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Financial Crisis Creates Panic At Uganda's central Bank
Mar 28 2009, John

Uganda’s central bank whose governor has been always quoted saying that the nation would not be affected by the global financial crisis, is finally feeling the pinch of the global financial crisis. The bank has bought up much of the remaining dollars...

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Mexico charges clinic owner for botched surgery
Shane, Mexico City
Authorities have announced charges against the owner of a beauty clinic that allegedly performed a botched buttock job on Mexican rock star Alejandra Guzman. The...
botched buttock job, Mexican rock star, Alejandra Guzman
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Mexico drug war ensnares Catholic church Focus on Mexico
Jared, Mexico City
Gunmen shoot a priest and two seminary students in the back. Federal police storm a Mass to capture a suspected drug kingpin. Priests pray with the families of murdered...
Mexico, Drug war, Churh
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Forbes Most Powerful List: Mexican drug lord at 41, Ahead Of 3 Presidents
Korey, Houston
Mexico’s most-wanted drug lord escaped prison by hiding in a laundry truck nearly a decade ago, and his legend and fortune seem to grow with each passing day he...
Forbs, Most influential person list, Joaquin 'El Chapo
made popular Nov 13 2009
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It's Official: U.N. Blue Helmets won't be saving Juarez
Oscar, Oaxaca
In response to the business and tourism sector of Ciudad Juarez and their plea for assistance, the United Nations, via two separate representatives, has announced it...
ciudad juarez, drug war, united nations
made popular Nov 13 2009
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Desperate Juarez Buisinesses seeking U.N. Blue Helmets
Oscar, Oaxaca
The daily bloodshed and horrors: kidnappings, mutilations, and extortions of Ciudad Juarez discriminates against no one, everyone is a target and all are victims. In...
Mexico, Ciudad Juarez, United Nations blue helmets
made popular Nov 13 2009
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Mexican purge axes corrupt police
Patrick, Mexico City
Mexican authorities have dismissed almost a quarter of all traffic police in the city of Monterrey for failing corruption and competence tests. It is the latest move...
Mexico, Corruption, Police
made popular Nov 12 2009
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Gunmen attack AA meeting in Mexico, killing 1
Nolan, Mexico City
Gunmen burst into an Alcoholics Anonymous meeting and opened fire in a violence-plagued Mexican border state, killing one person and wounding four others, authorities...
Mexico, AA meeting, Gunmen attack
made popular Nov 11 2009
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Women play a bigger role in Mexico's drug war
Alex, Mexico City
Reporting from Culiacan, Mexico - In the story making the rounds here in Mexico’s drug capital, the setting is a beauty parlor. A woman with wealth obtained...
Women, Mexico's drug war, Drugs
made popular Nov 10 2009
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Opium, Anyone?
Oscar, Oaxaca
Mexico’s SEDENA, The National Secretary of Defense, recently announced the seizure of a quarter ton of Opium in the hills of Tamborillo, in Guadalupe y Calvo...
Mexico, chihuahua, opium paste
made popular Nov 10 2009
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Dear Mr. Slim, Your services suck
Oscar, Oaxaca
Dear Mr. Carlos Slim Helu, Now that I finally have my phone and internet back I should probably apologize for unleashing the wrath and hunting/stalking skills of my...
telmex, carlos slim helu, telephone
made popular Nov 9 2009
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Mexico: Mayor, Murder, and Mayhem
Oscar, Oaxaca
As Mauricio Fernandez Garza took the stage to be sworn in for the second time as the mayor of one of Latin America’s most wealthiest communities a broad smile...
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made popular Nov 9 2009
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Horrible scandal unveiled: 3 Mexican doctors accused of selling newborns
Shane, Mexico City
Three doctors and a nurse have been arrested for allegedly selling newborns after telling mothers their babies had died at a private hospital in Mexico City,...
Scandle, Mexico doctors, Selling babies
made popular Nov 5 2009
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Mexico extradites criminal suspects to US
Global Report, Shimla
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...
extradition, Mexico Drug war, drug cartels
made popular Nov 5 2009
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Sea Cucumber Smugglers busted on the San Ysidro border
Oscar, Oaxaca
Have you any idea why we are searching your vehicle? Do you know why your American visa has been canceled? Do you understand why you’re being fined $15,264 U.S....
Mexico, San Ysidro border, united states
made popular Nov 4 2009
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In Mexico, fears of a 'lost generation'
Oscar, Oaxaca
The number of minors swept up in Mexico’s drug wars — as killers and victims — is soaring, with U.S. and Mexican officials warning that a toxic...
Mexico, Drug war, war on drugs
made popular Nov 3 2009
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Mexican Agriculture Official who 'cited drug lords as examples' resigns
Oscar, Oaxaca
Mexico’s Assistant Secretary of Agriculture, Jeffrey Max Jones, has resigned after causing a stir by announcing Mexican farmers could learn a thing or two from...
Mexico, Jeffrey max Jones, Sagarpa
made popular Nov 2 2009
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Mexico breaks yet another Record; for Murder
Oscar, Oaxaca
This year Mexico has been breaking records left and right. We’ve had the most mariachi players playing together, the largest number of couples kissing, the...
Ciudad Juarez, murders, drug war
made popular Nov 2 2009
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Mexican farm leader killed with 14 others on ranch
Aaron, Mexico City
Gunmen killed fifteen people on an isolated ranch in northern Mexico, including a prominent farmworker leader, in the latest grisly attack in an area overrun by drug...
ranch in northern Mexico, drug gangs, Margarito Montes
made popular Oct 31 2009
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Soldiers find tunnel under US-Mexico border
Craig, Miami
MEXICAN soldiers discovered a sophisticated but incomplete tunnel running under the border into the US and arrested six people in the process of digging, the army...
Mexican soldiers, tunnel, smuggle drugs
made popular Oct 29 2009
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Are Mexico's Pink Cabs really a sign of Female 'Oppression'?
Oscar, Oaxaca
You’ve all heard the news: Various cities in Mexico are kicking it up a notch with Pink Cabs created especially for women. “Estamos introduciendo a México...
Pink Taxis, Women only taxis, women safety
made popular Oct 26 2009
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The U.S. economy is sinking, is it time to say "Goodbye U.S. dollar, Hello North American Union AMERO"?
Oscar, Oaxaca
It’s all about “money.” The North American Union is a hypothesized union between Mexico, The United States, and Canada. It is claimed this once mythical union...
North American union, financial crisis, superhighway
made popular Oct 29 2008
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Investors flee emerging global markets
Grace Calderon, Quezon City
Investor flight from emerging markets over the past few weeks has accelerated this week, pushing the U.S. dollar to new heights, among other things as money is both...
economic crisis, investors, emerging markets, global markets
made popular Oct 24 2008
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Iran Drops US Dollar for Oil Transactions
Jordan, Houston
Iran, OPEC’s second-largest producer, has stopped conducting oil transactions in U.S. dollars, a top Oil Ministry official said Wednesday, in a concerted attempt...
Iran, US Dollar, Oil Transactions, Business
made popular May 1 2008
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Oil hovers near $115 record high
Dan, Mexico City
Oil prices are hovering close to $115 a barrel, having crossed the record mark on Thursday after a US inventory report raised concerns about supplies.
Oil prices, US inventory report, US dollar, Business
made popular Apr 17 2008
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With currency pegged to US dollar, Hong Kong cannot control rising inflation
Arpita Mukherjee, Kolkata
When Hong Kong pegged its currency to the US dollar decades ago, least did it realize that any future trouble in the US economy will prevent the monetary authority of...
Hong Kong, US dollar, inflation, Fed rate
made popular Mar 20 2008
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Indian currency gains strength against US dollar
Pratyush, New Delhi
The smart recovery in the equity market improved the Indian currency to 40.3350/3450 against US dollars on Friday. The trade at the Interbank Foreign Exchange (Forex)...
Indian Currency, US Dollar, Yen, Sterling
made popular Aug 4 2007
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