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Former USC professor arrested in Mexico
LOS ANGELES -; A former University of Southern California professor indicted on child sexual abuse charges has been arrested in Mexico, a day after being added to the FBI's list of the Ten Most Wanted ...
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Mexico detains FBI Ten Most-Wanted fugitive in beach resort
CANCUN (Reuters) - Mexican authorities on Tuesday arrested a former U.S. university professor, who recently was added to the FBI's 10 most-wanted list and faces sex crimes charges in the Philippines. Walter Lee Williams, 64, was arrested in the southern beach resort of Playa del Carmen. The FBI said he was an anthropology and gender studies professor at the University of Southern California ...
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Mexican oil producer Pemex says bomb threat a false alarm
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's state oil producer, Pemex, on Tuesday evacuated its Mexico City headquarters, the site of a deadly blast in January, but later said it was a false alarm. "We've finished inspecting the Pemex tower," the company said in a message sent on Twitter at 10:25 p.m. local time/0325 GMT. "It was a false alarm." In January, a blast at the same ...
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Mexicos Pemex names bidders for Chicontepec oil auction
MEXICO CITY, June 18 (Reuters) - Spanish oil company Repsol and China's Sinopec are among the 16 energy firms and consortia that have qualified for next month's auction of six blocks in Mexico's Chicontepec basin, state-run oil monopoly Pemex ...
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Discovery of a new Mayan ruin
Deep in the jungles of southeast Campeche state, archaeologists have discovered a significant new Mayan site, called Chactun, or Red Rock, that was thrived roughly from 600 to 900 ...
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Brazil seeks to take advantage of desperate Mexico
FORTALEZA, Brazil - Brazil wants to use Mexico's desperation to its advantage when the teams meet in the Confederations Cup on Wednesday.While Brazil opened with a convincing win over Japan, Mexico lost to Italy and needs a good result against the hosts to keep alive its hopes of advancing in the World Cup warm-up tournament.Brazilian players are hoping the Mexicans come out attacking at ...
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Soccer-Kagawa the dangerman for Japan says Italys De Rossi
Daniele De Rossi picked out Japan's Shinji Kagawa as the dangerman for his side ahead of their Confederations Cup match on Wednesday. "I only know three or four Japanese players and the most talked about is the one that plays for Manchester United, Kagawa, he is the star," De Rossi told reporters on Tuesday. "I think they are well organised and I think that means they ...
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Russias Suhkoi jet delivers first Superjet to Mexicos Interjet
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Russian planemaker Sukhoi delivered its first Superjet 100 plane to Mexico's Interjet airline at the Paris Airshow, the Mexican company said on Tuesday. Another 19 aircraft from Russia's first post-Soviet civil plane project are due to be delivered in the coming months to Interjet, which is mulling plans to go public. The beginning of deliveries to the Mexican ...
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Mexico corn miller Gruma refinances $400 mln debt
MONTERREY, Mexico, June 18 | Tue Jun 18, 2013 6:29pm EDT MONTERREY, Mexico, June 18 (Reuters) - Mexican corn miller Gruma said on Tuesday it refinanced $400 million in debt taken out last year to buy back a stake in the company previously owned by U.S. agribusiness giant Archer Daniels Midland. The company had borrowed $400 million from Goldman Sachs to buy the 23 percent stake. Gruma ...
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Popocatepetl Volcano Erupts Ash Could Reach Mexico City
Popocatepetl, the second highest peak in Mexico, has erupted once again and is spewing ash that could reach Mexico City, which is 40 miles away. The volcano shot chunks of rock into nearby towns and witnesses say the smoke and ash plume rose at least four kilometers into the air. Residents may be evacuated if the eruptions continue, but everyone in the area has been on standby since mid-May, ...
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VIDEO Popocatepetl shoots ash cloud toward Mexico City sparks volcanic alert
Popocatepetl view from Amecameca, Mexico. The volcano shot a plume of ash and gas into the air, putting Mexico City on alert for an ash cloud. Wikimedia ...
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UPDATE 3-US natural gas futures edge up with hot weather forecasts
* U.S. Northeast, Midwest expect hotter weather * Outlook for Texas and the South still fairly mild * Coming up: Reuters natgas storage poll on Wednesday By Joe Silha NEW YORK, June 18 (Reuters) - U.S. natural gas ...
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UPDATE 3-Brazil mine bill would double top royalty rate
* Bill to require rights to be developed or lost * Introduces auction system for some mining prospects * Vale CEO says would have "major impact" on companies By Jeb Blount RIO DE JANEIRO, June 18 (Reuters) - Brazil, a major producer of iron ore, gold, copper and other metals, unveiled a long-awaited bill to reform its 46-year-old mining code on Tuesday, proposing a doubling of the ...
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NOAA Partners Predict Possible Record-setting Deadzone for Gulf of Mexico
Scientists are expecting a very large "dead zone" in the Gulf of Mexico and a smaller than average hypoxic level in the Chesapeake Bay this year, based on several NOAA-supported forecast models. NOAA-supported modelers at ...
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Mexicos Tech Startups Look To Overcome Barriers To Growth
Enrique Lima is a co-founder of Publish 88, a Mexican startup that develops software for publishing companies. In the past decade, Mexico's tech industry has flourished, growing three times faster than the global average. Most of that growth has been fueled by demand from the United States. But as Mexico's startups strive to make it in foreign markets, they say they need ...
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Mexican Privatization Could Bolster Dividends
September , Mexico will vote on whether or not to privatize Pemex and allow for foreign investment in Mexico's declining petroleum sector. This is a great idea for Mexico and one of the reasons why Mexican President Pena Nieto won the election. This won't just help Mexico, it will also help the US, as most of that oil will be shipped north to refine and use. This increases ...
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Brazil-Mexico Preview Selecao gunning for semi-final berth
Luiz Felipe Scolari is spoilt for choice ahead of Brazil's second Confederations Cup game against Mexico at the Castelao. With the Selecao in fine form during their comprehensive 3-0 victory in Group A's opener against Japan, and star player Neymar expected to shake off a minor knock picked up in the game, the 64-year-old's main concern is deciding if to change a winning ...
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FBI NYPD announce reward in 2008 bombing of recruiting station
The FBI and the New York Police Department Tuesday announced a reward of as much as $65,000 for information in a 2008 Times Square recruiting station bombing. The March 6, 2008, bombing of the Armed Forces Recruiting Station remains unsolved, the FBI said in a statement released Tuesday with a previously unpublicized video of the suspected attacker arriving, leaving the bomb and departing on a ...
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UPDATE 1-Western Union sees $500 mln online revenue by 2015 - CEO
Tue Jun 18, 2013 2:07pm EDT * Digital revenues currently just 3 percent of total * Africa one fifth of Western Union global business By Chijioke Ohuocha LAGOS, June 18 (Reuters) - Western Union Co expects revenue from its digital business to grow to $500 million by 2015, from $150 million currently, its chief executive said on Tuesday. Chief Executive Hikmet Ersek told reporters during a visit ...
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Edgy Filmmakers Star at Cine Mexico
A political thriller that would make Oliver Stone proud. Youth angst, cutting edge documentaries and the broken dreams about coming to America. It's all there and more in Tucson's Cine Mexico, a five-day movie festival with films from some of Mexico's most daring, young filmmakers. Now in its eighth year, Cine Mexico Tucson returns with some of the best of Mexico's ...
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Reports 236 Oil Gas Sites in New Mexico Failed Inspections
About 85 percent of 276 oil and gas well sites inspected in southeastern New Mexico over the past six weeks have failed to pass after-the-fact electrical safety inspections. Correction notices were issued to those sites that received a ';failed'; grade. None has been ordered to stop operations. The Albuquerque Journal reported that Gov. Susana Martinez’s office had called for ...
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EMERGING MARKETS-Brazil stocks erase early losses as Vale supports
* Vale shares rise on mining law announcement * U.S. Fed beginning policy meeting, bond-buying program eyed * Brazil Bovespa nearly flat, Mexico IPC up 0.61 pct By Asher Levine SAO PAULO, June 18 (Reuters) - Brazilian stocks erased early losses on Tuesday after the announcement of a new mining code led shares of iron-ore mining giant Vale higher, though investors remained cautious over a ...
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Political Risk Is Crime Rising In Mexico City
, "two masked men came and just started shooting." Although some residents worry that the recent increase of violent incidents that appear to be connected to organized crime, could undermine Mexico's City's success story, many analysts continue to view Mexico City's community-focused police program as an adequate buffer from a regression to the sort of crime wave they ...
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Mexican cat draws support for mayoral run
Fed up with politicians they call "rats," a group of friends in the eastern Mexican city of Xalapa have put forward their ideal candidate for mayor: a cat named ...
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EMERGING MARKETS-Mexico peso slips before Fed meeting auctions bolster real
* Mexican peso falls as investors exit some markets * Real gains as Brazil auctions off currency swaps SAO PAULO, June 18 (Reuters) - Mexico's peso weakened for a third straight day on Tuesday as some investors exited positions in local bond and other markets ahead of a key U.S. Federal Reserve policy meeting this week. Investors are awaiting signs of how long the Federal Reserve will decide ...
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San Diego home to important wildlife refuge and treatment group
San Diego is home to an important wildlife group helping to balance the disorder created through the city’s rapid growth over the last few years in a part of the country that previously belonged to the wild, but it needs the constant help of the public.
San Diego is a major city, the eighth biggest in the US and second largest in California and the County Seat of San Diego County. Its economy is supported by several major industries such as defense, manufacturing, real estate and tourism and yet the 1.3 million people who live here share their city with a number of species of wildlife that have been displaced, endangered and disrupted in various ways by the ongoing growth and development in the city. Read more
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