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May 29, 2008 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet The number of murders in Mexico tied to organized crime has leaped nearly 50% in 2008 to 1,378, according to Mexico’s Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora, BBC reports.Mora said over 4,000 people have died since President Felipe Calderon became the leader 18 months ago and declared a drug war, 450 of which [...]
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March 23, 2008 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi is pushing for an investigation into China’s claim that the Dalai Lama spurred the violence in China-occupied Tibet, BBC reports. While the Chinese government says 19 people were killed in the riots in Tibet’s capital, Lhasa, the Tibetan government puts the number at about 99. In the United [...]
