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  • US man wanted for child sex abuse held in Mexico

    A former college professor in the US who was on the FBI's "10 most wanted" list over allegations of child sex abuse has been arrested in Mexico, officials said. Walter Lee Williams was detained Tuesday, CNN reported. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had put the former university professor on the list for alleged sexual exploitation of children. Williams researched in the field of ...

  • Mexican telecom firm in talks to restructure debt

    Mexico's Maxcom Telecomunicaciones said Tuesday it was looking to raise new capital and restructure debt after failing to make an interest payment. In a filing with the Mexican Stock Exchange, Maxcom said it would use a 30-day grace period with respect to Tuesday's scheduled interest payment of roughly $11 million to continue talks with a new investor and certain of its bondholders with a view ...

  • Brazil v Mexico Confederations Cup – live | Paul Doyle

    Preamble: The "festival of champions" continues, in a decidedly unfestive atmosphere, with hundreds of thousands of Brazilians taking to the streets to protest against government misrule, financial chicanery and police brutality, while Sepp Blatter tells them to pipe down and quit ruining his appetite with their spoilsport bleating. So in deference to King Blatter, let's pretend ...

  • In Tijuana Ed pays homage to seven leaves and a duchess.

    "First, you must have chilled romaine lettuce," he says. "Take the leaves from the inside, top and tail chopped off, because there can be some bitterness there. Put in mustard, grind in some pepper, crush anchovies and garlic, and grate some parmesan. Now you break the egg -- coddled, so it's a little firmer -- strain out the white, and drop the yolk ...

  • FBI Most-wanted Suspect Nabbed in Mexico

    A former University of Southern California professor on the FBI's most-wanted list for alleged sex crimes involving children was caught in Mexico, the FBI said. Bill Lewis, FBI assistant director in charge, said 64-year-old Walter Lee Williams was arrested Tuesday by Mexican authorities, The Los Angeles Times reported. The FBI said authorities have identified at least 10 of the ...

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Cloverfield [DVD]

Cloverfield [DVD]

Cloverfield is not so much a reinvention of the marauding-monster movie as it is a riff on its possibilities--a fascinating and largely successful experiment in the manipulation of cinematic perspective. The already tired description of the film as Godzilla meets The Bla ... ...

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  • Mexico arrests man on FBI’s top list

    Mexican officials said late Tuesday that they had arrested former US university professor Walter Lee Williams, an alleged child sexual predator on the FBI's list of top 10 Most Wanted ...

  • One of U.S. FBIs most wanted nabbed at Mexico beach resort

    If you’re young and hoping to work your way up into a high-paid position, here are 10 jobs you’ll probably want to avoid. People in these jobs work at the bottom strata of the labour market, according to the latest survey by the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics' Occupational Employment and Wage ...

  • Pittsburgh Council rejects expansion of Mexican War Streets historic district

    Pittsburgh City Council on Wednesday unanimously rejected legislation expanding the North Side's Mexican War Streets historical district and restricting what residents could do to the exterior of their homes and ...

  • RLPC-Codere bondholders face 50 pct haircut

    By Sandrine Bradley LONDON, June 19 (Reuters) - The debt refinancing of Codere's senior credit facilities is the first stage of the gaming company's restructuring which could see the circa 1 billion euro ($1.34 billion)of bondholders face a ...

  • Protests continue in Sao Paulo troops sent to five Brazilian cities

    Reuters © A demonstrator jumps over trash set afire during protests against poor public services, police violence and government corruption, in Sao Paulo June 18, 2013. REUTERS/Victor ...

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