MEXICO

Mexican icon Carlos Slim may be one of the world's two richest men, but his telecommunications empire is losing some of its shine.

ESPN and Discovery Communications Inc both unveiled plans on Tuesday to launch 3-D television networks, reflecting a growing momentum in the entertainment industry to usher 3-D into the home.

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Mexico's peso firmed sharply on Monday, tracking gains in the euro after a purchasing managers' survey in Europe confirmed the region's manufacturing sector expanded at its fastest rate in 21 months

An earthquake shook southern California, measuring 5.8 magnitude, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Spain's Gas Natural SDG SA (GAS.MC) sold electricity generation assets in Mexico to Japan's Mitsui & Co Ltd (8031.T) and Tokyo Gas Co Ltd (9531.T) (9531.T) for $1.2 billion, completing an ambitious asset disposal plan to reduce debt.

Shipping and oil group A.P. Moller-Maersk (MAERSKb.CO) has agreed to buy Devon Energy Corp's (DVN.N) stakes in the Cascade, Jack and St. Malo oilfields in the Gulf of Mexico for $1.3 billion, the firms said on Tuesday.

The grouping of China, India, Brazil and South Africa has emerged as a significant force in Copenhagen and they could lead the way in future negotiations, the head of the U.N. climate panel said on Wednesday.

Drug gang hitmen shot dead the grieving mother, brother, sister and aunt of an elite Mexican marine who died after taking part in a raid that killed a notorious drug lord, police said on Tuesday.

Mexico City became the first capital in Catholic, often macho Latin America to allow same-sex marriage on Monday when city legislators passed a law giving gay couples full marriage rights.

The World Trade Organization set up a panel on Monday to rule on complaints by the United States, European Union and Mexico about Chinese curbs on exports of raw materials important to their own industries.

The world will find it hard to get U.N.-led climate talks back on track in Mexico in 2010 after an unambitious deal agreed in Copenhagen set no firm deadline for a legally binding treaty.

U.N. climate talks ended with a bare-minimum agreement on Saturday when delegates noted an accord struck by the United States, China and other emerging powers that falls far short of the conference's original goals.

A U.N. climate meeting in Copenhagen committed on Saturday to try and complete its work on agreeing a new global pact by the end of 2010.

China's largest hotel operator has world-class aspirations and is betting that the U.S. is fertile ground for expansion.

Faced with ever-worsening drug cartel violence, Mexican President Felipe Calderon is turning to elite navy troops to help reignite his floundering army-led drug war.

Arturo Beltran Leyva, the chief of an important Mexican drug cartel, was killed at his apartment on Wednesday in Cuernavaca, south of Mexico City, the Mexican Navy said in a statement.

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European leaders are courting some African, Asian and Latin American nations to counter the clout of China and the United States at the climate change talks in Copenhagen, French officials said.

Australia's central bank raised interest rates for a record third successive month earlier in December, pulling further back from emergency lows as the economy gallops ahead of its peers in the developed world.

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