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Soldiers stand guard at a crime scene where the crashed car of a US consulate employee sits in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, 14 March 2010

Mexican Government Struggles to Contain Drug War Violence

Many Mexicans in country's violence-torn cities question government's ability to solve muder

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Damage to city from last month's powerful earthquake greater than originally believed, says Santiago mayor

Demonstrators complain about acceleration of violence, despite Mr. Calderon's effort to fight drug war with military troops

Red Cross says it expects most victims will have some form of shelter by May 1 to protect them during upcoming rainy season

Killing raises concerns that Mexican drug cartels are now targeting Americans because of US cooperation with Mexican government

Officials say they do not know the motive for the killings in Ciudad Juarez

Police say fighting erupted Saturday during a police patrol in the small town of Ajuchitlan del Progresso

UNEP says cleaning up Haiti's environmental mess will be long, difficult, and expensive

6.9 magnitude quake registered during inauguration; no injuries or damage reported

Five of the dead were police officers whose patrol was attacked in the outskirts of Acapulco

International Peace Research Institute says US continues to be world's largest exporter of arms

Haitian President Preval thanked Americans for flood of official and private aid, moral support

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