Security talks in Mexico after US killings - Gulf Times
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton leads a high-level delegation to Mexico tomorrow, a week after US consulate-linked killings galvanised attention on Mexico’s surging violence. The top US officials, including Defence Secretary Robert Gates, and ...
New Mexico knocks off UW at Match Play - GolfWeek
MARANA, Ariz. – In the second round Saturday of the NCAA basketball tournament, 11th-seeded Washington upset No. 3 seed New Mexico in the East Regional. A day later, the Lobos returned the favor, only this one came on the Ritz Carlton Golf Course ...
How Mexico gets it wrong - Oregonian
The killing of three people linked to the U.S. consulate in Ciudad Juarez on March 13 forces a rethinking of the situation in Mexico. The government's "war on drugs" isn't working. The violence, which has taken more than 17,000 lives over the last ...
Mexico’s Economy May Grow 4% to 5%, Carstens Says ... - Bloomberg
March 21 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico’s central bank increased its 2010 growth forecast to as much as 5 percent as a recovery in manufacturing fuels exports and the economy adds more jobs, Governor Agustin Carstens said. Mexico’s industrial production ...
UPDATE: Mexico Central Bank: One-Off Factors Push ... - NASDAQ
CANCUN, Mexico -(Dow Jones)- Mexico's Central Bank believes current pressures on inflation are from one-off factors which will disappear over the next 12 months. As a result, "it doesn't make sense" to tighten monetary policy, by raising interest ...
Mexico closes three main oil ports on bad weather - Reuters UK
MEXICO CITY, March 21 (Reuters) - Mexico closed all three of its main oil exporting ports on the Gulf of Mexico coast on Sunday due to bad weather, the government said. Almost all of Mexico's crude oil exports are shipped to refineries on the Gulf ...
Is Mexico's drug violence spilling over into Texas? - McClatchy
AUSTIN, Texas — From his office window, El Paso Police Chief Greg Allen has a clear view of Ciudad Juarez, El Paso's blood-drenched sister city just across the Rio Grande in northern Mexico. The carnage that has claimed 4,700 lives over the past ...
UPDATE 1-Mexico's Carstens sees no change to reserves ... - Reuters
CANCUN, Mexico, March 21 (Reuters) - Mexico has no current plan to alter a program to build up foreign reserves as a way to protect against future peso volatility, Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens said on Sunday. Speculation the central bank ...
Mexico's Carstens sees no change to reserves plan - Reuters
CANCUN, Mexico, March 21 (Reuters) - Mexico has no current plan to alter a program to build up foreign reserves as a way to protect against future peso volatility, Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens said on Sunday. Speculation the central bank ...
Mexico Not Planning to Increase Dollar Auctions ... - Bloomberg
March 21 (Bloomberg) -- Mexico’s Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens said the country’s currency commission has no plans to increase the amount of dollar options it sells in monthly auctions. “For the moment, there definitely isn’t an ...
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IMF warns wealthiest nations about their debt
The IMF warned the world's wealthiest nations Sunday to watch their levels of government debt, saying it could drag down the growth needed to ensure continued economic recovery.
Pope amid abuse furor: Refrain from judging sinners
 Pope Benedict XVI urges Catholics to refrain from judging sinners a day after he rebukes Irish bishops for their handling of a half-century of sexual abuse of minors by clergy.
Explosives found aboard India plane
Explosive material was found in a package on a passenger plane after it landed in southern India, but it was not attached to a detonator and could not have exploded, officials said on Sunday.
Iran's supreme leader cold to Obama overture
Iran's supreme leader sharply denounced the United States on Sunday, accusing it of plotting to overthrow its clerical leadership, in a chilly response to an overture by President Barack Obama for better cultural ties with Iran.
Power cut to 60,000 as cyclone hits Australia
About 60,000 homes are without power, trees and signs have blown over and boats have been smashed on the rocks after a massive storm blew across the coast of northeastern Australia.
Afghan bomb attacks kill at least 12 civilians
A suicide bomber killed 10 civilians on Sunday when he detonated his explosives near a crowd in southern Afghanistan, while a roadside bomb in the east killed two others, officials said.
With cheap food imports, Haiti can’t feed itself
 The earthquake smashed markets, collapsed warehouses and left over 2.5 million people without enough to eat. It may also have shaken up the way the developing world gets food.
Recount calls add to Iraq's political tension
Iraq's president on Sunday demanded a recount in this month's historic parliamentary elections, intensifying the political conflict over the not-yet-completed tally and increasing the chances that the vote will be a long, chaotic test of the nascent democracy.
Officials: U.S. missiles kill 4 in Pakistan
Suspected U.S. drones fire missiles at a house and car in a militant-dominated tribal region near the Afghan border, killing at least four people, officials said.
Israel: No building restrictions in east Jerusalem
Israel will not restrict construction in east Jerusalem, Israel's prime minister said Sunday hours before he left for Washington, despite a clear U.S. demand that building there must stop and a crisis in relations between the two longtime allies.
Another British Columbia avalanche kills 2
A third deadly avalanche in British Columbia within a week has killed two French skiers as they were coming down a mountain after being dropped off by helicopter, police said Sunday.
Transport strikes, marches on Tuesday in France
French train lines, public transport, schools and day care centers face disruptions on Tuesday as unions strike to protest President Nicolas Sarkozy's policies on jobs and the economy.
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