Mexico City mulls bullfighting ban
March 24th, 2012 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 24 (IANS/EFE) A commission of the Legislative Assembly of Mexico City approved a bill that would ban bullfights in the Mexican capital.Three of the panel's members endorsed ... Read more...
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World Bank lends Mexico $300 mn to counter fiscal risks
March 23rd, 2012 - 2:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 23 (IANS) The World Bank has announced a $300 million loan to Mexico to shield it from fiscal risks.The loan seeks "a more effective implementation of public ... Read more...
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Sex trafficking rampant in Mexico, says lawmaker
March 23rd, 2012 - 11:44 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 23 (IANS/EFE) At least 47 sex-trafficking rings are operating in Mexico and the number of victims is more than 800,000 a year, including 20,000 children, lawmaker Rosi ... 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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Obama’s daughter safe after Mexico quake
March 21st, 2012 - 10:07 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 21 (IANS) Malia Obama, the 13-year-old daughter of US President Barack Obama, who is on vacation in Mexico was safe after a strong earthquake there, the White ... Read more...
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Strong quake jolts Mexico
March 21st, 2012 - 3:32 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 21 (IANS) Strong tremors were felt in Mexico City and prompted residents to flee in panic from swaying buildings Tuesday as a powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake jolted Mexico.The ... Read more...
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Mexican’s Senate candidacy axed for anti-women statement
March 19th, 2012 - 12:08 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 19 (IANS/EFE) Mexico's main opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI, said it has withdrawn lawmaker Francisco Moreno Merino's candidacy for the Senate due to his recent comment ... Read more...
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Brazil, Mexico settle dispute over auto exports
March 17th, 2012 - 12:07 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 17 (IANS/EFE) Mexico and Brazil have modified their accord regulating bilateral trade in automobiles, including agreeing to cap the value of their vehicle exports over next three ... Read more...
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Remains of missing Mexican politician found in mass grave
March 17th, 2012 - 11:29 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 17 (IANS/EFE) One of the victims in a mass grave discovered in May 2011 has been identified as a politician who went missing in July 2010, authorities ... Read more...
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Mexico’s imports of Chinese-made shoes surge
March 16th, 2012 - 11:56 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 16 (IANS/EFE) Mexico's imports of Chinese-made shoes climbed 151 percent in January, a month after compensatory quotas on those consumer goods expired, an official said.In response, shoe ... Read more...
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Mexican auto sector willing to accept quotas
March 15th, 2012 - 11:00 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 15 (IANS/EFE) Mexico's automobile industry said it is willing to accept temporary quotas on its exports to Brazil as long as the restrictions are lifted after a ... Read more...
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Mexican oil giant sells $327 mn in bonds
March 14th, 2012 - 11:41 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 14 (IANS/EFE) State-owned oil giant Petroleos Mexicanos said it sold 300 million Swiss francs ($327 million) worth of bonds on the international market.The seven-year bonds, which carry ... Read more...
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Sebastien Loeb wins his 6th Mexican Rally
March 12th, 2012 - 3:01 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 12 (IANS) French driver Sebastien Loeb extended his lead in the 2012 World Rally championship (WRC) with a comfortable victory in the Rally Mexico.The Frenchman Sunday won ... Read more...
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Four bodies dumped on side of Mexican highway
March 12th, 2012 - 11:13 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 12 (IANS/EFE) Four bodies were dumped on the shoulder of the Mexico City-Acapulco highway in the central state of Morelos, authorities said.The bodies, which were inside trash ... Read more...
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American wanted for child rape arrested in Mexico
March 11th, 2012 - 11:45 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 11 (IANS/EFE) An American man wanted in his homeland on child rape charges has been arrested in Mexico, authorities said.Federal agents discovered that Phillip Steven Borden was ... Read more...
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UN to hold global conference on women in 2015
March 9th, 2012 - 12:42 pm ICT by IANS
United Nations, March 9 (IANS) UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and current president of the General Assembly Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser have proposed the idea of holding a global conference on women's ... Read more...
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Gabriel Garcia Marquez turns 85
March 7th, 2012 - 12:12 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 7 (IANS/EFE) Colombian writer Gabriel Garcia Marquez was celebrating Tuesday his 85th birthday together with his family at his home in the Mexican capital, EFE said.The Nobel ... Read more...
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Mexico steps up effort to protect biodiversity
March 7th, 2012 - 11:24 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 7 (IANS/EFE) Mexico has signed the Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Protocol, which sets the rules for protecting biodiversity, as well as for the responsible and safe use of biotechnology, ... Read more...
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Over three mn Mexican teens have posted racy photos on Web
March 6th, 2012 - 10:56 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 6 (IANS/EFE) Around 3.6 million Mexican teenagers say they have posted photos of themselves in "provocative poses" on the Internet, a data-protection agency said.And more than 40 ... Read more...
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Suspect in murder of Mexican ex-general arrested
March 3rd, 2012 - 11:58 am ICT by IANS
Madrid, March 3 (IANS/EFE) Spanish police have arrested a Mexican woman accused in her country of commissioning the May 2011 murder of a top retired military officer.The woman, identified only ... Read more...
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Five slain at Mexican hospital
March 3rd, 2012 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 3 (IANS/EFE) Five people were gunned down at a private hospital in Culiacan, capital of the western Mexican state of Sinaloa, authorities said Friday.Several armed men entered ... Read more...
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Mexican mobile operators can be ordered to track phones
March 3rd, 2012 - 11:36 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 3 (IANS/EFE) Mexico's lower house approved a measure requiring mobile telephone companies to help authorities with real-time tracking and blocking of cell phones used in criminal activities.Telecom ... Read more...
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Mexican comedian says he’s feeling well after health scare
March 3rd, 2012 - 11:30 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 3 (IANS/EFE) Mexican comedian Roberto Gomez Bolanos "Chespirito", 83, is feeling "very well", the artist himself tweeted."Many thanks to everyone asking about my health, I feel tired, ... Read more...
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IMF urges euro zone to contain crisis
March 2nd, 2012 - 2:29 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 2 (IANS) The euro area should take more steps to check the debt crisis, as global recovery continued to be threatened by strains in the region and fragility ... Read more...
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Diego Rivera sketches undergo restoration
March 2nd, 2012 - 12:31 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 2 (IANS/EFE) Four sketches made by Mexican artist Diego Rivera in the 1930s for New York's Rockefeller Center are being restored with a grant from Bank ... Read more...
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Mexico takes action to keep criminals out of elections
March 2nd, 2012 - 11:48 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 2 (IANS/EFE) A security agreement to keep drug traffickers and other organized crime groups from interfering with Mexico's July 1 general elections has been signed by President ... Read more...
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IMF advises caution on policy easing to India
March 2nd, 2012 - 11:21 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 2 (IANS) Noting that the global recovery had suffered a setback, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) has advised India and other emerging economies with high inflation and public ... Read more...
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I’m soaring like condor after surgery: Chavez
March 1st, 2012 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 1 (IANS/RIA Novosti) Cancer-stricken Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said he was "soaring like a condor" after undergoing surgery in Cuba."I send you all my neverending love. ... Read more...
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Man wanted for eight murders escapes
March 1st, 2012 - 12:06 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 1 (IANS/EFE) A suspected rapist and killer of eight women escaped from a police lock-up hours after being arrested in Mexico state, officials said.Cesar Armando Librado Legorreta ... Read more...
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Mexican oil firm ends 2011 with net loss of $6.5 bn
March 1st, 2012 - 11:59 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 1 (IANS/EFE) State oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos, Mexico's largest company, said it posted a net loss of $6.5 billion in 2011, a 103 percent increase over 2010.Pemex ... Read more...
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Bottling firm to invest $1.1 bn in Colombia, Brazil
March 1st, 2012 - 11:50 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 1 (IANS/EFE) Fomento Economico Mexicano, or FEMSA, Latin America's largest bottling company, said it planned to invest $1.1 billion this year in new projects, including new plants ... Read more...
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Berlocq beats Simon in Mexican Open
February 29th, 2012 - 1:28 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Feb 29 (IANS) Frenchman Gilles Simon crashed out of the Mexican Open tennis tournament, losing in the first round to Argentine Carlos Berlocq 6-7 (5), 3-6.The world number ... Read more...
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Mexicans send 74 tonnes of campaign material to the dump
February 29th, 2012 - 12:10 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Feb 29 (IANS/EFE) The Mexican capital's city government said it has hauled away more than 74 tonnes of electoral campaign material after a civic group mobilized hundreds of ... Read more...
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Mexican drug lord will meet Osama’s fate: US
February 28th, 2012 - 2:43 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Feb 28 (IANS/RIA Novosti) The US will make every effort to ensure that Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman will face the fate of Al Qaeda leader ... Read more...
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World economy still in danger zone: IMF
February 27th, 2012 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Feb 27 (IANS) Despite the improvement in indicators of global activities, the risks are latent and the world economy is still in "the danger zone", International Monetary Fund ... Read more...
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