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Gang in Mexico massacre tries to silence investigation

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 16:25

MEXICO CITY — The criminal gang behind the slaying of 72 migrants late last month is suspected of killing those close to the case in an attempt to shut down further investigation.

Mexican Marines Arrest 7 Alleged Gunmen In Massacre Of 72 Migrants

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 16:02

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Walker, Critic Of US Embargo On Cuba, Dies At 80

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 16:02

HAVANA (AP) - The Rev. Lucius Walker, who led an annual pilgrimage of U.S. aid volunteers to Cuba in defiance of Washington's nearly half-century-old trade embargo, has died of a heart attack in New York.

IMAX Corporation to Present at the 2010 Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications & ...

IMAX Corporation to Present at the 2010 Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications & …

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 15:46

NEW YORK, Sep 8, 2010 (GlobeNewswire via COMTEX News Network) -- IMAX Corporation (Nasdaq:IMAX) (TSX:IMX) today announced that Greg Foster, Chairman & President, Filmed Entertainment, and Joseph Sparacio, Chief Financial Officer, of IMAX Corporation, will present at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference on Wednesday ...

Walker, defier of US embargo on Cuba, dies at 80

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 15:26

HAVANA (AP) - Rev. Lucius Walker, who led an annual pilgrimage of U.S. aid volunteers to Cuba in defiance of Washington's...

Fidel Castro accuses Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of antisemitism

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 14:40

Former Cuban leader criticises Iranian president for denying the Holocaust and calls for end to slander of Jews Fidel Castro, a longtime critic of Israeli government policy, said Jews had been slandered for centuries. Photograph: Juan Mabromata/AFP/Getty Images Fidel Castro has accused Iran's president, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, of antisemitism, in a ...

Lithium Americas targets full feas by end-2011 on Argentina project

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 14:18

TORONTO (miningweekly.com) – TSX-listed Lithium Americas expects a preliminary economic assessment for its flagship Cauchari lithium/potassium project in the first three months of 2011, followed by a final feasibility document in the fourth quarter. With the final feasibility study in hand, the company will be ready for a construction decision, ...

Family marks time until infant’s birth, Chile miner’s return

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 14:03

COPIAPO, Chile (AFP) – The family of Victor Zamora has become used to marking time, anxiously counting the days until the trapped miner can be freed from a collapsed Chilean mine. Now, as they await his return, they also are eagerly ticking off the weeks until the arrival of mine ...

Iranians unaware Castro has taken up their cause

Wednesday, September 8, 2010 13:00

HAVANA – Fidel Castro's warnings of a looming war between the United States and Iran have Cuba buzzing with fears of nuclear Armageddon. But the revolutionary icon's alarming predictions have barely registered in the place where it might matter most: Iran. The former Cuban leader emerged from four years of ...

Trapped Chilean miners: How did a former footballing hero come to be one of the 33?

Tuesday, September 7, 2010 21:31

'My father said it was all so dangerous,' says Franklin Lobos's daughter Franklin Lobos underground and in his days as el Mortero Magico. Franklin Lobos was a legend of Chilean football.