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...busy coastal port of Lazaro Cardenas. The bombing came as the governor was ringing the bell in Morelia's colonial square, a tradition carried out across to Mexico to remember the launching of the war of independence against Spain in 1810. Witnesses reported that a bulky man in black threw a grenade-like object into the crowd, and then apologized to people next to him. Godoy said he first thought it was a firecracker until he saw the bodies. A second blast struck moments after the first...
...Home to President Felipe Calderon, Michoacan state is used by cartels to harvest and traffic narcotics, including marijuana and opium. In recent years, the region has spawned a particularly brutal gang known as "La Familia," who once threw five severed human heads onto the dance floor of a disco. When Calderon took office in December 2006, the bespectacled lawyer began a national crackdown against organized crime, starting the campaign in Michoacan, where he sent soldiers into mountains to burn crops and seize safe houses. And the cartels have responded with a violent counteroffensive, killing more than 500 police, soldiers, judges...
...Tokyo are now running this drill, because anonymous intelligence sources are saying Kim Jong Il, the 66-year-old dictator in Pyongyang, is ill. He might even have had a stroke, the reports say; in any case he did not show up for the mass celebration the country threw for its 60th anniversary on Sept. 9, a pretty unusual absence even for a reclusive leader not known for his predictability...
...Still, experts give the Chinese government credit for making disability a political priority. Deng Xiaoping's son Deng Pufang, who was paralyzed after Red Guards threw him off a building during the Cultural Revolution, heads the China Disabled Persons Federation, offering a respected voice for the needs of the disabled. Ahead of the Paralympics, extensive investment went into upgrading Beijing's infrastructure. Lifts were added to the subway system, special taxis built for easier boarding by wheelchair users roam the streets, and Beijing's main airport was outfitted with $1.7 million worth of ramps, handicapped bathrooms and Braille signs, according...
...Tokyo are now running this drill, because anonymous intelligence sources are saying Kim Jong Il, the 66-year-old dictator in Pyongyang, is ill. He might even have had a stroke, the reports say, and in any case he did not show up for the mass 'celebration' the country threw for its 60th anniversary, a pretty unusual absence, even for a North Korean leader not known for his predictability...