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  • Confederations Cup Spain beat Uruguay Italy overcome Mexico

    First-half goals from Pedro and Roberto Soldado were enough to give Spain a 2-1 victory over Uruguay in their Group B opener here while Mario Balotelli struck a 77th-minute winner as Italy began their campaign with 2-1 victory over Mexico in the Confederations Cup. At Arena Timbu in Recife Sunday, Pedro opened the scoring in the 19th minute at Arena Pernambuco when his long-range shot deflected ...

  • Prandelli frustrated with Balotelli goal celebration

    Italy coach Cesare Prandelli said he was frustrated with Mario Balotelli after the striker's shirtless goal celebration in the Azzurri's 2-1 victory over Mexico here in the Confederation Cup. Chilean referee Enrique Osses cautioned Balotelli after the 21-year-old followed his 77th-minute winner Sunday by repeating the flexed-muscle pose he made famous during last year's European Championships, ...

  • Rumbling big ash emission from Popo

    The Popocatepetl Volcano emitted a strong plume of ash high into the clear sky this afternoon. This is a speeded up 30-second video of the plume as it occurred around 1:30 p.m. Webcams caught the action. Read a lot more about ...

  • Losing a bit of cultural heritage

    Mexicans don't sing as often as they once did. Not at home. Nor when getting their hair cut. Nor at their jobs. That's what Jose Luis Ceron tells me. He's a sociologist and an expert on Mexican traditional and popular music, particularly the style known as danzon. I went to see Ceron on a related matter and he started talking about the loss of cultural heritage in the country ...

  • Mexico wildfire smoke visible in East County

    A plume of smoke swirls into the air from a wildfire just south of the California-Mexico border on Monday. The fire burned in the mountains southeast of Tecate, Mexico, and produced smoke that was clearly visible from Mt. Laguna, where this image was ...

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The Last King of Scotland

The Last King of Scotland

The Last King of Scotland uses a rather tired trope of Western storytelling--the use of a white Western character as a lens through which we can view an exotic culture--but manages to make it not only invigorating, but arguably necessary. The culture into whic ... ...

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  • Make-or-break Brazil test for Mexico

    Italy , leaving them with little room to manoeuvre. Another reverse here coupled with an Italian win over the Japanese will see them exit the competition. They face a stiff test against a side that is slowly but surely coming together under Luiz Felipe Scolari and intent on making further progress in front of their fans in Fortaleza. Jose Manuel de la Torre's side emerged with a 2-0 win ...

  • Mexican politicians going to the dogs er cats

    MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Fed up with politicians they call "rats," a group of friends in the eastern Mexican city of Xalapa have put forward their ideal candidate for mayor: a cat named ...

  • Mexican nationals sentenced for drug trafficking in ETX

    TYLER, Texas - Two Mexican nationals living in Tyler, Texas, have been sentenced to federal prison for drug trafficking violations in the Eastern District of Texas, announced U.S. Attorney John M. Bales ...

  • UPDATE 1-Republican senators seek border compromise for U.S. immigration bill

    Mon Jun 17, 2013 6:40pm EDT * Will compromise be enough to satisfy conservatives? * Could include high-tech methods to secure border * Amendment may be offered this week (Adds Corker quotes, more details) By Richard Cowan and Caren Bohan WASHINGTON, June 17 (Reuters) - A small group of Republican senators worked Monday on a possible border security compromise that would make a sweeping ...

  • Mexico could post second quarter growth of 3.5 percent finance ...

    MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's economy should accelerate in the second quarter as solid growth in the auto industry boosts its manufacturing sector, the country's finance minister said on Monday. "We think growth of 3.5 (percent) in the ...

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