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7.6 earthquake| The death toll may have reached 100 and 1,200 people are missing. 1,500-foot landslide destroyed houses | | |
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| Feb.15 |
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Cuban diplomat shot to death
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| Feb.19 |
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Rebels agree to meet government
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| Feb.25 |
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Zapatistas roll on toward capital Bus with 23 commanders and Subcomandante Marcos left Chiapas for a two-week march for peace
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| Mar.11 |
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Zapatistas march into Mexico City| Zapatista rebels press their demands for Indian rights. Marcos and 23 rebel commanders rode a flatbed truck | | |
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| Mar.19 |
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Mexico agrees to deliver water Country will deliver 200 billion gallons of water into the Rio Grande as part of a repayment timetable under a 1944 treaty
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| Mar.29 |
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Soldiers withdraw from Chiapas President Fox said an address to congress by Zapatistas was proof that Mexico is a true democracy
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| Apr.6 |
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Mexican president presses rebels The presidents of Mexico and Colombia cast doubt on U.S. assertions that Colombian rebels were trafficking drugs
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| May.22 |
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Train crash kills one, injures 20 2 Passenger trains crashed head-on because there was only one track to go in and out of the station
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| May.23 |
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Desert heat kills immigrants 12 Men died of heat exposure and lack of water in a rugged Arizona wilderness along the U.S.-Mexican border
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| May.25 |
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Former governor arrested Mario Villanueva accused of working with leading cocaine cartels
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| May.27 |
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Fox party leads in state election Gubernatorial elections in Yucatan state is showing defeat for the Institutional Revolutionary Party
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| Jun.29 |
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Government urges Zapatistas President Fox's envoy is urging the rebels to resume peace talks
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| Jul.4 |
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Congress takes Fox to Supreme Court Congress says President had exceeded his powers by issuing a controversial electricity decree
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| Jul.5 |
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Protest against U.S. immigration policies 100 people protested outside the U.S. Embassy in Mexico City
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| Jul.25 |
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Mexico gets to Copa America final
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| Aug.8 |
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Bombs explode at 3 banks| 2 others bombs were defused. People's Revolutionary Armed Forces claimed responsibility | |
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| Aug.20 |
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Chantal comes ashore Tropical Storm with maximum winds of 65 mph brought heavy rains and a battering storm surge
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| Sep.1 |
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Fox urges patience, promises change In his first state of the union speech president insisted that he was building a new nation and is trying to avoid surprises
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| Sep.5 |
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Bush, Fox meet at White House Mexican President seeks wide-ranging immigration agreement this year including a blanket amnesty for illegall immigrants
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| Sep.6 |
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Fox, Bush promote partnership Presidents tout the contributions of immigrants and benefits of free trade. Fox addressed a joint meeting of Congress
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| Nov.11 |
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Mexico qualifies beating Honduras| Mexico, Honduras 3-0. Blanco scored 2 goals and set up the 3rd | |
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| Nov.21 |
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Jailed general to go to rights court Gen. Jose Gallardo was jailed 8 years ago after he denounced rights abuses in the army
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| Nov.27 |
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'Dirty war' report| Mexico unveiled a detailed report on human rights atrocities against leftists in 1970s. President name a special prosecutor | |
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| Dec.4 |
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President cites changes in first year Vicente Fox said his style is actually a sign of the changing time. Critics have called it weak and befuddled
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| Dec.15 |
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Police arrested in drug raids 16 anti-narcotics agents, policemen and ex-soldiers arrested on charges of helping protect a leading drug baron
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