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  • 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 ...

  • Tropical depression heads toward Mexican coast

    MIAMI -; Forecasters say a tropical depression crossing Mexico's Bay of Campeche is expected to become a tropical storm before making landfall in that country's Gulf Coast state of ...

  • Brazils Scolari focusing on Mexico clash – video

    Brazil manager Luiz Felipe Scolari says he thinks Mexico will want to prove they are a better team than Brazil when they meet in the Confederations Cup on Wednesday. He refrains from commenting when asked about recent protests in Brazil, timed to coincide with the Confederations Cup and partly prompted by the rising cost of hosting the World ...

  • Tropical Depression 2 closes in on coast of southern Mexico

    The latest advisory for Tropical Depression Two, which formed Monday near the coast of Belize. It is not expected to threaten ...

  • Cat stands for election in Mexican city

    It started as a joke between friends, but Morris the cat's bid to become mayor of the Mexican city of Jalapa, the capital of the state of Veracruz, has now turned into a social media phenomenon with a serious message about political disenchantment."Morris has become an expression of how fed up people are with all the parties and a political system that does not represent us," said ...

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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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  • TD 2 Takes Aim At Mexican Coast

    MIAMI (CBSMiami) - A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for a portion of southern Mexico as Tropical Depression #2 inches closer to the ...

  • Most Wanted alleged child rapist nabbed in Mexico

    By Isela Serrano and Gabriel Stargardter, Reuters CANCUN, Mexico -- Mexican authorities arrested a former University of Southern California professor who faces sex crimes charges in the Philippines on Tuesday, just hours after ...

  • Ex-USC professor on FBI most-wanted list captured 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 alleged ...

  • Midwest rains cause Gulf of Mexico problems

    U.S. scientists said heavy spring rains in the Midwest could lead to one of the largest so-called dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico this year. ...

  • Mexico Guatemala collaborate to strengthen border security

    Mexican President Felipe Calderon (L) and his Guatemalan counterpart Alvaro Colom arrive at a joint press conference at the official residence Los Pinos, in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on July 27, 2011. (Xinhua/David de la ...

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