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MEXICO Death Us Do Part The International Court of Justice in the Hague began hearing a case against the U.S. concerning death sentences against 51 Mexican citizens. Mexico alleges the U.S. broke the 1963 Vienna Convention by failing to contact Mexico's embassy or consular officials immediately upon the arrests of the 51 suspects, which have taken place since 1979. The U.S. alleges that Mexico, which has no death penalty, is attempting to interfere with its laws. Though the court has found against the U.S. on similar issues before, its rulings have no way of being enforced...
...According a study by researchers at the University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, portion sizes of "key food groups" served at home grew substantially between 1977 and 1996. The tasty culprits include salty snacks (up 93 calories per serving), sodas (up 49 calories) and Mexican food (up 173 calories). The research included monitoring the food intake - at home and in restaurants - of 63,380 people...
...Great Eagle Hotel's Bostonian, he began having entrepreneurial aspirations when Tammy developed a craving for tacos-hardly an easy find in his new city. The Californian couple started asking around to see if others were feeling the same home-style longings, and discovered an eager market for Mexican (and responded with Taco Loco in June last year). But they also found an even bigger craving lurking in Hong Kong expat stomachs: deli food. "We found this craziness, this fervor for deli," says Levin...
...whether that's true. But Berman has clearly done quite nicely since he began developing and managing Indian casinos more than a decade ago. Among his real estate holdings: a ranch in tony Telluride, Colo.; a house in Palm Springs, Calif.; an estate called Casa Berman Palmillia on the Mexican Riviera; a condo in Las Vegas; and a $5 million estate in Wayzata, Minn. By his account, as of September 2001, he was worth almost $69 million...
Priscilla Orta ’05 declared her intent to enter the contest with her 30-volume collection of books about Latinos in the United States, focusing on Mexican-Americans and Mexican migrant workers, including titles such as Heroic Mexico, Crossing Over, With These Hands and Immigrant America...