International News May 26
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 [...]
American News April 28
April 28, 2008 by Andrea Toochin
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Send to KindleTweet Dave Martin, a 66-year-old San Diego man, was killed last week by what experts believe was a great white shark, reports The Los Angeles Times. This is the first regional death from a shark since 1994. Richard Rosenblatt, professor emeritus of marine biology at La Jolla’s Scripps Institute of Oceanography, said the [...]
