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...called a "bomb." It did damage to the door and a couple of glass panes but an "explosive artifact" was the most threatening term local law enforcement were willing use to describe it. Sears and the 116 other stores in the mall quickly reopened. And yet, the Mexican Army was out in force outside the department store all day, looking stern and watchful yet all the while saying that there was nothing to be worried about. By evening, teenagers and families were again at the mall, many lining up for tickets at the mall's 10-theater multiplex. But there...
...turmoil has spilled from Oaxaca into neighboring Mexican states. In early July, explosions shook installations of Petroleos Mexicanos (Pemex), the national oil company, in the state of Guanajuato, just north of this region. At first the government said the cause was poor maintenance but later admitted it was a terrorist act when the Ejercito Popular Revolucionario (EPR) - The Popular Revolutionary Army - took responsibility for the incidents and demanded the release of two comrades taken into custody by the army in Oaxaca. The EPR espouses radical Marxist redistribution of wealth and the rights of indigenous peoples; it bases itself...
...level of interest and soccer smarts is very high, and they expect the best when they watch a match. American soccer fans tend to watch English or European leagues on satellite or cable television, but with the signing of Beckham and other players (the Chicago Fire signed popular Mexican forward Cuauhtemoc Blanco this year under the Beckham rule), the MLS hopes increasing revenue will allow the league to become competitive with every league in the world. Says Garber: "The way the rest of the world sees us? A slowly awakening sleeping giant...
...variations on a generous 4/10th of a pound beef patty with lettuce, tomato and onion on the side. The menu also has American staples like vegetarian salads, cheesecake and iced tea, as well as Tex-Mex offerings, an echo of Lucille's years at Rosita's, a family-owned Mexican restaurant in Barstow, Calif...
...Spain - roughly double the U.S. price. (In Russia and Norway, one kilogram can fetch up to $120,000.) Divided into street-sized amounts, a kilogram can earn five times those figures. Since moving in on Europe in the mid-'90s, the cartels - overwhelmingly Colombian, but also Venezuelan and Mexican - have hugely ramped up operations...