Assailants attack US consulate in Mexico Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Additional police guarded the U.S. Consulate in Monterrey on Monday as investigators analyzed a security video in search of assailants who shot at the building and threw a grenade that failed to explode.
Mexico grapples with drug addiction Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Long a corridor for narcotics headed for the U.S., Mexico is now contending with its own addiction problem, as U.S. border controls push traffickers to look elsewhere.
When the dope thugs beat him with a pistol, Rodrigo Sonck decided enough was enough.
'Caras vemos, corazones no sabemos/Faces Seen, Hearts Unknown: The Human Landscape of Mexican Migration' at UCLA's Fowler Museum Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 An exhibition at the Fowler Museum takes a look at the migration picture from both sides of the border.
If you think that immigrant bashing is practically becoming an art form in America, you may want to stop by UCLA and inspect the literal evidence. The targets are hanging on display at the university's Fowler Museum, life-size piņatas of half-human, half-rabbit creatures that practically dare you to pick up a stick and take a hard whack at them.
Recipe: Creamy green chile and chicken stew Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Creamy green chile and chicken stew Total time: 2 hours, 20 minutes
World Briefing Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Southeast Asia: Thailand, Cambodia trade threats / El Salvador: U.S. pledges funds for gang control / South Korea: Mata Hari of the North is sentenced / Britain: One less test for schoolchildren
Thailand, Cambodia trade threats
8 people killed in Tijuana Wed, 15 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0700 Three teenagers and the relative of a police officer are among those to die in violence officials blame on feuding drug traffickers.
Overnight violence left eight people dead in this Mexican border city, officials said Tuesday.
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Haiti: UN mandate extended amid political, economic, humanitarian insecurity Tue, 14 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 The Security Council today extended the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) through mid-October 2009, recognizing the impact that the civil disturbances in April and the current devastating hurricane season have had on the country's stability and security. Blue helmets in Haiti assist in new school year after devastating storms Mon, 13 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 United Nations peacekeepers are helping Haitian families face the new school year by distributing school kits and furniture and cleaning up buildings as the impoverished Caribbean country struggles with the effects of four successive storms in as many weeks. Haiti in desperate need of socio-economic development, stresses UN envoy Fri, 10 Oct 2008 00:00:00 -0500 The recovery and humanitarian relief efforts in Haiti - an impoverished country devastated recently by four successive storms in as many weeks - will not succeed unless the international community addresses the nation's social and economic crisis, a senior United Nations official stressed today.
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