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Rare egg laid in Mexico

By Alain at 04/05/07 07:42

Excited ornithologists waited with baited breath to see whether the Condor egg laid in Mexico, will hatch. This is the firs time since the 1930s that a Californian Condor has laid in Mexico.

Original source: The Australian. Condor's egg has landed in Mexico

Sandy 'beaches' for Mexico City

Mexico City, which is landlocked, opened its first 'beach'. People were able to play volleyball and munch on tacos, on the sand surrounded by soaring apartment buildings. A total of 4 are planned for the city.

Original source: Seattle Times. A beach getaway in landlocked Mexico City

Abortion to be legalized in Mexico

Mexico with its liberal dominated legislature is set to pass the highly controversial abortion bill, a measure that is roundly opposed by large segments of the population.

Original source: New York Times. Bill to Legalize Abortion Set to Pass in Mexico City

Archaeologists open window to sites in Mexico

Archaeologists in Mexico are providing guided tours of sites, known as "archaeological windows, whereby inaccessible buried ruins can be viewed via glass-covered shafts.

Original source: Yahoo News. [404 Check: was link to http:/ / news. yahoo. com/ s/ ap/ 20070331/ ap_ on_ re_ la_ am_ ca/ mexico_ window_ archaeology_ 1;_ ylt=ApCIrUYzdbbUB5B3_ fgUBzQdl. 0A, anchor: Mexico opens windows on buried treasures]

Dengue outbreak controls in place in Mexico

Worried health officials are dispatching special spraying teams to tourist resorts ahead of the holiday period to make sure that garbage and standing water is removed to prevent mosquitoes breeding.

Original source: Yahoo News. [404 Check: was link to http:/ / news. yahoo. com/ s/ ap/ 20070331/ ap_ on_ he_ me/ mexico_ deadly_ dengue_ 6;_ ylt=AkX2JC5qS9M4Fcx2HkbNY. 0dl. 0A, anchor: Dengue surging in Mexico]

Film director takes hard look at life on the border

Director Robert Kelly has produced a hard hitting documentary film, Borderlands, which looks at life in two small towns separated by an international boundary.

Original source: Washington Post. [404 Check: was link to http:/ / www. washingtonpost. com/ wp -dyn/ content/ article/ 2007/ 03/ 30/ AR2007033001367. html, anchor: Film takes gritty look at U.S.-Mexico border]

Drug raid leads to arrest of Escobar

In a surprise raid on a safe house, police arrested suspected drug kingpin Victor Magno Escobar in Tijuana on Saturday. He is reputed to be a leader of the cartel that dominates drug smuggling along California's border with Mexico.

Original source: Reuters. Mexico arrests suspected Tijuana drug kingpin