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In Mexico, hundreds strip for 'No Pants Subway Ride'

Hundreds of people in Mexico City shed their pants and skirts to take part in the "No Pants Subway Ride" prank observed Sunday, just for laughs, around the world.

In Mexico, hundreds strip for 'No Pants Subway Ride'
Mexico City steps up dog neutering drive after killings

- Hundreds of Mexico City residents brought poodles, labradors and chihuahuas to mobile sterilization units Thursday as the city stepped up a campaign to reduce the number of street dogs after a string of deadly attacks.

Mexico City steps up dog neutering drive after killings
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Giant Chinese complex raises eyebrows in Mexico

Construction of the second biggest retail complex for Chinese products outside China will begin in Mexico next month despite environmental and business concerns.

Giant Chinese complex raises eyebrows in Mexico
Mexico City confronts street dog menace

Mexico City authorities chased down stray dogs Tuesday to find the canines behind the grisly killing of four people, angering pet defenders who say the animals are wrongly accused.

Mexico City confronts street dog menace
Thousands of Mexicans devour enormous king cake

Tens of thousands of Mexicans wolfed down a 1.9-kilometer (1.2-mile) long king cake on Thursday, polishing it off in less than half-an-hour during the traditional feast in downtown Mexico City.

Thousands of Mexicans devour enormous king cake
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Brazil, Mexico have most Latin American billionaires

Brazil and Mexico have the most billionaires in Latin America but earn the least from estate taxes, according to a new study from a regional economic group.

Brazil, Mexico have most Latin American billionaires
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Mexico archeologists uncover 800-year-old skeletons

Archeologists in central Mexico uncovered the bones of 12 children and adults who may have been buried 800 years ago.

Mexico archeologists uncover 800-year-old skeletons
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More than 20,000 missing under Calderon: report

More than 20,000 people have disappeared in Mexico over the past six years of a brutal crackdown on drugs during the government of former president Felipe Calderon.

More than 20,000 missing under Calderon: report
Mexican state prison. ©REUTERS
Mexico empties prison of all its inmates after deadly riot

Officials on Wednesday removed all of the prisoners -- about 500 inmates -- from a prison in northern Mexico, one day after the facility erupted in violence, leaving 15 inmates and nine guards dead.

Mexico empties prison of all its inmates after deadly riot
Earthlings head to nearest bunker, or bar, at 'world's end'

Diehard doomsayers will be scurrying to the nearest shelter in fear of a Mayan prophecy of the world's end Friday, but many more from Delhi to Sydney will ring in the date by partying like there's no tomorrow.

Earthlings head to nearest bunker, or bar, at 'world's end'
Popol Vuh: the Mayan holy book

Before the creation of the Earth, there was only silence and darkness, only the sky and the sea until the deities Tepeu and Gucumatz created trees, animals and man -- so says the Mayan holy book.

Popol Vuh: the Mayan holy book
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Coca-Cola FEMSA to acquire Philippine bottler

Coca-Cola FEMSA of Mexico is to take control of the US soft drink firm's bottling operations in the Philippines in a $688.5 million cash deal.

Coca-Cola FEMSA to acquire Philippine bottler
Packages of methamphetamines. ©REUTERS
Drug war debate heats up after another brutal year

Even when a feared drug lord lied dead in a funeral home, Mexican authorities could not prevent the cartel kingpin from slipping away.

Drug war debate heats up after another brutal year
December 21: End of Mayan calendar, or end of the world?

Gonzalo Alvarez, who had just arrived in Cancun for two weeks of revelry linked to a major milestone in the Mayan calendar, seemed reasonably cheerful for a man about to swallowed up by the Apocalypse.

December 21: End of Mayan calendar, or end of the world?
Mexico gay rights groups cheer court's marriage ruling

Mexican gay rights groups voiced hope Thursday that a Supreme Court ruling against an Oaxaca state law that banned same-sex marriages will lead to similar decisions across the nation.

Mexico gay rights groups cheer court's marriage ruling
Public to get access to ancient Mexican beach rock carvings

Thousands of years ago, long before Spanish conquistadores raided Mexico, ancient people carved circles, spirals and drawings of bow hunters into volcanic rocks dotting a Pacific beach.

Public to get access to ancient Mexican beach rock carvings
Maria Susana Flores. Photo courtesy of laprensafl.com
Mexico beauty queen killed in shootout was 'human shield'

A 22-year-old Mexican beauty queen killed during a gunfight between a suspected drug gang and soldiers appeared to have been used as a human shield.

Mexico beauty queen killed in shootout was 'human shield'
Maria Susana Flores. Photo courtesy of nuestrabellezasinaloa.com
Mexican beauty queen killed in gunbattle

A 22-year-old Mexican beauty queen was killed in a gunfight between soldiers and a suspected gang she was riding with in the northwestern state of Sinaloa.

Mexican beauty queen killed in gunbattle
Mexico police unearth 20 bodies in violence-torn north

The bones of nine people were found in desert graves in violence-plagued northern Mexico, raising the number of remains found there since the weekend to 20, authorities said Monday.

Mexico police unearth 20 bodies in violence-torn north
Change Mexico's name to Mexico, president says

President Felipe Calderon Thursday proposed changing Mexico's official name from the United Mexican States to just Mexico.

Change Mexico's name to Mexico, president says