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Did he film his own murder?

Rating: NNNNNOaxaca - Canadian tourists aiming for a quick sun fix have recently become painfully aware of the risks and lack of judicial recourse in lawless Mexico.

Aug 09, 2007

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WTO’s big show

Rating: NNNNNCancun, quintana roo - with 50 international forums on subjects ranging from alternative media to fishing to Iraq, a visit by the Greenpeace Rainbow Warrior, many daily marches plus abundant cultural happenings, this week's anti-globalization gathering is a full-spectrum rainbow.

Sep 11, 2003

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Low blow

peace by peace-- March 8, International Women's Day peace rally 11 am, march 1 pm.

Mar 06, 2003

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Bus to babylon

Rating: NNNNNBaghdad -- the Syrian-Iraqi border after midnight is a dimly lit no man's land.

Feb 27, 2003

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Maquila Meltdown

Rating: NNNNNMexico City -- up on Tijuana's Otay Mesa, the crown jewel of the Mexican maquiladora industry and one of the beacons of the globalized world economy, whole production lines are being transferred back to Asia, and there are "For rent" signs on Maquila Row.

Nov 28, 2002

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Out of Sight

Rating: NNNNNsan cristobal de las casas, Mexico -- It is nearing a year now since Subcomandante Marcos, the silver-tongued spokesperson of the Zapatista Army of National Liberation (EZLN) lapsed into stony silence.

May 02, 2002

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