20 years after UN pact to protect children, some successes alongside a long list of woes EDITOR'S NOTE — The United Nations adopted ...
Cash strapped Mexico City pushes ahead with transit, bike improvements Cash-strapped Mexico City is pressing ahead with new bus lines and bike lanes ...
Federal police present alleged members of the Mexican drug cartel "La Familia Michoacana," detained in a recent police operation, as they are presented to the press in Mexico City, Thursday, Oct. 22, 2009. Suspects from from left to right are Rogelio Rivera, ...
At least 150,000 people protested in Mexico City against the surprise closure last weekend of a state-run electricity company, police and unions said. Helicopters hovered above a mass of demonstrators Thursday, many clad in red, carrying Mexican flags and banners slamming President ...
People gather in Mexico City's downtown Zocalo plaza to protest the government's decision to disband the state-run electricity company, Luz y Fuerza del Centro, Thursday, Oct. 15, 2009. Mexico's President Felipe Calderon disbanded the provider that supplies electricity to central Mexico, citing ...
Drop that taco! Mexico City puts 1,300 overweight police officers on a diet Some Mexico City cops are taking a bite out of more than crime. The Mexican capital is putting its 1,300 of its heaviest police officers on a diet, concerned ...
Drop that taco! Mexico City puts 1,300 overweight police on a diet Some Mexico City cops are taking a bite out of more than crime. The Mexican capital is putting its 1,300 of its heaviest police officers on a diet, concerned about ...
Authorities in Mexico City are putting the police on a diet, in a health campaign in the world's second-most obese country, after the United States. Some of the 1,300 police officers taking part in the new scheme, run by the capital's Public ...
FILE -In this Monday, May 11, 2009, file photo, a teacher measures the temperature of a boy as he arrives for his first day of kindergarten since the outbreak of swine flu in Mexico City. It was six months ago that scientists ...
Electricity workers planned mass protests in Mexico City Thursday against the surprise weekend closure of a state-run power distribution company, union leaders and police said. Some 44,000 active workers and 22,000 retirees were affected by the government's closure on Sunday of Luz ...
Rafael Acosta gives a thumbs up during his swearing in ceremony as a Congressman representing Mexico City's borough Iztapalapa in Congress in Mexico City, Thursday, Oct. 1, 2009. The street vendor known for his Rambo-style headband vowed to offer his resignation within ...
Oscar-nominated US actor Josh Brolin is to star in a thriller set amongst the deadly world of Mexico's drug cartels, entertainment industry press reported Thursday. Brolin, who received a nomination at this year's Academy Awards for his performance in "Milk," will play ...
