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| 2002 |
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| Oct.26 |
United call for N. Korea to scrap nukes| U.S., Japan and South Korea call on North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons program | |
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| 2002 |
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| May.30 |
Hurricane Alma forms off Mexico
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| Aug.6 |
Bus crash kills 35 pilgrims| The 1976-model passenger bus whose brakes failed crashed into a toll booth. Bus smashed to pieces | |
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| Aug.16 |
Dam breaks kill 14 17 others were missing after one dam broke and another overflowed
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| Aug.30 |
24 cases of dengue Health officials were spraying mosquito breeding grounds to keeping the painful disease away from Mexico City
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| Sep.21 |
Hurricane Isidore threatens Mexico Hurricane is heading towards south-eastern Yucatan peninsula
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| Sep.22 |
Isidore makes landfall Hurricane pounded the region with heavy rains and high winds. Isidore moved inland across the tip of the Yucatan
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| Oct.25 |
Category 5 Kenna roars toward Mexico Soldiers and civil authorities evacuated thousands of people and closed schools as Pacific coast braced for hurricane
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| Oct.26 |
Hurricane Kenna slams Mexico Hurricane roared to shore north of resort city Puerto Vallarta unleashing a wall of water that ravaged a seafront
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| Dec.31 |
New Year fireworks blast kills 28| Explosion occured in a street market full of fireworks stalls and sparked a blaze that spread to nearby buildings | | |
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| 2002 |
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| Aug.2 |
Mexico City airport plan dropped Church bells summoned townspeople for a celebration after the plans scrapped to build new airport on their land
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| Sep.6 |
Finance leaders discuss fighting terrorism Finance ministers are looking to jump-start economy while expanding their fight to halt the flow of money used for terrorism
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| 2002 |
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| Jun.11 |
Top drug gang launches bloody offensive
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| Jul.13 |
Farmers take more hostages A group of farmers, angered by the government's appropriation of land for a new airport, took 4 more hostages
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| Jul.14 |
Farmers soften talk of hostage threats
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| Jul.15 |
Hostages freed in airport dispute Farmers fighting government plans to build a new airport on their land freed 15 hostages at the end of a 4-day standoff
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| Aug.14 |
Fox cancels trip to protest execution Mexican President canceled a trip to Texas in protest at the U.S. state's execution of a Mexican national
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| Sep.25 |
Latin singer Thalia's sisters kidnapped The family of an internationally known singer and actress is holding talks with a gang that kidnapped her two sisters
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| Sep.26 |
$1 million for return Thalia's sisters Friend: Kidnappers want $1 million for the safe release of Laura Zapata and Ernestina Sodi
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| Oct.11 |
Kidnappers release one of Thalia's sisters Laura Zapata, sister of actress and performer Thalia, has been released after being held for 18 days by kidnappers
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| Dec.21 |
Trevi returns Pop singer has arrived home from Brazil to face sex abuse charges
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| 2002 |
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| Mar.21 |
Development summit called for aid to poor countries
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| Mar.22 |
Bush ties aid to reforms
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| Mar.22 |
UN summit ends with cash pledge| Leaders from 60 countries agreed on a plan to combat poverty and a partnership between rich and poor countries | | |
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| Jul.31 |
Pope canonized first Indian saint| John Paul II is using the ceremony to urge to help Indians as 1 million believers cheered and wept in the streets | |
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| Aug.14 |
Fox cancels trip to protest execution Mexican President canceled a trip to Texas in protest at the U.S. state's execution of a Mexican national
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| Aug.30 |
Fox says he may have set hopes too high President he is telling Mexicans that building a democracy takes time
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| Sep.22 |
Photos of wealthy prompts outrage Ricas y Famosas, an art book portraying wealthy Mexicans rolling in riches, has the intellectuals sputtering in outrage
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| Oct.26 |
United call for N. Korea to scrap nukes| U.S., Japan and South Korea call on North Korea to dismantle its nuclear weapons program | |
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| Oct.27 |
APEC toughens anti-terror stance The 21 members of the Asian Pacific economic summit have agreed to protect transport, finance and information systems