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  • Paulina Rubio to be judge on `X Factor

    Paulina Rubio will join the panel of judges for the popular Fox television show "The X Factor" next season, the Mexican singer's representative announced Tuesday. Rubio will join the judging panel - which includes show creator Simon Cowell, Kelly Rowland of Destiny's Child and Disney star Demi Lovato - during the musical contest show's third season. "I love 'The X Factor'! I can't wait to find ...

  • Mexican firm to acquire US wireless operator

    Mexican telecommunications giant America Movil says it has agreed to buy US mobile operator Start Wireless Group for an undisclosed amount. In a filing with the Mexican Stock Exchange, the Mexico City-based company announced its US unit Tracfone Wireless had reached a deal to acquire the assets of Start Wireless Group, an Ohio-based mobile virtual network operator. The transaction is expected ...

  • Family of B.C. man missing in Mexico frustrated with police probe

    The family of a Canadian man who went missing in Mexico two weeks ago fear they are unable to trust the local police who are leading the investigation. Diego Hernandez, a 22-year-old martial arts instructor from British Columbia, and his American friend Craig Silva, disappeared from the Mexican resort city of Puerto Vallarta on May 8. The two were in the country to organize a mixed martial ...

  • RPT-Fitch Revises BPs Outlook to Stable IDR Affirmed at A

    May 22 (Reuters) - (The following statement was released by the rating agency) Fitch Ratings has revised the Outlook on BP plc's (BP) Long-term Issuer Default Rating (IDR) to Stable from Positive. A full list of rating actions is at the end ...

  • Soccer-Moses out of Nigerias matches Obi Mikel wants a rest

    May 22 (Reuters) - Victor Moses has withdrawn from Nigeria's squad for next month's World Cup soccer qualifiers and Confederation Cup tournament while Chelsea team mate John Obi Mikel has asked to be rested for a friendly against Mexico next ...

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Three Kings

A lot of bodies get hit by a lot of bullets in movies these days. And a lot of those movies don't take much time to contemplate what it means to be struck by a bullet--the violence of the impact beyond the immediate visceral excitement experienced by an audience watching at a safe distance in the movie theater. ...

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  • US not respecting WTO ruling on meat labeling Mexico

    By Adriana Barrera MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The United States is not respecting a World Trade Organization (WTO) ruling on meat labeling, Mexico's Agriculture Minister Enrique Martinez said on Tuesday, saying it was hurting local industry. The ...

  • TABLE-Indias April Iran oil imports drop 34.2 pct vs March -trade

    May 22 (Reuters) - India's oil imports from Iran fell about 34.2 percent in April from March to about 117,3000 barrels per day (bpd), while shipments in the first four months of the year declined 46.3 percent, tanker arrival data made available ...

  • UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Weds. May 22

    LONDON, May 22 (Reuters) - Britain's FTSE 100 is seen opening mixed on Wednesday with financial bookmakers calling the index to open between down by 11 points and up by 13 points. For more on the factors affecting European stocks, please click on ...

  • Mexicans lose all hope in their impotent authorities

    In Mexico, people take arms in their hands. Residents of south-eastern states of the country, tired of incessant wars of drug cartels, create armed militia to defend themselves and their streets. Mexican authorities fear the fighters of Mexican self-defense - the authorities actually surrendered to criminal ...

  • Gas station Mexican restaurant opens as standalone Las Cazuelas Grill

    When a little Mexican lunch counter in a gas station becomes something of a dining destination, it says something very good about the talents of the proprietors. Maria Cristina Aldana, encouraged by her husband, Sergio Orozco, opened her first restaurant in that modest setting on ...

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