Mexican journalists demand end to killings
May 7th, 2012 - 11:13 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, May 7 (IANS/EFE) More than 100 journalists staged a protest in Mexico City to draw attention to the killings of several journalists in the eastern state of Veracruz, ... Read more...
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Mexican poet wins human rights prize
April 23rd, 2012 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, April 23 (IANS/EFE) Poet Javier Sicilia received the Sergio Mendez Arceo Human Rights Prize this weekend for his efforts to promote peace in Mexico.Sicilia, who became a human ... Read more...
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9/11 changed life along US-Mexico border
September 11th, 2011 - 9:35 am ICT by IANS
Arizona, Sep 11 (IANS/EFE) The terror attack of Sep 11, 2001, forever changed the dynamics of life along the US-Mexico border with increased militarisation, use of technology and sanctions against ... Read more...
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Missing Mexican journalist found dead
July 27th, 2011 - 5:20 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico, July 27 (IANS/EFE) A Mexican journalist kidnapped over the weekend was found dead Tuesday in a city outside the Gulf post of Veracruz, officials said.
Yolanda Ordaz de la Cruz ... Read more...
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Mexican soldiers held for torture, killing of civilians
July 7th, 2011 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, July 7 (IANS/EFE) Two non-commissioned army officers have been arrested and handed over to a military judge on charges that they murdered a civilian and tortured a ... Read more...
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4.5 tonnes of marijuana seized in Mexico
March 11th, 2011 - 11:49 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 11 (IANS/EFE) Nearly 4.5 tonnes of marijuana were seized from three speedboats in northwestern Mexico, officials said.The contraband was being transported in the three speedboats in Sonora ... Read more...
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Kids getting hurt in Mexico’s war on drugs
February 5th, 2011 - 3:53 pm ICT by IANS
Geneva, Feb 5 (IANS/EFE) The UN Committee on the Rights of the Child has expressed "great concern" over the killing of more than 1,000 minors during the past four years in the ... Read more...
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Obama’s Q-A session on YouTube
January 28th, 2011 - 5:16 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Jan 28 (ANI): US President Barack Obama touched on a variety of topics, from legalisation of marijuana to civil unrest in Tunisia and Egypt, during a wide-ranging, online 'virtual town ... Read more...
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Gunmen storm rehab center, kill 13 in Mexico border city
October 25th, 2010 - 7:09 pm ICT by BNO News
TIJUANA, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) -- At least 13 people were killed after suspected drug cartel members burst into a drug rehabilitation center in the northwestern Mexican city of Tijuana on Sunday night, ... Read more...
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US grants political asylum to Mexican reporter
September 23rd, 2010 - 11:40 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Sep 23 (IANS/EFE) Jorge Luis Aguirre, a Mexican journalist who said he got death threats from authorities in his country, has been granted political asylum in the US, the ... Read more...
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Ten dead in Mexico’s drug wars
August 16th, 2010 - 6:48 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Aug 16 (DPA) Another ten deaths were credited to Mexico's drug wars over the weekend, including four drug gang suspects killed in a chase by security forces in northern Mexico, ... Read more...
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Sarah Palin Advises Cops To Lay Off “Minimal Problem” of Marijuana
June 22nd, 2010 - 2:24 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
June 21 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Sarah Palin, the former governor of Alaska, made the statement on Wednesday night that the law enforcement agencies should not focus their energies on the “minimal ... Read more...
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President Barack Obama Announces New Anti-Drug Policy Shift
May 12th, 2010 - 7:25 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Washington, May 12, (THAINDIAN NEWS) On Tuesday a new anti-drug policy was announced by the President of United States Barack Obama who said that the new policy will help to ... Read more...
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Venezuela seizes three tonnes of cocaine, coca paste
April 23rd, 2010 - 8:15 am ICT by IANS
Caracas, April 23 (IANS/EFE) Venezuelan drug enforcement agents dismantled eight illegal drug labs holding an estimated three tonnes of cocaine and cocaine paste, Interior Minister Tarek El Aissami said.
"We estimate that nearly ... Read more...
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Sting angers anti-drug activists over marijuana campaign
April 3rd, 2010 - 3:55 am ICT by IANS
London, April 3 (IANS) British musician Sting has angered anti-drug groups by adding his name to the campaign to legalise marijuana in America.
As politicians in many states, including California, consider legalising ... Read more...
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Sting angers anti-drug groups by calling for marijuana legalisation
April 2nd, 2010 - 5:30 pm ICT by ANI
London, April 2 (ANI): Pop singer Sting has angered anti-drug groups by calling for legalisation of marijuana in the US.The musician, 58, has said that America should spend the money it uses ... Read more...
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United States to extend military support to Mexico
March 24th, 2010 - 4:46 am ICT by BNO News
MEXICO CITY, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) – Top U.S. defense officials met on Tuesday with their Mexican counterparts as part of the Merida Initiative meeting in Mexico City to strengthen the military partnership ... Read more...
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Eight Miami residents arrested for trafficking cocaine
March 5th, 2010 - 12:06 am ICT by BNO News
MIAMI, FLORIDA (BNO NEWS) – Eight Miami residents were charged for trafficking cocaine, prosecutors said Thursday.The drug trafficking group consisted of eight men, Carlos Lodos-Gil, “Molleja,” age 59, Carlos Juanes, age 44, ... Read more...
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More violence in Mexico as 2010 death toll nears one thousand
February 2nd, 2010 - 4:09 pm ICT by BNO News
TORREON, MEXICO (BNO NEWS) -- More drug-related violence erupted on Monday in Mexico, just hours after one of the bloodiest episodes in months in the so-called 'War on Drugs'.At least eight people ... Read more...
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Megan Fox thinks TV news is “mindless bulls**t”
June 6th, 2009 - 4:20 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 6 (ANI): Megan Fox has said she is least bothered about what's happening around the globe because she thinks "TV news is mindless bulls**t."The Transformers actress revealed that she was ... Read more...
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Megan Fox says she would be the first person to buy ‘legalised’ weed
June 5th, 2009 - 4:04 pm ICT by ANI
London, June 5 (ANI): Megan Fox has called for legalisation of marijuana in the US, insisting that she would be the "first person in line to buy a pack of joints".The actress, ... Read more...
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Megan Fox urges US government to legalise marijuana
June 5th, 2009 - 12:06 am ICT by IANS
London, June 4 (IANS) Model-turned-actress Megan Fox has urged the US government to legalise marijuana insisting she would be the "first person in line to buy a pack of joints".
The "Transformers" actress ... Read more...
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Our ‘potheads’ make their own marijuana
April 21st, 2009 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Apr 21 (ANI): Our brain makes proteins that act directly on the marijuana receptors in the head, say researchers.In the new study in FASEB Journal, researchers have discovered that the brain ... Read more...
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Hollywood director says Cuban rebel ”Che” relevant to US politics
December 13th, 2008 - 2:33 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec.13 (ANI): Noted Hollywood director Steven Soderbergh has said that in the prevailing politico-economic environment in the United States, where the mantra is make profit of everything, the class-less society ... Read more...
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The United States is the worlds leading jailer: Human Rights Watch
June 7th, 2008 - 2:12 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 7 (ANI): The United States is the worlds leading jailer, according to a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report.
New figures show that US incarceration rates are climbing even higher, with ... Read more...
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Whitaker signs up for gangster flick ‘Mr Untouchable’
November 14th, 2007 - 8:16 am ICT by admin
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