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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 ...

  • Mexican Currency Rises Before Fed Comments Bond Yields Decline

    Mexico 's peso climbed for the first time in four days as bonds rallied before comments from Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke on record monetary stimulus. The peso rose 0.2 percent to 12.8649 per U.S. dollar at 10:31 a.m. in Mexico City. The increase was the currency's first on a closing basis since June 13. Yields on peso bonds due in 2024 fell three basis points, or ...

  • Tropical Depression Flooding Risk Continues for Mexico

    AccuWeather.com reports a slow-moving tropical depression will continue to bring torrential rainfall and the risk of flooding to parts of southeastern Mexico, Belize and Guatemala into midweek. Because the system's forward speed has slowed and much of its circulation was over land, it could unravel. The system is forecast to track near the coast of the Mexico states of Tabasco and ...

  • Mexico volcano spews ash two miles high

    No evacuations are currently planned for residents around a volcano in Mexico that has been sending plumes of ash miles high. NBCNews.com's Dara Brown ...

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The Class (Entre les murs) [Blu-Ray]

The Class (Entre les murs) [Blu-Ray]

For its release in English-speaking countries, Laurent Cantets Palme dOr-winning film Entre les murs has been given the rather generic and uninspiring title The Class, in the process losing the texture and subtlety of the original French title, which means literally Between the Wal ... ...

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  • US Marine relatives kidnapped in Mexico

    By Ian Johnston, Staff Writer, NBC News The FBI has appealed for help in finding Armando Torres III, a U.S. Marine who was kidnapped in Mexico along with his father and ...

  • Mexicos Pemex Evacuates Offices after Threat

    MEXICO CITY - A threat received by Mexican state oil monopoly Petroleos Mexicanos on Tuesay was a false alarm, it said. It had earlier evacuated its Mexico City headquarters. Following an inspection of the offices Pemex said the threat was a false alarm. A spokesman didn't give any details. The company activated a "security protocol" after receiving the threat, Pemex said on ...

  • Nutrient Pollution Could Cause Record-Setting Dead Zone In Gulf Of Mexico

    NOAA -supported forecast models. Those same models predict a smaller than average hypoxic level in the Chesapeake Bay. A research team comprised of scientists from the University of Michigan, Louisiana State University, and the Louisiana Universities Marine Consortium used the NOAA-supported models to forecast that this year's Gulf of Mexico hypoxic "dead zone'; will be between ...

  • Carlsbad students project helps village in Mexico

    CARLSBAD -; Pacific Ridge School senior Akash Patel is working on turning an abandoned school bus into a library and community center for an elementary school in San Ignacio, a fishing village in ...

  • Walter Lee Williams Former USC Professor On FBIs Ten Most Wanted Fugitives List Arrested In Mexico

    This 2011 image provided by the FBI shows Walter Lee Williams, 64, one of the U.S. FBI's 10 most wanted fugitives has been arrested in the resort city of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Tuesday June 18, ...

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