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Mexico City
Puts 1,300 Cops
on a Diet

Mustn't give up tortas, but told to mix in some veggies now and then

Oct 15, 09 9:11 PM CDT
(Newser) - With seven of every 10 members of its force obese, Mexico City’s police department is putting some 1,300 cops on a diet. They were put on scales in public today, and given advice for dieting in a city known for its street food, AFP reports. More »

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obesity • Mexico City • police • torta

(Newser) - A single hijacker took control of a jet out of Cancun with more than 100 people aboard before forcing it to land in Mexico City and freeing the passengers, CNN reports. Mexican authorities have detained the Bolivian hijacker, who falsely claimed to have a bomb and demanded to see Mexican... More »

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Mexico City • Mexico • Felipe Calderon • Bolivia • hijack • plane hijacking


 Best Cities  
 for Good Eats 

Local cuisine is ranked

Aug 5, 09 1:30 PM CDT
(Newser) - Paris is for lovers—food lovers. The city came in first on a Forbes list of the world’s best cities for eating well, based on a 2009 survey ranking 50 cities. Notably absent from the top 10 are New York and London, which don’t boast much of... More »

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food • Mexico City • Hong Kong • Beijing • Rome • cuisine • Paris • Tokyo • Milan • Barcelona • Madrid • Shanghai • Jay-ZTV • local food

(AP) - A strong earthquake swayed skyscrapers in Mexico City and rattled colonial buildings in neighboring Puebla state today, sending frightened people into the streets. There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage. "There is absolute calm, zero damage,” a Puebla official said. The US Geological Survey said the... More »

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Mexico City • evacuation • Richter scale • US Geological Survey • earthquake • Puebla • epicenter • tall buildings

 Mexico City Lifts 
 Flu Restrictions 

Alert level lowered after no new infections reported for a week

May 22, 09 1:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexico City has lifted all measures introduced to curb the spread of swine flu, and changed its alert status to the lowest level, the BBC reports. "We can calm down now," said Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, telling residents they no longer have to wear masks. No new cases of... More »

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Mexico City • Mexico • outbreak • influenza • Marcelo Ebrard • swine flu • H1N1 virus

(Newser) - The swine flu epidemic is waning, Mexican officials said today, lowering the Mexico City alert level. Businesses in the capital will be allowed to reopen Wednesday, while schools will remain closed until health officials finish inspecting them. Global health officials were more guarded, but said there were no plans to... More »

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Mexico City • World Health Organization • pandemic • swine flu • H1N1 virus

 Crowds Flip for Mexican 
 Restaurant's 'Griddle Virgin' 

Some say image looks like Our Lady of Guadalupe

May 4, 09 9:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The faithful are flocking to a Mexican restaurant in California to see what some call a miracle: a griddle apparently imprinted with the Virgin Mary’s image, the Los Angeles Times reports. A cook first spotted it; “she started to cry” and stopped cleaning the griddle, said the restaurant’... More »

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California • Mexico City • Mexico • religion • restaurant • Virgin Mary • miracle • Our Lady of Guadalupe


 Traders Sneeze, 
 Peso Catches 
 Cold—or Flu 

Mexico City brokerages suffer under swine flu

Apr 30, 09 11:49 AM CDT
(Newser) - Peso trading is taking a hit as Mexico City brokerages, wary of spreading the flu, send home anyone who so much as sneezes, Bloomberg reports. Face masks litter the floor at one brokerage, whose daily trading volume is down 30%, as traders furiously scrub their desks in an attempt to... More »

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Mexico City • Mexico • brokerage • swine flu • Mexican peso • currency trading

 Swine Flu 
 Derails 
 Wolverine 
 in Mexico 

No new launch date announced yet

Apr 28, 09 10:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - Even Wolverine isn’t safe from swine flu. The X-Men Origins film's Thursday launch is being delayed in Mexico City since most of the theaters will likely be closed, Variety reports. Major theater operators have already shut down following a request from the mayor, and the rest are expected to... More »

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film • Mexico City • Wolverine • premiere • swine flu

 Mexico Prepares 
 to Shut Down Capital 

Schools closed as Mexico scrambles to contain outbreak blamed for 149 deaths

Apr 28, 09 3:23 AM CDT
(Newser) - Mexican authorities scrambling to contain the swine flu outbreak have closed schools and universities across the country and are considering a total shutdown of the capital, reports the Financial Times. Some businesses have remained open in Mexico City, but people are avoiding bars and restaurants, and the public transport system... More »

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Mexico City • quarantine • World Health Organization • influenza • pandemic • swine flu • WHO

 6.0 Quake Shakes Mexico City 


Apr 27, 09 12:40 PM CDT
(AP) - A strong earthquake struck central Mexico today, causing tall buildings in the capital to sway and sending office workers into the streets. The 6.0-magnitude quake was centered near Chilpancingo, about 130 miles southwest of Mexico City, and 50 miles from the resort of Acapulco, according to the US Geological... More »

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Latin America • Mexico City • natural disaster • tectonic plates • earthquake • seismology

(Newser) - President Barack Obama was exposed this month in Mexico to a potential case of swine flu the day before the ailing Mexican official died, reports the Independent. Distinguished archeologist Felipe Solis, who met Obama at a state dinner, showed the president around Mexico's anthropology museum 11 days ago during Obama's... More »

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Barack Obama • health • Mexico City • Mexico • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • public health • influenza • flu • swine flu

(Newser) - Schools and museums are closed, sold-out soccer games are being played in empty stadiums, and health workers are ordering sickly passengers off subways and buses. At nightclubs, teenagers are dancing with surgical masks on. Mexico City is grappling with what authorities fear is ground zero for a global epidemic of... More »

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Mexico City • Mexico • epidemic • flu • pandemic • swine flu

(Newser) - President Obama began his first official Latin American tour with a visit to Mexico City today, the New York Times reports. Obama landed this afternoon for the first presidential visit to Mexico’s capital since the Clinton administration. He’ll meet with Felipe Calderón to discuss the economy,... More »

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Barack Obama • War on Drugs • Mexico City • Mexico • Mexican drug war • drug cartel • Felipe Calderón

 Drought Turns Off Tap 
 in Mexico City 

Citizens counting on water trucks during shutoff

Apr 10, 09 3:52 AM CDT
(Newser) - A record drought forced officials to turn off the major water pipeline providing fresh water to Mexico City, reports the BBC. The shutoff was scheduled to last 36 hours and affects 5 million residents. Emergency water trucks were supplying hard-hit citizens, but Easter weekend was chosen when many people leave... More »

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Mexico City • drought • water • Mexico • rain • water restrictions • water shortage



 Mexicans Kiss Off 
 Smooching Ban 

Town's effort to ban kissing sparks passionate national protests

Feb 14, 09 5:27 AM CST
(Newser) - Outraged Mexicans joined forces—and lips—to kiss away a city's efforts to ban public smooching, the Los Angeles Times reports. Guanajuato's law drew national ridicule and protesters soon started kissing en masse in front of city hall. Newspaper columnists and politicians lined up to defend the kiss as a... More »

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Mexico City • Mexico • kissing • kiss • Valentine's Day • kisses

Mexico City Mayor Gives Free Viagra
to Elderly

Among other bizarre pre-election tactics

Feb 13, 09 9:24 AM CST
(Newser) - Mexico City’s sexagenarians are getting their groove on, and it’s all thanks to Mayor Marcelo Ebrard, the New York Times reports. With July's elections looming, Ebrard has rolled out a swathe of unconventional programs to improve the city’s quality of life, none more talked about than... More »

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Mexico City • Mexico • Viagra • Marcelo Ebrard


Crime-Plagued
Mexico Pushes
Toy Gun Ban

Politicians take aim
at plastic weapons
in war on violence

Jan 12, 09 2:46 AM CST
(Newser) - A bill proposed in Mexico takes aim at the production, sale and use of toy guns to reduce aggression among kids inundated by news of burgeoning drug-violence, the Guardian reports. Despite an earlier ban on realistic replicas, plastic weapons are still easy to find on the streets and used in... More »

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Mexico City • Mexico • children • toys • violence • Mexican drug war • manufacturing

 New Clues in 
 '68 Mexico Massacre 

Snipers provoked military into attacking protesters ahead of Olympics

Dec 2, 08 3:17 PM CST
(Newser) - Before there was Tiananmen Square, there was Tlatelolco Plaza. Just 10 days ahead of the 1968 Mexico City Games, army guns fired on a burgeoning movement of student protesters, setting off a government massacre—of anywhere from a handful to 3,000 students—that remains shrouded in mystery to this... More »

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military • Mexico City • Mexico • police • riots • student activism • political protest

Madge, A-Rod Coincidentally Hit Mexico at Same Time 

Singer performs, slugger hosts clinic

Dec 1, 08 7:00 AM CST
(Newser) - After their much-discussed Thanksgiving was over, Madonna and Alex Rodriguez both ended up in Mexico City yesterday, the AP reports. While Madonna performed in two sold-out concerts, A-Rod ran a baseball clinic for impoverished children. It was not clear if they met, but when asked about being there at the... More »

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Mexico City • Alex Rodriguez • celebrity • concert • Madonna • baseball

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