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MexicoStar.com Friday 3rd September 2010 Issue 0246/2010
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"This historic moment comes at a time of great uncertainty for many Americans. We have now been through nearly a decade of war. We have endured a long and painful recession. And sometimes in the midst of these storms, the future that we are trying to build for our nation - a future of lasting peace and long-term prosperity - may seem beyond our reach"
Barack Obama
US President Obama was making a national address Tuesday to mark the end of the combat mission in Iraq

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12 die in bus accident in Mexico
At least 12 people died Friday when a bus crashed with a truck at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southeastern Mexico, the authorities...

13 rescued after Gulf of Mexico oil rig explosion
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At least 12 people died Friday when a bus crashed with a truck at the Isthmus of Tehuantepec in southeastern Mexico, the authorities said.

The accident, which happened in the early hours of Friday in the state of Oaxaca, also left 12 people injured, while three others survived unhurt, a Civil Protection spokesman told DPA.

The truck, which was carrying sand, veered into the bus' lane. The two vehicles crashed head-on and caught fire.

The bus had been travelling from Salina Cruz, in Oaxaca, to Coatzacolacos, in the state of Veracruz.


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