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MexicoStar.com Tuesday 9th February 2010 Issue 2119
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IPC: 18.71 30649.4 0.06%
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"It is unfair you enjoy a safe life while our brothers in Gaza suffer greatly. Our attacks will continue as long as you support Israel. "
Osama bin Laden
The al-Qaeda leader was addressing U.S. President Barack Obama in a recently-released videotape.

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$£€ United States, Dollar Euro Mexico, Peso Canada, Dollar Brazil, Real
United States, Dollar - 0.729 13.21 1.070 1.870
Euro 1.370 - 18.11 1.467 2.563
Mexico, Peso 0.075 0.055 - 0.081 0.141
Canada, Dollar 0.934 0.681 12.34 - 1.746
Brazil, Real 0.534 0.390 7.065 0.572 -

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Gay Marriage Debate Boils Over in Mexico
2 suspected drug gang leaders held in Tijuana
5.7-Magnitude Quake Rattles Southern Mexico
All Whites name best for Mexico test

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Ballack hits back at Arsene Wenger's jibe
Hughes set to become Turkish football team coach
Gazza placed behind bars again after hotel fracas
Physical and mental inferiority behind Pak's Oz cricket tour humiliation: Alam

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Tiger Woods could return to golf at Tavinstock Cup next month
2010 Super Bowl most-watched TV show in history
Mukesh Ambani, Sahara Group chief Roy reportedly bidding for Liverpool FC
We are not ending our relationship: Jolie, Pitt

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Breaking News
Earthquake rattles southern Mexico
Mexico City, Feb 9 (DPA) Southern Mexico was roiled Monday evening by an earthquake registering a magnitude of 5.9 on the Richter scale, the country's national seismological service...

Gerard Butler, Jennifer Aniston get cosy in Mexico
London, Feb 08 : Gerard Butler and Jennifer Aniston have been spotted getting cosy by a poolside in...
Two suspected drug kingpins arrested in Mexico
Mexican federal police arrested two suspected gang leaders, delivering another big blow to a brutal drug cartel that terrorised the border city of Tijuana for several years.The capture of Raydel...
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World News
US warned to beware terror incidents overseasUS warned to beware terror incidents overseas
Al-Qaeda has made another threat toward the...

Mogadishu residents flee impending fightMogadishu residents flee impending fight
There have been more terror attacks linked to rebel and government forces in Mogadishu,...
Terror attack averted in Pakistan
Pakistani police claim to have prevented an attack on a five-star hotel in Lahore, the country's second largest...
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Business News
Toyota receives summons from Japanese government over problemsToyota receives summons from Japanese government over problems
Toyota's president is due to brief the Japanese government on the Prius...

More nuclear power for ArgentinaMore nuclear power for Argentina
Argentina has decided to build a third nuclear plant by end of the...
Greece to boost government revenues with taxGreece to boost government revenues with tax
Greece will institute tax reforms to urgently boost government...
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bullet Earthquake rattles southern Mexico corner

Southern Mexico was roiled Monday evening by an earthquake registering a magnitude of 5.9 on the Richter scale, the country's national seismological service said.

There were no immediate reports of damage.

The epicentre was off the coast of the state of Oaxaca.

In Mexico City, high-rise buildings were evacuated, though the quake was not widely felt in the capital.


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National news comes first. We do however strive to provide a complete news services for our readers. World news headlines top several of our pages, we also provide news on what's happening in business, and in the financial markets.

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    Hakeemullah dead, Jamal acting successor, claims Taliban's Orakzai faction
    Flight-testing of cryogenic stage of GSLV in April: ISRO chief
    Cher says it's rough acting with younger co-stars
    Mickey Rourke defends Megan Fox's acting skills
    Kolkata family exhibits musical instruments of British Raj era

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    New Zealand coach insists World Cup hero must play in friendly

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    Stock markets around the world are falling again. How do you think they will fare by the end of the year?


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    Sheraton Abu Dhabi Resort & Towers
    Sheraton Abu Dhabi Resort & Towers

    I have spent time at the Sheraton in Abu Dhabi previously, in the restaurants and the tavern pub, but hadn't stayed there...


    bullet Regional corner
    Haiti miracle: 28-year-old man survives four weeks after being buried by killer quake
    UN workers' toll in Haiti Quake reaches 94
    Costa Rica elects first woman president
    Magnitude 5.7 quake rattles southern Mexico