http://www.earthtimes.org The Earth Times online newspaper, serving the planet with news that matters. Covering current affairs, world news, environmental affairs and sport en-us PHP/4.4.4 http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296378,preview-disputed-elections-in-honduras-might-not-end-crisis.html Tegucigalpa/Mexico City - Honduras is set to vote Sunday in a general election whose legitimacy is being called into question. The Central American country's political elite - personified by de facto leader Rober... Thu, 26 Nov 2009 00:46:17 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/296378,preview-disputed-elections-in-honduras-might-not-end-crisis.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291218,six-months-ago-swine-flu-began-by-closing-schools--feature.html Mexico City - Six months ago Mexico's health minister made an announcement on late night television that shocked and puzzled. We are in the presence of a new influenza virus, said Jose Angel Cordova Villalobos, ann... Health Thu, 22 Oct 2009 01:10:40 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291218,six-months-ago-swine-flu-began-by-closing-schools--feature.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290873,more-than-500-clowns-meet-in-mexico-for-laughing-convention.html Mexico City - More than 500 clowns gathered Monday in Mexico City for an international convention including a five-minute, non- stop laughing binge. The four-day Laughing Fair, organized by the Brotherhood of Latino Clowns and supported by Mexican ... Fun,General Tue, 20 Oct 2009 01:04:45 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290873,more-than-500-clowns-meet-in-mexico-for-laughing-convention.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290898,hurricane-rick-downgraded-to-tropical-storm.html Mexico City - Rick, once a powerful category-five hurricane, weakened into a tropical storm as it approached the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula, where it had already claimed one life. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said Rick's ... Nature,Environment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 06:04:41 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290898,hurricane-rick-downgraded-to-tropical-storm.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293269,six-people-killed-at-table-dance-club-in-ciudad-juarez-mexico.html MexicoCity - Six men were shot dead early Wednesday at a table-dance club in Ciudad Juarez, in northern Mexico. Chihuahua state justice officials said a group of armed attackers stormed into the Amadeus club in a mixed commercial-residential area of ... America,World Wed, 04 Nov 2009 18:28:22 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293269,six-people-killed-at-table-dance-club-in-ciudad-juarez-mexico.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293434,dutch-prince-surprises-mexicans-with-rude-slang.html Mexico City - Prince Willem-Alexander of the Netherlands made Mexicans laugh with his use of Mexican slang that many mothers would have scolded their children for using, the media reported Thursday. At a meeting with representatives of the energy sec... America,World Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:46:24 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293434,dutch-prince-surprises-mexicans-with-rude-slang.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291017,hurricane-rick-downgraded-to-tropical-storm--summary.html MexicoCity - Rick, once a powerful category-five hurricane, weakened into a tropical storm as it approached the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California peninsula, where it had already claimed one life. Both the Baja peninsula and the western coast o... Nature,Environment Tue, 20 Oct 2009 15:52:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/291017,hurricane-rick-downgraded-to-tropical-storm--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292043,four-police-officers-killed-in-mexico.html Mexico City - Four police officers in the eastern Mexican state of Puebla were killed by unidentified attackers Tuesday when they were taking part in a raid in the municipality of San Andres Cholula, south of state capital Puebla. The State Attorney ... America,World Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:10:41 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/292043,four-police-officers-killed-in-mexico.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293068,journalist-found-dead-in-northern-mexico.html Mexico City - A journalist who covered crime was found dead in northern Mexico, about 10 hours after he was kidnapped at gunpoint, the Durango state Attorney General's office said. The body of Bladimir Antuna, 39, was found late Monday a short distan... America,World Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:52:21 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293068,journalist-found-dead-in-northern-mexico.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295629,grenade-attacks-shake-central-mexico-in-the-wake-of-arrest.html Mexico City - Successive grenade attacks on police facilities left one person injured and caused damage in central Mexico, in violence that offials said could be linked to the arrest of an alleged drug boss. That is a possibility, yes, Carlos Zamar... America,World Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:58:19 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295629,grenade-attacks-shake-central-mexico-in-the-wake-of-arrest.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295906,fifa-names-cities-for-world-cup-fan-fests.html Johannesburg - Nine South African cities and seven cities over five continents will be host FIFA's official public viewing events for the 2010 World Cup. All nine South African host cities as well as Berlin, London, Mexico City, Paris, Rio de Janeiro... Sports Mon, 23 Nov 2009 15:22:12 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295906,fifa-names-cities-for-world-cup-fan-fests.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290639,hurricane-rick-roars-to-dangerous-category-5.html Mexico City - Hurricane Rick Saturday roared to the most dangerous level, reaching Category 5 - the highest on the Saffir- Simpson scale - on Mexico's Pacific Coast, the National Hurricane Center said. The extremely dangerous storm is however expec... Nature,Environment Sun, 18 Oct 2009 02:46:40 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290639,hurricane-rick-roars-to-dangerous-category-5.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290615,hurricane-rick-picks-up-power-packs-winds-of-260-kph.html Mexico City - Hurricane Rick gathered more momentum on Saturday off Mexico's Pacific coast, packing winds reaching 260 kilometres per hour, weather officials reported. The Mexican weather service said the storm, still some 400 kilometres offshore, wa... Nature,Environment Sat, 17 Oct 2009 17:52:47 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290615,hurricane-rick-picks-up-power-packs-winds-of-260-kph.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290866,north-american-trade-officials-fail-to-resolve-disputes.html Washington - The top trade officials of the United States, Canada and Mexico pledged to boost ties but failed to resolve key trade disputes as they met in Dallas on Monday. In a joint statement, the three countries touted the economic benefits of the... US,Business Mon, 19 Oct 2009 21:40:38 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290866,north-american-trade-officials-fail-to-resolve-disputes.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290852,one-death-in-mexico-due-to-hurricane-rick--summary.html Mexico City - Hurricane Rick, once a powerful category-five storm, had weakened Monday en route to Mexico's Baja California Peninsula, where it had already claimed one life. A large wave caused by the storm carried a 38-year-old Mexican man out to se... Nature,Environment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:22:39 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290852,one-death-in-mexico-due-to-hurricane-rick--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290843,mexico-spied-on-garcia-marquez-for-pro-cuban-pro-soviet-stance.html Mexico City - Mexican police opened a file on Nobel Prize winner Gabriel Garcia Marquez in 1982, as pro-Cuban and pro-Soviet and a propaganda agent of communist Cuba, according to files published by Mexican daily El Universal on Monday. The newsp... America,World Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:16:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290843,mexico-spied-on-garcia-marquez-for-pro-cuban-pro-soviet-stance.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293798,more-than-100-dead-in-el-salvador-flooding--summary.html Mexico City/San Salvador - More than 100 people were killed as heavy rains set off mudslides and sent rivers over their banks in El Salvador, rescue workers said Sunday. The rainfall, which came amid a cold front and the remainders of Caribbean Hurri... America,World Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:40:16 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293798,more-than-100-dead-in-el-salvador-flooding--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293779,more-than-90-dead-in-floods-in-el-salvador.html Mexico City/San Salvador - At least 90 people were killed as heavy rains prompted mudslides and flooding rivers in El Salvador, rescue workers said Sunday. The rainfall, which was prompted by a cold front and the remainders of Caribbean hurricane Ida... Nature,Environment Sun, 08 Nov 2009 20:10:18 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/293779,more-than-90-dead-in-floods-in-el-salvador.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295004,mexican-striker-de-nigris-dies-of-heart-defect--summary.html Mexico City/Athens - Mexican striker Antonio de Nigris has died of a heart attack at the age of 31, Mexican media reported Monday citing members of his family. De Nigris of Greek club AE Larissa was taken early Monday to Larissa's University Hospital... Sports Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:52:23 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/295004,mexican-striker-de-nigris-dies-of-heart-defect--summary.html http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290822,baja-california-on-alert-over-powerful-hurricane-rick.html Mexico City - Hurricane Rick, once a powerful category-five storm, had weakened and moved over the Pacific on Monday, with its dangerous winds threatening the southern tip of Mexico's Baja California Peninsula. Downgraded to a category three on the f... Nature,Environment Mon, 19 Oct 2009 15:16:43 GMT http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/290822,baja-california-on-alert-over-powerful-hurricane-rick.html