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The police came to Aye Aye Thant’s home late one night soon after the ruling Myanmar junta had declared her a dangerous political dissident.
The officer was a family friend who came with a discreet warning: Thant and her cousin, a Buddhist monk,...
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A massive army surge has failed to calm raging drug gang violence in Ciudad Juarez, a Mexican city on the U.S. border that is at the heart of President Felipe...
made popular Jul 9 2009
Three decapitated bodies and a human head were recently discovered in three different municipalities of the state of Mexico.
The first two cadavers were found...
made popular Jul 8 2009
Mexico’s midterm elections held on Sunday, July 5, had a little something for everybody’s inner cynic. As the leading parties, PRI and PAN threw political...
made popular Jul 8 2009
“The PRI comes back” shouted the front page headline of the daily newspaper El Universal on Monday, the day after the political party known as the PRI swept midterm...
made popular Jul 7 2009
There’s a whole lot of bitchy people wandering Mexico today. Of course not everyone is feeling irritable, but the ones who forgot about the infamous pre-election...
made popular Jul 6 2009
Mexican President Felipe Calderon said yesterday that all nations were equally at risk of a new flu outbreak and he called for a global response to the disease.
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made popular Jul 6 2009
The candidacy of Mario Anguiano, running for governor in a state election here Sunday, says a lot about Mexican politics amid the rise of the drug cartels.
A brother...
made popular Jul 4 2009
Two of Mexico’s famed midget wrestlers were found dead in a hotel room Wednesday, after apparently being drugged and robbed by prostitutes in the Moderna hotel...
made popular Jul 3 2009
“What is at stake today is not just the result of an election, but rather the future of democracy, of representative institutions,” he said. “For years … crime...
made popular Jun 27 2009
Filed under: News, Weird When Mexican officials discovered almost a ton of cocaine inside a shipment of frozen sharks, it was hard not to feel a tinge of respect for...
made popular Jun 25 2009
If you know what’s good for you, fisherman Teodoro Contreras says, stay away from certain places after sunset on the beaches of Mexico’s southern...
made popular Jun 24 2009
“I like what I do,” he told the police in a videotaped confession. “I don’t deny it.”
Mr. Reta was 13 when he was recruited by the Zetas, the infamous...
made popular Jun 23 2009
Today in Cancún, police were led to an abandoned Jeep with three dead men announcing a new group, the Mata Zetas, or the Killers of Zetas. The Zetas are the armed...
made popular Jun 22 2009
A stray golden retriever mix who had recently wandered into the hearts of a poor family outside Monterrey, Mexico, was deemed a hero today as he saved his four year old...
made popular Jun 22 2009
A group of armed men blew up an ambulance Friday, apparently with a grenade, to kill a rival who was being transferred from one hospital to another.
The attackers,...
made popular Jun 20 2009
I have seen many debates involving criminals, punishments, rehabilitation, and the death penalty. In general, although skeptical and at times cynical, I am a hopeful...
made popular Jun 20 2009
I’m sorry, I just don’t get it. I know I tend to be both skeptical and cynical, but putting a statue of little Edgar Hernandez, Mexico’s first swine...
made popular Jun 20 2009
Many of the firearms fuelling Mexican drug violence originated in the United States, says a new report by the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released...
made popular Jun 19 2009
Scientists are genetically modifying a bizarre looking Mexican salamander, which according to ancient mythology is a transformed Aztec god, in the hope its ability to...
made popular Jun 19 2009
One election spot shows a masked wrestler fighting drug traffickers and promising to crack down on cartels. Another ad vows to give the death penalty to kidnappers. A...
made popular Jun 18 2009
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Urban areas might sound like a strange place for trekking or camping, but Belgian architects import.export turning improbable into probable has come up with a mobile...
made popular Jun 19 2009
AP, Paso Robles
Officials say a fire swept through a building at a California wildlife refuge, killing 38 animals including monkeys and birds.
made popular Apr 24 2009
Complete prohibition on smoking in public places may have been greeted with a warm heart by non-smokers, but this smoking law has made life hell for the regular...
made popular Jan 14 2009
Mexican environmentalist Homero Aridjis is being honored for his work in defense of Monarch butterflies that migrate annually from the U.S. and Canada to mountains in...
made popular Jan 12 2009
Eco Factor: An eco-friendly shelter to provide accommodation when the nature turns it guns on our planet.
When disaster strikes, thousands are rendered homeless. Be...
made popular Sep 17 2008
AP, New Orleans
The nation’s second oldest national wildlife refuge, a chain of barrier islands southeast of New Orleans, is in danger of being lost unless the islands are...
made popular Jul 12 2008
AP, Billings
Five conservation groups have asked a federal court to stop the artificial feeding of elk on Wyoming’s National Elk Refuge.By feeding thousands of wild elk, the...
made popular Jun 4 2008
AP, Las Vegas
Hollywood thrives when the economy dives.It was true during the Depression, when Americans managed to scrape together nickels and dimes for an escape to the movies. And...
made popular Mar 10 2008
AP, El Cruce
Leftist rebels fighting Colombia’s U.S.-backed military have increasingly found refuge in Venezuela, where they get weapons, food, medical treatment and a...
made popular Feb 25 2008
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Waterfowl take flight Tuesday morning, Dec. 9, 2008 at Bitter Lake National Wildlife Refuge outside of Roswell, New Mexico under gray, winter skies.
