Pranab to skip G-20 Ministerial meeting in Mexico
Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will skip the meeting of G-20 Ministers and governors of central banks in Mexico between February 24-26 as he is pre-occupied with his next Budget, sources said.
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G-20 Foreign Ministers to discuss global issues in Mexico
The first ever meeting of G-20 foreign ministers would discuss pressing global issues including governance, trans-national crime, green growth, climate change and food security, US officials have said
Mexican schoolgirl brings hand grenade to class
A nine-year-old girl took a hand grenade to an elementary school in Morelos, a state in central Mexico, authorities said.
Administrators at the school in the city of Cuautla called the emergency resp
15 tonnes of methamphetamine seized in Mexico
Around 15 tonnes of synthetic drug methamphetamine have been seized from a ranch in Mexico, the army said.
The seizure took place in Tlajomulco city of Jalisco state, said 15th Military Zone commande
Coca-Cola plans to invest $1 bn in Mexico in 2012
The Coca-Cola Co. plans to invest $1 billion in its operations in Mexico this year as part of a $5 billion long-term investment plan, CEO Muhtar Kent has said.
Kent made the announcement in a joint a
Dropped heart successfully transplanted in Mexico
A heart that was dropped on the ground while being transported to a hospital has been successfully transplanted into a 28-year-old hair stylist.
Dr. Jaime Saldivar says Erika Hernandez doesn't yet kn
6.2 quake hits near southern Mexico coast: USGS
A 6.2 magnitude earthquake struck near Mexico's southern coast on Saturday, US Geological Survey seismologists said.
The quake occurred at a depth of 66 kilometers (41 miles) some 57 kilometers south
Over 47,000 killed in Mexico drug violence since 2006
Mexican officials said Wednesday almost 13,000 people died in drug violence in the first nine months of 2011, pushing the death toll since the start of a five-year military crackdown above 47,000.
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Mexican gangs using kids to smuggle drugs to US
Children and teenagers between the ages of 11 and 17 are being recruited by Mexico's drug cartels to smuggle narcotics into the US and also work as spies, according to the US Drug Enforcement Administ
Mexican man held for 52 murders
A Mexican drug cartel leader has been arrested for planning an arson attack on a casino that left at least 52 dead, officials said.
Baltazar Saucedo Estrada, 48, was arrested along with two other peo