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Mexico: Landslide in Another Town Kills 16 People

OAXACA, Mexico (Sept. 29) -- Searchers recovered the bodies of two teenage sisters Wednesday during the hunt for 11 people missing after a huge hillside collapsed on a town in Mexico's rain-soaked southern state of Oaxaca, while a landslide in a neighboring state killed 16 people. The government delivered blankets and...

Officials: No Confirmed Deaths in Landslide in Mexico

OAXACA, Mexico (Sept. 28) -- A huge mudslide first thought to have buried hundreds of people has left only 11 missing and there are no confirmed dead, authorities said Tuesday night, backing off earlier predictions of a catastrophe in Mexico's rain-soaked southern state of Oaxaca. Federal Interior Minister Francisco Blake...

Landslide Buries Hundreds of Homes in Mexico

(Sept. 28) -- A landslide buried 100 to 300 homes in Mexico's Oaxaca state early today as residents slept, and the governor said he fears hundreds may have died. So far, seven people have been confirmed dead and at least 128 are missing, the BBC reports. The town is being evacuated out of fears of more landslides. The...

Chew on This: You Aren't Eating Enough Bugs

(July 12) -- Americans aren't eating enough insects, and that bugs foodies like Andrew Zimmern. Zimmern, host of the popular Travel Channel series "Bizarre Foods," travels the world tasting the local vittles in various countries. Some are quite foreign to American taste buds, and, at least in the case of insects, he...

Powerful Earthquake Rattles Southern Mexico

(June 30) -- A powerful 6.2-magnitude earthquake shook the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca this morning, rattling residents from their beds and swaying skyscrapers in the capital Mexico City more than 200 miles away. No damage or injuries were reported. The quake hit at 2:22 a.m. local time 80 miles southwest of...

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Mexico makes arrest in 2006 murder of U.S. journalist

Police in the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca arrested a suspect in the 2006 murder of U.S. independent journalist Brad Will, officials said Wednesday.

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Traditions unite generations of Oaxacans in California

Some communities of people from the southern Mexican state of Oaxaca are preserving their roots in California with festivals that emphasize their rich cultural tradition.

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06/01/12 Strong earthquake hits Mexico Source: Pravda A strong earthquake, over 7.4 on the Richter scale, with its epicenter in Guerrero state, followed by an aftershock in south-central Mexico, shook buildings in Mexico City for at least a minute and made workers and frightened residents run out into the streets.
05/23/12 Arrest in 2006 Death of U.S. Reporter During Mexico... Source: International Herald Tribune Will was shot from a rooftop as he was filming a disturbance on the outskirts of the city of Oaxaca, state prosecutors said.
05/16/12 Arco Establishes Silver Mineral Resource Estimate at... Source: StockHouse VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA -- (Marketwire) -- 05/16/12 -- Arco Resources Corp. (TSX VENTURE:ARR) ("Arco" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that Micon International Ltd. ("Micon") has completed an independent technical report under National Instrument 43-101 that includes a mineral resource estimate on the Company's 100%-owned Taviche property located near Oaxaca City, Mexico.
05/15/12 Earthquake rattles Southern Mexico Source: The Reporter - Vacaville CA The citizens of Mexico were shaking because of the rumbling 7.4 magnitude earthquake that hit on Tuesday, March 20,2012.
05/14/12 Screening set for documentary of priest's work in... Source: mySA - San Antonio TX A documentary film about a missionary priest who confronted Mexican drug traffickers will be shown at 7 p.m.

Background on oaxaca

Oaxaca ( , , from ), officially Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca (), is one of the 31 states which, along with the Federal District, comprise the 32 federative entities of Mexico.

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