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Mexico extradites criminal suspects to US
Nov 4 2009, Global Report

Mexico set a new high in extraditing criminal suspects to the U.S. on Sunday, reaching a total of 100 so far this year in what the U.S. Embassy called a “record for bilateral cooperation between the two countries.”The Embassy said Mexican...

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German general fired over air strike that killed Afghan civilians
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As Irish Clerics protected church against defenseless children, Sexual abuses remained buried for decades
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Foe’s foe is a friend: Chavez Hugs Ahmadinejad blasts Israel, US
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President Hugo Chávez rolled out the welcome mat here on Wednesday for President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran, using the visit to strengthen Venezuela’s political...
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Brazil: US Policy on Honduras Puts Latin Ties at Risk
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Chile murder mystery: Who killed Victor Jara?
Juan, Buenos Aires
The notorious murder of the popular folk singer — who became a symbol of resistance after he was tortured and shot to death in the chaotic first days of Chile’s...
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French Crackdown on Illegal immigrants, border police discover 12 Lorries packed with British-bound migrants
Paul, Paris
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Why I Am Thankful
Rudolf, New York
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Philippine’s Mayor prime suspect in massacre arrested
Ding, Manila
The son of a Philippines clan boss, suspected of the massacre of at least 57 journalists and political activists, turned himself in today, as investigators announced...
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Early Rain Saves Jordan, Climate Change Is Killing It
Wa'd, Amman
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Argentina: Since economic crisis, unemployed make picketing a way of life
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Mullah Omar's Holiday Message: Karzai's A "Stooge," I Won't Talk With Him
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Netanyahus Stubbornness On Settlements Produces American Call For 1967 Borders
Jack, Los Angeles
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Iran clerics start taking control of schools
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Gold Addiction Fuels Brutal Congo War
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Bomb Blast on Charsadda Road Injures Two Cops
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Comrade Duch aka Kaing Guek Eav, Khmer Rouge torturer wants forgiveness
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Mexican Press, police and cartel nexus
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Soldiers raiding a drug gang safe house in northern Mexico found money-stuffed envelopes earmarked for various police forces and one marked for the “press.”...
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Federal Police-drug cartel nexus in Mexico
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Thirty-one police officers have been arrested in a central Mexican state on suspicion of collaborating with a gang of drug cartel hit men. The Public Safety Department...
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Major anti-drug operation in Mexico
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Federal authorities announced the arrest of 34 police officers suspected of corruption, along with 17 drug traffickers, in two major anti-drug operations in Sinaloa and...
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Mexico cocaine hidden in sharks
Brandon, Rochester
The Mexican Navy says it has seized more than a tonne of cocaine hidden inside the carcasses of frozen sharks. Armed officers found slabs of cocaine inside more than...
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Mexico drug traffickers corrupt politics
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How Mexico's Drug Cartels Are Adapting
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The violence between Mexico’s government and its army and the well-financed and well-armed drug cartels is shocking. Since 2007, 45,000 troops have battled drug...
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Guatemala fears Mexico drug spillover
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The US justice department warned this week that Mexican drug gangs pose the biggest organized crime threat to the US. But Mexico’s southern neighbours are also...
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Body count climbs in Mexicos bloody drug war
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I don't want to die Daddy
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Daddy, I don’t want to die. Why is the world so ugly, why do they want to kill us, what did we do? Can someone tell me how to respond to this? Can someone...
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"That was then, it was Tragic, but we're democratic today", Presidential response to 1968 massacre
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New phase seen in Mexicos drug war
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To strike back at narcotics traffickers suspected of ordering the assassination of Mexico’s top drug cop, President Felipe Calderon dispatched 2,000 army troops...
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