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U.S. court ends Pemex bribery case against Siemens, SK Engineering

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- A U.S. federal judge has dismissed a $500 million lawsuit brought by state-owned Mexican oil company Pemex against Siemens AG and a South Korean company that claimed the defendants bribed Pemex officials to secure oil refinery projects in Mexico.

U.S. court ends Pemex bribery case against Siemens, SK Engineering

- A U.S. federal judge has dismissed a $500 million lawsuit brought by state-owned Mexican oil company Pemex against Siemens AG and a South Korean company that claimed the defendants bribed Pemex officials to secure oil refinery projects in Mexico.

South Korea 31 Jul 2013

Mexico's opposition party proposes sweeping energy reform

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's opposition conservative party proposed sweeping energy reform on Wednesday to change the constitution to allow more private investment and promote competition, while the ruling party is expected to present its own plans for an overhaul next week.

Mongolia to Mexico: Edinburgh's military tattoo ready to roll

EDINBURGH - A Mongolian "throat singer", Mexican dancers and a native New Zealand Maori "war dance" will join bagpipers and martial bands from around the world at Edinburgh's Royal Military Tattoo when it opens on Friday for its annual three-week run.

Mexican vice admiral ambushed, killed in drug war hot spot

MEXICO CITY - A Mexican vice admiral was killed on Sunday in an ambush on a rural road in the western state of Michoacan, where the president has sent military forces to regain control of areas dominated by waring drug gangs.

World, Mexico Election 28 Jul 2013

Breaking taboo, Mexico government aims to tax food, medicine

MEXICO CITY - Mexico plans to boost its tax coffers by an extra $50 billion a year with an overhaul that aims to extend sales tax coverage, close tax loopholes and could impose charges on capital gains.

World, Mexico Election 26 Jul 2013

America Movil still considering KPN's Telefonica deal

MEXICO CITY - Mexico's America Movil is still deciding whether to back KPN's proposed sale of its German unit to Spain's Telefonica , America Movil Chief Executive Daniel Hajj said on Friday.

Analysis: Mexico to rewrite 'sacred' text in long-awaited energy reform

MEXICO CITY - How far Mexico goes to overhaul its oil industry this year hinges largely on a single sentence in the constitution that has stood as a bulwark against private capital for more than 50 years.

25 Jul 2013

Ninety-four illegal immigrants held in Mexico, including 19 Asians

MEXICO CITY - Mexico detained 94 illegal immigrants, including 19 from the Indian subcontinent, packed into a truck bound for the U.S. border, authorities said on Tuesday.

World, 23 Jul 2013

Paleontologists discover dinosaur tail in northern Mexico

MEXICO CITY - A team of paleontologists have discovered the fossilized remains of a 72 million-year-old dinosaur tail in a desert in northern Mexico, the country's National Institute for Anthropology and History (INAH) said on Monday. | Video

Science, Lifestyle 23 Jul 2013
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Tsvangirai denounces Zimbabwe vote as 'huge farce'

HARARE - Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai dismissed Zimbabwe's election as a farce on Thursday after his rival President Robert Mugabe's party claimed a landslide victory that would secure another five years in power for Africa's oldest head of state. | Video

Ethiopia and Eritrea: An elusive peace on the cards?

Ethiopia and Eritrea are still at each others’ throats. The two neighbours fought hammer and tongs in sun-baked trenches during a two-year war over a decade ago, before a peace deal ended their World War I-style conflict in 2000. Furious veRed Sea, UNrbal battles, however, have continued to this day.