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Yearly Archives: 2008

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  1. Mexico spirals deeper into violence

    6 hours ago

    Another wave of violence washed across Mexico at the end of last week, as more than two dozen people, including a newspaper publisher and two federal agents were gunned down, reports the L.A. Times' Tracy Wilkinson

  2. Peruvian presidential cabinet resigns en masse

    Peruvian presidential cabinet resigns en masse

    6 hours ago

    When Alan Garcia was elected president of Peru in 2006, it was regarded as one of the biggest comebacks ever in South American politics. Garcia's previous presidential tenure, from 1985 to 1990, had been scarred by

  3. Norbert pounds Baja California

    Norbert pounds Baja California

    6 hours ago

    Hurricane Norbert stormed across Mexico's Baja Sur peninsula on Saturday, forcing hundreds of people to flee their homes. "It hit land near Puerto Charley on Baja's southwest coast as a Category 2 hurricane, but

  4. Latina teens lag in vaccinations for cervical cancer

    Oct 10, 2008

    From a story by Times Staff Writer Thomas H. Maugh: About a quarter of U.S. teen girls received the controversial cervical cancer vaccine Gardasil last year in its first full year of distribution, federal authorities

  5. Five police officers gunned down in Mexico

    Oct 10, 2008

    From the Associated Press: Five state police officers were killed in the western Mexican state of Jalisco by men who lobbed grenades and fired more than 800 bullets, officials said Thursday. The officers came under

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