looking to reduce its imports of automobiles manufactured in Mexico in light of that country's refusal to revise the 2002 bilateral automotive trade ... Read more...
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Cruise giant to invest over $150 mn in Mexico
March 16th, 2012 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 16 (IANS/EFE) Carnival Cruise Lines plans to invest more than $150 million to expand port infrastructure at destinations on Mexico's Pacific and Caribbean coasts, authorities said.Carnival representatives ... Read more...
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Mexico lost $872 bn to illegal capital flight: Study
January 31st, 2012 - 12:05 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Jan 31 (IANS/EFE) Mexico lost $872 billion to illicit financial outflows between 1970 and 2010, according to a report released Monday by a US-based research and advocacy group.The ... Read more...
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Mexico deported nearly 50,000 migrants in 2011
January 4th, 2012 - 6:05 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Jan 4 (IANS/EFE) Mexico deported nearly 50,000 Central American migrants in 2011, a government report said.A total of 46,716 Central Americans were deported between Jan 1 and Nov ... Read more...
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Mexico’s Mayan region begin their apocalypse countdown
December 21st, 2011 - 9:43 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Mexico City, Dec 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Mexican region of Mayan has started the countdown to the end of the world. The Mayan believe which is shared by many is based on ... Read more...
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Honduran woman finds missing son in Mexican jail
November 16th, 2011 - 11:35 am ICT by IANS
San Cristobal de Las Casas (Mexico), Nov 16 (IANS/EFE) One of the 33 Central American mothers traveling across Mexico in search of children who disappeared en route to the US ... Read more...
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Mexico’s economy to grow 4.5 percent: IMF
August 9th, 2011 - 11:32 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 9 (IANS/EFE) Mexico's economy has rebounded from the global economic crisis and will grow about 4.5 percent this year, while "inflation has remained benign", said the International Monetary ... Read more...
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Mexican senators keen to ban bullfights
April 27th, 2011 - 11:33 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, April 27 (IANS/EFE) Senators from the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party are working on a legislation to ban bullfights and guarantee animal rights in Mexico, a lawmaker said.The legislation, ... Read more...
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India to join US meet on reducing offshore drilling risks
April 5th, 2011 - 11:13 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 5 (IANS) The US is convening a ministerial level meeting of 13 nations including India engaged in offshore drilling to discuss ways to reduce risks associated with offshore ... Read more...
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Mexico says it n-plant is safe
March 18th, 2011 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 18 (IANS/EFE) Mexican officials inspected the country's only nuclear power plant following the nuclear crisis in Japan. They said the facility was safe.The Laguna Verde nuclear plant ... Read more...
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Mexican gangs catapult drugs into US
January 29th, 2011 - 12:32 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Hermosillo, Jan 28 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Mexican drug peddlers are doing everything possible to ensure that their illegal business thrives.In a new move, the peddlers are now catapulting drugs into the United States. ... Read more...
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Obama telephones Mexican president Calderon after Tony Tormenta’s death
November 7th, 2010 - 3:10 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) -- U.S. president Barack Obama on Saturday telephoned Mexican president Felipe Calderon after Friday's military operation in which one of the leaders of the Gulf Cartel was killed, ... Read more...
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Shootout in Mexican city leaves 7 dead
September 25th, 2010 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
Chilpancingo (Mexico), Sep 25 (IANS/EFE) Seven suspected cartel gunmen were killed in a shootout between rival gangs in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, Mexican officials said.
Spokespersons for the Attorney General's Office ... Read more...
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Man trying to smuggle 18 monkeys arrested in Mexico
July 21st, 2010 - 11:47 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, July 21 (IANS/EFE) A man carrying 18 monkeys in a belt under his shirt was arrested at the Mexico City airport, authorities said.
The 38-year-old suspect, who arrived on a flight ... Read more...
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Mexico blasts fatal shooting of a teenager by border patrol agent
June 9th, 2010 - 8:23 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
A Mexican teenager has been shot dead by the United States Border Patrol agents. He was shot on the banks of Rio Grande. The shooting took place on Monday, and it has ... Read more...
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Mexico Demands Probe In Border Shooting
June 9th, 2010 - 7:51 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
Mexican officials have asked U.S. to investigate the shooting at the border crossing, that links the Ciudad Juarez to El Paso, Texas. The shooting killed a 14 year old boy, who apparently ... Read more...
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Mexican national fugitive deported from Arizona
February 16th, 2010 - 1:44 am ICT by BNO News
YUMA, ARIZONA (BNO NEWS) – A Mexican national fugitive on Friday was found in Arizona illegally and deported to Mexico for his immediate arrest, Mexican officials said on Saturday.Marco Antonio Medina Balderrama ... Read more...
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Dept. of Homeland Security Secretary to discuss aviation security with Mexico
February 13th, 2010 - 3:49 am ICT by BNO News
WASHINGTON, D.C. (BNO NEWS) – Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Janet Napolitano will travel to Mexico City to discuss security tactics in global aviation, the DHS announced Friday.Secretary Napolitano will meet ... Read more...
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24 killed in Mexico gangland violence
September 17th, 2009 - 4:33 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Sep 17 (EFE) At least 24 people have been killed in separate incidents in the northern Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez, which has been plagued in a vicious inter-gang ... Read more...
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Hurricane Jimena Now A Category 5 Storm
September 1st, 2009 - 6:14 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
The menacing Hurricane Jimena has escalated in to a maximum Category 5 storm now, as it heads on its way to Mexico's Baja California peninsula, according to the Mexican officials. ... Read more...
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Most wanted US criminal held in Mexico
July 20th, 2009 - 4:41 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, July 20 (DPA) Mexican police have arrested one of the ten most wanted criminals in the United States and US officials have asked for his extradition, Mexican judicial officials said ... Read more...
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Burger King apologises to Hindus for offensive ad
July 9th, 2009 - 9:17 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, July 9 (IANS) Global fast food chain Burger King has apologised to Hindus for running an advertisement in Spain that showed an Indian goddess with a 'forbidden' Whopper burger.
The advertisement ... Read more...
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WHO rejects criticism it acted slowly on swine flu
May 1st, 2009 - 6:59 pm ICT by IANS
Geneva, May 1 (DPA) The World Health Organisation (WHO) Friday rejected criticism that it was too slow in reacting to the outbreak of the swine flu A(H1N1) virus.
Mexican officials as well ... Read more...
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Mexico sells more than $1 bn to boost its currency
October 24th, 2008 - 12:49 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Oct 24 (DPA) Mexico's central bank has sold more than $1 billion of its foreign exchange reserves to boost its national currency, the peso.The value of the dollar went as ... Read more...
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Texas executes Mexican, defies Bush, international court
August 6th, 2008 - 1:14 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Washington, Aug 6 (DPA) Texas has carried out the execution of a Mexican-born rapist and killer, defying orders from US President George W. Bush and a ruling by an international court, newspaper ... Read more...
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Armed men kidnap 34 Cuban refugees in Mexico
June 13th, 2008 - 3:51 pm ICT by IANS
DPA
Mexico City, June 13 (DPA) A group of armed men have kidnapped a group of 34 illegal Cuban refugees who were being transported in a government bus in Mexico, the police have ... Read more...
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