100 freeze to death in Europe
The freezing Arctic weather sweeping across northern and eastern Europe claimed nearly 100 lives over the weekend, with unusually low temperatures predicted to continue for the next few days.
Twenty-seven people have perished from exposure in Poland since Friday in temperatures hovering below -5°C, bringing to 150 the number who have died this winter, police said on Monday.
Nearly half of the dead were homeless, of whom 90% died while drunk. Last winter, around 180 people died in Poland from the cold.
The government said Russian gas deliveries were 34% below their contracted level and Polish energy group PGNiG said on Sunday it would reduce supplies to heavy industry to make up for increased demand from households and public institutions.
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Mexico death toll rises to 250
There was a violent shudder and a roar, and then the side of a volcano gave way, burying two villages under a rush of mud and flood waters.
Residents said at least 50 people were killed in the landslide in Solola, a town close to the popular tourist destination of Lake Atitlan, that remained cut off from the outside world.
It was thought to be the worst single incident in days of flooding that have killed 250 people in southern Mexico and Central America.
"We've been pulling bodies out for two days and we've found
Several airlines have regular direct flights from Europe to Mexico City. Air France and AeroMexico from Paris; Iberia and AeroMe'xico from Madrid; KLM from Amsterdam; British Airways from London; Lufthansa and Delta from Frankfurt (LTU and Condor charter flights from Germany to Mexico City or Cancun); City Bird from Brussels. Aeroflot fly to Mexico City from Moscow via Shannon on Wednesday. Most connecting flights in Europe are through Madrid or Gatwick. Fares vary from airline to airline and according to time of year. Check with an agency for the best deal for when you wish to travel.
Mexican police respond to protests after death in Mexico City women's prison
Dozens of riot police on Monday poured into a women's jail in eastern Mexico City to quell protests after an inmate died of an apparent heart attack.
Protesters at Santa Martha Acatitla prison hung burning clothes from the windows along with protest signs proclaiming "no more death" and "we are innocent."
There were no injuries in the protests following the death of one inmate from natural causes, said Pedro Aguilar, a spokesman for the city corrections department.
Prison officials met in the afternoon with inmate leaders to listen to grievances.
About 1,600 inmates,
Uruapan is a municipality belonging the mexican state of Michoacán. The town and surroundings are world famous, because of the avocado farming and packaging, a great quantity of the avocado´s production is exported to the United States and other countries.
There is a popular proverb in Mexico, that says: I have gone to "Euruapan" and means that because a lack of money the person can´t go to Europe or farther, instead he or she only have visited Uruapan because is near the mexican big cities (Guadalajara and Mexico City); Uruapan and Europe (Europa in spanish) are words that sound similar.
Mexico axes death penalty
Mexico has outlawed its long-dormant death penalty, setting itself apart from its northern neighbour - the United States.
President Vicente Fox announced the decree, based on a constitutional change approved by the Mexican Senate in a 79-2 vote last March.
"Through the reform of our constitution, the ultimate penalty has been stricken from our laws," Fox said on Friday.
Mexico last executed a prisoner in 1961, but Mexico and the US have clashed repeatedly over the years over Mexicans sentenced to die by US courts.
In 2002, Fox cancelled a visit to US President George W.
Mexico minister in crash had received death threats
A Mexican anti-drug minister who died in a helicopter crash last week had received death threats but his death was most likely an accident, the government said on Monday.
Public Security Minister Ramon Martin Huerta, a key figure in the government's fight against drug traffickers, and eight others were killed last Wednesday when the helicopter carrying them slammed into a fog-shrouded mountain near the capital.
"Yes, he had received death threats, like many other public servants," presidential spokesman Ruben Aguilar told reporters.
He said government officials frequently received anonymous death threats by telephone or letter.
"It's part
Mexico reports death from Emily
After enduring four days of battering from Hurricane Emily, Mexican authorities on Friday reported the first death from a storm that destroyed thousands of buildings and drove 90,000 people from their homes.
The report of a woman swept away by floodwaters in the northern city of San Pedro Garza Garcia came just as President Vicente Fox toured the devastation caused by the hurricane, whose winds began raking the Caribbean coast of the Yucatan Peninsula on Sunday.
The evacuation of tens of thousands of people in the Yucatan area and along Mexico's northern Gulf coast helped avoid
Mexico plans tax break for tourists
Mexican vacations would be a little bit cheaper next year under a measure approved by the lower house of Congress.
The bill would allow allows tourists a refund of Mexico's 15 percent value-added tax as of July 1, 2006.
Following passage in Congress on Monday, it now goes to the Senate. The federal Tourism Department is promoting the measure, which is similar to a practice used in Europe.
Only tourists arriving by air or sea would be eligible for the refund, which would apply only to products purchased and taken out of Mexico. The total
Mexico to return Denver murder suspect
A Mexican suspect in the shooting death of a Denver detective has not appealed his extradition and will be sent back from his Mexico City jail cell.
Raul Gomez-Garcia, 20, did not appeal the Mexican government`s extradition decision issued on Thanksgiving Day, and the 15-day appeal period has passed, the Denver Post reported.
Gomez-Garcia is charged with second-degree murder in Donald Young`s death and with attempted first-degree murder in the shooting of Detective John Bishop. He is accused of ambushing the two uniformed off-duty detectives while they provided security at a party at a social hall
Mexico police storm steel plant, 2 shot dead
Hundreds of Mexican police stormed a major steel plant on Thursday to force out striking workers in a violent clash that spilled onto the streets and left at least two workers dead.
Steel workers and police with riot gear and shields fought a pitched battle at the Sicartsa complex, which has been closed for three weeks by workers defending a union boss whom the government accuses of graft.
Dozens were injured when some 600 police moved in firing tear gas canisters early in the morning at the plant in the western state of
