09/02/2010 06:44 PM
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Calderon touts successes in Mexico's war on drug cartels
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Mexican authorities have had significant successes against drug traffickers, President Felipe Calderon said in his fourth annual state-of-the-nation speech Thursday, noting that three major kingpins have been captured or killed in the past year.
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09/02/2010 04:49 PM
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Shakedown by Jamaica's radical sheik
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He has influenced convicted terrorists such as Richard Reid, the so-called shoe-bomber. His sermons were found in the apartment of suicide bombers who struck London, England, in 2005. Even one of the 9/11 plotters is said to have been a follower of Sheik Abdullah El-Faisal.
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09/02/2010 02:48 PM
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Cuban offshore oil plans gain momentum
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While the Gulf of Mexico oil spill has sparked debate in America on the merits of deepwater drilling, 90 miles away Cuba's offshore plans are quietly taking shape.
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09/02/2010 01:17 PM
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New video shows trapped Chilean miners in good spirits
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A new video by trapped miners in Chile shows them in good spirits, with shaved faces, wearing new clothes and sleeping on camp beds.
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09/02/2010 12:23 PM
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Police: Human smugglers kidnap 16 migrants in Mexico
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At least 16 migrants, including a woman, were being held for ransom by human smugglers in Tijuana, Mexico, according to a migrant who was freed, authorities said late Wednesday.
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09/02/2010 12:53 AM
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Shakedown by Jamaica's radical sheik
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He has influenced convicted terrorists such as Richard Reid, the so-called shoe-bomber. His sermons were found in the apartment of suicide bombers who struck London, England, in 2005. Even one of the 9/11 plotters is said to have been a follower of Sheik Abdullah El-Faisal.
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09/01/2010 08:04 PM
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There was second survivor from Mexico massacre, officials say
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A second person survived a massacre in which 72 migrants from Central and South America were killed last week in northern Mexico, Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa and Mexican officials said.
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09/01/2010 04:57 PM
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Cuban migrants held for ransom in Mexico rescued, government says
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Mexican authorities have rescued six undocumented Cuban migrants who had been held for ransom for a month in Cancun, a vacation hotspot on the nation's Yucatan Peninsula, the state-run Notimex news agency reported Wednesday.
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09/01/2010 04:39 PM
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Brazil dam project prompts animated response from director Cameron
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Movie director, James Cameron has teamed up with environmental campaigners in an effort to help Brazilian tribes' epic fight against the construction of a controversial dam in northern Brazil.
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09/01/2010 02:22 PM
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Drilling to reach Chile miners yet to begin
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Chilean officials were awaiting the arrival of a main drill and other equipment to begin boring a rescue shaft in a months-long operation to reach 33 miners who have been trapped underground for more than three weeks.
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