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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 ...

  • 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 ...

  • 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 ...

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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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  • 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 ...

  • 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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