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Gap founders’ modern art collection on display in San Francisco

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:27:45 +0000

Better known for affordable denim than modern art, Gap founders Don and Doris Fisher amassed a collection of over 1,000 works by artists like Andy Warhol over 35 years.

Gunmen execute 15 in Mexico

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 08:17:03 +0000

Fifteen people — including two women — were tortured and executed in the border state of Tamaulipas, state media said.

U.S. closes consulate in Ciudad Juarez to review security

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:45:39 +0000

The Consulate General in Ciudad Juarez has closed to “review its security posture,” the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City said Thursday in a statement.

62 cops linked to drug cartels arrested in Mexico

admin — Fri, 30 Jul 2010 02:45:38 +0000

Mexican federal authorities arrested 62 police officers in the state of Baja California Thursday suspected of ties to organized crime and drug trafficking, the state’s attorney general said, according to the state-run Notimex news agency.

Drug cartel abducts 4 Mexican journalists, groups say

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 20:17:51 +0000

A journalists’ organization has called on the Mexican government to rescue four journalists believed held hostage by a drug cartel.

Priest stabbed to death in Mexico church, police say

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:02:12 +0000

An 80-year-old Roman Catholic priest was found stabbed to death in his church in the city of Oaxaca, in southern Mexico, CNNMexico.com reported Thursday, citing state police.

Top drug lieutenant seized in Mexico

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 14:02:11 +0000

A top lieutenant in a Mexican drug cartel has been arrested in northern Mexico, federal police said in a statement Wednesday.

Police: Top drug lieutenant seized in Mexico

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 08:51:18 +0000

A top lieutenant in a Mexican drug cartel has been arrested in northern Mexico, federal police said in a statement Wednesday.

Mexico praises decision on Arizona law

admin — Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:48:13 +0000

Mexican Foreign Affairs Secretary Patricia Espinosa called Wednesday’s decision on Arizona’s immigration law “a step in the right direction.”

From source to sea: An Amazonian walk on the wild side

admin — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:32:46 +0000

I wake up with the light, just before 6 a.m., and reach for my vitamin pills hanging above my hammock. I get out of bed and peer through the gloom to see if Cho is up yet and has started the fire. If so, I will probably go to the river and check the fishing net to see if we have a catch.