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Mexican drug barons seized in nationwide American swoop

23.10.09

More than 300 people have been arrested in drugs raids across the US in the largest single strike at Mexico's drug operations in America... more

Museum show is monument to Aztec ruler

14.09.09

A 500-year-old monument that has never been seen outside Mexico is the centrepiece of the British Museum's main autumn show... more

Sin Nombre is Mexican masterpiece

14.08.09

Director Cary Fukunaga's outstanding debut Sin Nombre is one more example of the powerful imagination of Latin America�s film industry.... more

Tui feeling better as it shakes off swine flu

12.08.09

Mexico's swine flu outbreak cost Tui Travel �7 million in lost profits but the package tours group said today that Brits are now flocking back to the Central American country to take advantage of knockdown prices ... more

Vedanta ups its bid for copper miner

11.08.09

Vedanta Resources, the Indian-focused metals group, sweetened its bid for the assets of bankrupt US copper miner Asarco ... more

Brown's adviser has swine flu symptoms

13.07.09

Swine flu has reached Downing Street after it emerged that Gordon Brown's adviser on climate change has been infected... more

GPs call for calm as thousands seek swine flu advice

13.07.09

GP surgeries were today told to prepare for a "swine flu panic" as thousands seek advice after the death of the first otherwise healthy patient... more

Best world food in London

08.07.09

Street food from Mexico to India and Taiwan has just landed the capital.... more

New swine flu warning after young mother dies in hospital

06.05.09

A new mother has become the second person to die after catching swine flu in America, triggering a new alert over the severity of the virus... more

Cruise ship taxes cut as Mexico tries to lift tourism

05.05.09

Mexico has cut taxes on cruise ships visiting the country to encourage tour operators to return to its shores in the wake of the swine flu outbreak ... more

How the swine flu virus is spreading

05.05.09

China: A Mexican plane today arrived in China to collect Mexicans who have been quarantined because of fears they may be infected with swine flu. About 70 were confined despite only one confirmed case of the virus. 26 people have now died of the virus in Mexico and more than 1,000 cases have been reported in 20 countries. ... more

London student fighting swine flu �in a bad way�

01.05.09

A 22-year-old London man with swine flu was �in a bad way� in hospital... more

Cooling the fever over swine flu

01.05.09

The Valley is full of people who shift regularly between here and Mexico, from tech manufacturers running maquiladoras just across the border to regular working folks ... more

Shops and schools close in 'eerily quiet' Mexico City

30.04.09

Mexico was in a state of shutdown as the government battled to contain the spread of deadly swine flu... more

World Health Organisation raises level 5 alert

30.04.09

The World Health Organisation has raised its flu level warning to five, one short of a full pandemic... more

Mexico races cancelled

29.04.09

Motor sport: A1GP has been forced to cancel the final round of the season in Mexico due to the recent outbreak of swine flu ... more

Let's not panic - at least, not yet

29.04.09

The very possibility that swine fever has reached Clapham has brought the global scare uncomfortably close to home in London... more

School shut as swine flu spreads

29.04.09

A British school was shut after a 12-year-old pupil tested positive for the swine flu virus... more

Six Londoners feared to have virus are told to stay at home and await test results

29.04.09

Six people from London, including two honeymooners, have been quarantined at home with suspected swine flu... more

I feel great says boy, 5, at centre of outbreak

29.04.09

A five-year-old boy emerged as the suspected first victim of swine flu in Mexico... more

Pig manure dumps could be pandemic ground zero

28.04.09

A series of manure dumps near a small Mexican village could be "ground zero" for the flu pandemic now threatening the world, it has emerged... more

Swine flu - around the world

28.04.09

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Pandemic warning as flights are cancelled

27.04.09

Britons are warned to avoid all but essential travel to Mexico as the deadly swine flu virus can no longer be contained... more

British airports on alert over swine flu outbreak

27.04.09

The death toll from swine flu in Mexico reached 103 today as British airports were put on alert over fears of a global pandemic... more

Let�s just wait and see before we start to panic

27.04.09

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US to seize assets of Mexican drug cartels

16.04.09

President Barack Obama arrives in Mexico after signalling he will take on the drugs cartels that have brought mayhem and bloodshed to America's neighbour... more

Sven's set to copy Hiddink job-share role

17.02.09

Football: Sven-Goran Eriksson is poised to emulate Guus Hiddink by combining his role as Mexico coach with the manager's job at Portsmouth... more

Athletes fear cost cuts will harm 2012 village

22.10.08

Concern is growing among nations due to compete in the 2012 Games that our Olympic village will not be up to standard... more

Police stumble on private zoo when they raid drug lords' HQ

21.10.08

Suspected drug smugglers kept a menagerie of lions, tigers and panthers in the garden of a suburban Mexican house where police swooped on more than a dozen gangsters... more