Ex-Mexican president too ill for tests
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A former Mexican president accused of genocide was unable Friday to undergo a court-mandated psychological evaluation because of his poor health, his lawyer said.
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A diagnosis of the illness of Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat, who was flown to France for treatment yesterday will not be available for several days.
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Mexico's leftist presidential candidate threatened to disrupt the swearing in of his ruling party rival Saturday, a day after lawmakers blocked the outgoing president from delivering his state-of-the-nation speech to Congress in an escalating crisis over the July 2 election.
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Vicente Fox, often criticized as a  paper cowboy for a tame performance in four years as Mexican  president, is now in a showdown with Congress and Mexico City's  popular mayor and at odds with Washington.
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A Mexican judge re-instates an arrest warrant for ex-President Luis Echeverria, who is accused of genocide.
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The former president will undergo heart bypass surgery after complaining of shortness of breath and chest pains.
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SANTIAGO, Chile -- Court-appointed doctors who examined retired General Augusto Pinochet are split on whether the former dictator's health allows him to stand trial on human rights charges, according to reports made public yesterday.
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Mexican President Vicente Fox is  running out of time to deliver on a key pledge to punish  wrongdoers in a decades-old "dirty war," and the job may get  tougher as political tensions rise ahead of 2006 elections.
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President Felipe Calderon proposed Monday that Mexico test thousands of students in public schools for drugs as part of the nation's fight against drug trafficking.
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A Mexican judge issued an injunction on Thursday that could prevent former President Luis Echeverria from facing trial for his alleged role in a 1968 massacre of leftist students.
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PALESTINIAN leader Yasser Arafat is suffering from a blood disorder and more tests are needed to determine the cause, one of the doctors treating him said today.
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TUXTLA GUTIERREZ, Mexico - A doctor at a public hospital in southern Mexico mistakenly amputated the right leg of an elderly patient who had sought treatment for an infection in his left foot, the patient's family announced Sunday.
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Former Argentine President Carlos Menem was being treated at a hospital for low blood sugar levels after falling ill while delivering a speech, authorities said Wednesday.
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[World News]: Santiago, Dec 19 : Former Chilean president Augusto Pinochet has been hospitalised with low-blood-pressure complaints ahead of a court verdict against him in a human rights case.
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The Palestinian leader undergoes exploratory tests in his compound after suffering stomach pains.
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Former Mexican President Vicente Fox faces an inquiry into his finances, after congress approves the probe.
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The health of Indonesia's former president Suharto, who ruled for more than three decades, has deteriorated sharply again and he is in very critical condition, his doctors told a news conference on Sunday.