Panic shopping in Mexico's Oaxaca as crisis deepens
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OAXACA, Mexico  - Hundreds of cars lined up at gas   stations in the protest-torn Mexican city of Oaxaca on   Wednesday as tensions rose before a 48-hour business shutdown   expected to bring the tourist hot spot to a standstill.
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OAXACA, Mexico  - Mexican riot police firing tear gas clashed with protesters launching fireworks and throwing gasoline bombs in the colonial city of Oaxaca on Saturday, days before President-elect Felipe Calderon takes office.
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CUETZALAN, Mexico  - From cutting the umbilical chord to post-natal surgery, giving birth in the remote Sierra Norte mountains of central Mexico used to be a dirty and dangerous experience.
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A Mexican newspaper shuts temporarily amid continuing attacks and threats from suspected  drugs gangs.
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Threats from Maoist rebels in Nepal brought business in the Himalayan kingdom to a halt yesterday, as traffic blockades kept supplies from the capital, Kathmandu. There is only about 10 weeks&#39; worth of food in the city, and many travellers ...
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Take a deep breath. Some of us haven't even started shopping yet!
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Townsfolk in TeotihuacÃ¡n are vexed that Wal-Mart is building a superstore near some of Mexico's best known ruins.
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Trailer parks lie abandoned. The poultry plant is scrambling to replace more than half its workforce. Business has dried up at stores where Mexican laborers once lined up to buy food, beer and cigarettes just weeks ago.
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SAN JUAN TEOTIHUACAN, Mexico : As hundreds of curious onlookers watched, Wal-Mart opened its controversial store near the famous Aztec pyramids of Teotihuacan northeast of Mexico City.
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Comment is free: Naomi Klein: To those who remember the violent campaigns against Zapatistas, the tensions today feel eerily, dangerously familiar
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Merchants reported huge losses as crowds descended on stores to buy goods at government-ordered prices.
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A bizarre attack spread panic through the packed Toys &quot;R&quot; Us superstore in Times Square yesterday - forcing 3,000 kids and holiday bargain hunters to flee on one of the busiest shopping days of the year.
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Shoppers and merchants fled the market in panic after the explosion and police cordoned off the area. &quot;It could be a bomb,&quot; said one policeman at the scene on Sunday.
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In a country where minor corruption is commonplace, Mexican water consumers are reaching for the panic button to sound the alarm when municipal officials demand a bribe.
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Mexican President-elect Felipe   Calderon views violent disturbances in the tourist city of   Oaxaca, where protesters are trying to oust the governor, as   the country's biggest challenge, a top aide said on Tuesday.
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Mexican authorities are investigating the sale of fake or substandard medicine in a border town so popular among Americans seeking cheap medications that it has more pharmacies than streets.    U.S...
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Resistance to barrier between U.S., Mexico raises concerns about feasibility, potential effectiveness.