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Breaking News Mon, 15 Mar 2010
The crashed car of a US consulate employee and her husband sit at a crime scene in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, Sunday, March 14, 2010. A US consulate employee and her husband were shot to death Saturday in their car near the Santa Fe International bridge linking Ciudad Juarez with El Paso, Texas, and their baby was found unharmed in the back seat, according to Vladimir Tuexi, a spokesman for Chihuahua state prosecutors' office. Epidemic of death: Mexican gang kills U.S. diplomats Mon 15 Mar 2010
Mexican special ops cops are trained by U.S. police experts on anti-gang tactics. Photo credit: Police Times If you like this ... US prepares to aid Mexican cops and... (photo: AP) The Examiner
Crime   Mexico   Photos   Texas   US
President Barack Obama speaks at the at the Urban and Metropolitan Policy Roundtable at the Eisenhower Old Executive Office Building in Washington, Monday, July 13, 2009 Barack Obama 'outraged' by Mexico drug murder of US official Mon 15 Mar 2010
Suspected drug gang hitmen ambushed two cars carrying families with ties to the US consulate in Ciudad Juarez in Mexico, killing an American couple and a Mexican man.... (photo: AP / Alex Brandon) London Evening Standard
Leader   Photos   Politics   President   Washington
Sean Penn Penn helping hand for Haiti victims Mon 15 Mar 2010
Hollywood actor Sean Penn is helping out with earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. As well as getting his hands dirty on the ground, he lobbied the chief of UN... (photo: Creative Commons / Attit Patel, Toronto) York Press
Actor   Celebrity   Entertainment   Hollywood   Photos
President Barack Obama boards Air Force One at Andrews Air Force Base in Md., Friday, Jan. 22, 2010, en route to Lorain County, Ohio, where he will discuss the economy. Gunmen kill U.S. consulate workers in Mexico Mon 15 Mar 2010
By Julian Cardona, ReutersMarch 15, 2010 3:03 AM Gunmen in the drug war-plagued Mexican city of Ciudad Juarez killed two Americans and a Mexican linked to the local U.S.... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak) National Post
Government   Photos   Politics   President   US
President Barack Obama walks to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009, after returning to the White House from Norway where he accept the Nobel Peace Prize. Mexico gunmen kill American consulate staff Mon 15 Mar 2010
Ciudad Juarez (Mexico): Gunmen in the drug war-plagued Mexican border city of Ciudad Juarez killed two Americans and a Mexican linked to the local US consulate and... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite) DNA India
Government   Photos   Politics   President   US
President Barack Obama walks to the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Friday, Dec. 11, 2009, after returning to the White House from Norway where he was honored with the Nobel Peace Prize.  US consulate staff killed in Mexico Mon 15 Mar 2010
Washington - President Barack Obama is "outraged" by the murders in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico of three people connected with the US consulate there, a White House official... (photo: AP / J. Scott Applewhite) Independent online (SA)
Government   Photos   Politics   President   US
President Barack Obama listens to remarks during the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony in the Main Hall of Oslo City Hall in Oslo, Norway, Thursday, Dec. 10, 2009. Mexican drugs gangs blamed for killing of US consular staff Mon 15 Mar 2010
Staff working at US consulates in towns along the Mexican border were told they could evacuate their families home following the killing of three people leaving a... (photo: AP / Susan Walsh) The Independent
Government   Photos   Politics   President   US
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (second from right) and his former Spokesperson, Haitian native Michele Montas (right), meet with residents of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, displaced by the violent earthquake that devastated much of the capital and claimed thousands of lives. UN chief says world hasn't forgotten Haiti Mon 15 Mar 2010
Ban Ki-moon has offered assurances of the world's continued commitment to help Haiti. The United Nations secretary general stressed providing shelter was the top priority... (photo: UN file / Logan Abassi) BBC News
Aid   Caribbean   Disaster   Haiti   Photos   UN
A family stands in front of a collapsed building as a man passes with his push cart in Port-au-Prince, Saturday, Jan. 23, 2010. A 7.0-magnitude earthquake hit Haiti on Jan. 12, killing and injuring thousands. UN chief sees dangers up-close in Haiti quake camp Sun 14 Mar 2010
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti -- U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon came to Haiti on Sunday to offer assurances of his commitment to a post-earthquake nation that is short of... (photo: AP / Rodrigo Abd) The Miami Herald
Haiti   Moon   Photos   Port   Quake
Scavengers collect trash and food from garbage bins in Matina, Davao City,Philippines. Ind. college establishes food composting program Sun 14 Mar 2010
Comments GOSHEN, Ind. (Map, News) - That melon rind on a Goshen College freshman's dining hall tray isn't just garbage anymore. Those unfinished green beans and that... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) The Examiner
Food   Garbage   News   Photos   Program
Adam Lambert, a finalist on the singing competition series, "American Idol," waves to fans during a visit to his alma mater, Mt. Carmel High School in San Diego on Friday, May 8, 2009. Lambert, who is one of three finalists on the show, is visiting locations in his home. 'American Idol:' Adam Lambert fine after minor earthquake in Japan Sun 14 Mar 2010
Adam Lambert is doing just fine. AP   Related articles 'American Idol:' Adam Lambert arrives in Japan Slideshow: Dallas Cowboys cheerleaders... (photo: AP / Sandy Huffaker) The Examiner
Adam   Message   Photos   Related   Slideshow
Carlos Slim, a Mexican businessman. Carlos Slim: The world's wealthiest man Sun 14 Mar 2010
Until recently, articles introducing the Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim have often run under some variation of the headline: "The richest man you've never heard of."... (photo: Public Domain) The Guardian
Billionaire   Finance   Forbes   Photos   Wealth
Barcelo Maya Colonial Beach, Mayan Riviera, Mexico. Tomb of headless man adorned with jade found under Maya torture mural in Mexico Sun 14 Mar 2010
WASHINGTON: A team of archeologists has discovered the tomb of a headless man adorned with jade beneath an ancient Mexican chamber famously painted with scenes of... (photo: WN / Janice Sabnal) DNA India
Anthropology   Maya   Mexico   Photos   Torture
Truck driver Juan Lopez rests in a colleague's truck near the Otay customs office in Tijuana, Mexico, Monday, March 16, 2009 Companies caught in the middle of U.S.-Mexico trucking dispute Sun 14 Mar 2010
WASHINGTON - After a year of trade sanctions that U.S. companies complain are draining away cash and jobs, the long battle over whether Mexico's trucks should be allowed... (photo: AP / Guillermo Arias) The Dallas Morning News
Mexico   Photos   Trade   Transport   Washington
People stand next to the police line in the site where a man was killed in the Pacific resort city of Acapulco, Mexico, Saturday March 13, 2010. 4 people beheaded among 13 slain around Acapulco Sun 14 Mar 2010
ACAPULCO, Mexico (AP) — At least 13 people have been killed in a Mexican Pacific coast state plagued by drug gang violence. Guerrero state police say the dead include two... (photo: AP / Bernardino Hernandez) The Guardian
Crime   Drug   Mexico   Photos   Violence
 ag2  Andre Agassi playing in his last match September 3, 2006 at the US OPEN. Current stars and tennis greats team up for Haiti aid Sat 13 Mar 2010
New York, March 13: Tennis greats past and present teamed up in lighthearted doubles matches to aid a serious cause - earthquake relief efforts in Haiti. World number one... (photo: WN / aruna) The Siasat Daily
Agassi   Nadal   Photos   Sport   Tennis
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon (right) meets with Dr. MOHAMED IBN CHAMBAS, Executive Secretary of ECOWAS UN chief making second post-quake visit to Haiti Sat 13 Mar 2010
UNITED NATIONS -- Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said he is heading to Haiti on Sunday for his second visit since the devastating earthquake to prepare for the upcoming... (photo: UN / Eskinder Debebe) The State
Media   Photos   Politics   Campaign   Quake
Michelle Obama arrives at Pope AFB 3-12-09.jpg Michelle Obama plans to visit Mexico in April Sat 13 Mar 2010
Comments WASHINGTON (Map, News) - Michelle Obama will make her first solo trip abroad as first lady next month when she visits Mexico. The White House says she'll will... (photo: Public Domain / Michael Murchison, USAF) The Examiner
Mexico   News   Obama   Photos   Washington
An aerial view of earthquake damaged vehicles in Constitucion, Chile, Friday, March 12, 2010. Chile faces $30B price tag for quake recovery, but in better position to pay than Haiti Sat 13 Mar 2010
SANTIAGO, Chile - Chile may need to spend twice as much as Haiti to recover from its devastating quake and tsunami, but it doesn't have the same desperate need for... (photo: AP / Cristobal Fuentes) Star Tribune
Aid   Chile   Earthquake   Photos   Victims
2010 Haiti Earthquake. U.N.'s Ban to return to earthquake-devastated Haiti Fri 12 Mar 2010
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon will visit Haiti on Sunday to meet the country's leaders and people left homeless by a January earthquake... (photo: Creative Commons / Diliff) The Star
Country   Haiti   Leaders   Moon   Photos