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Mexico: Fourth Blogger Murdered in Drug War

In Nuevo Laredo, Mexico, a local blogger was allegedly tortured and then murdered in retaliation for posting comments about local drug cartels. The decapitated body of El Rascatripas, as he was known online, was found lying on the street near a statue of Christopher Columbus, about one mile from the Texas border.
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Toyota Q2 falls 32 percent, withdraws full-year forecast

Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> posted a 32 percent drop in quarterly operating profit and withdrew its full-year profit forecasts as Thai floods pose a fresh threat to production while supply shortages from the March earthquake kept output low.
Anonymous backs off threats against Mexican drug cartel

Anonymous Backs Off Threats Against Los Zetas After Release of Kidnapped Hacker

Anonymous has called off its feud with Mexican drug cartel Los Zetas following the return of one of its members, who was kidnapped by the Zetas during an Operation Paperstorm protest in Veracruz. The hacktivist group had vowed to launch a retaliatory attack of exposure of taxi drivers, journalists, and members of law enforcement working with the cartel today, November 5, unless the member was released. The member was freed over the weekend, but carried with him a warning from L...
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Ex-General Elected President of Guatemala

A retired right-wing general promising a crackdown on violent crime won Guatemala's presidential election Sunday and will be the first military man to take power since democracy was restored in 1986.
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Canada's Flaherty says G20 likely to meet before February

G20 leaders are likely to meet before their next scheduled summit in February to try and restore market confidence battered by the euro zone debt crisis, Canada's finance minister said on Saturday, while Germany's Angela Merkel said it would take a decade to turn around the currency bloc.
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Anonymous Won't Expose Mexican Cartel's 'Servants'

Latin American members of the activist hacker group Anonymous called off a planned November 5 plan to expose people associated with the Zetas, Mexico's most violent drug cartel, according to the group's blog.
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Anonymous won't expose Mexican cartel's servants

Latin American members of the activist hacker group Anonymous called off a planned November 5 plan to expose people associated with the Zetas, Mexico's most violent drug cartel, according to the group's blog.

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