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Mexico's old rulers claim presidential election win

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MEXICO CITY - Mexican opposition candidate Enrique Pena Nieto's campaign team claimed victory in the country's presidential election on Sunday after exit polls showed him winning by a comfortable margin. | Video

In Mexico vote, comeback beckons for old rulers

MEXICO CITY, Mexico - Mexico's old rulers were on track for a comeback as voters chose a new president on Sunday, after a grisly war with drug cartels and a sluggish economy wore down the ruling conservatives. | Video

World, Mexico Election 7:45pm EDT

Factbox: Mexico's presidential candidates on the issues

MEXICO CITY - Mexico elects a new president on Sunday, with Enrique Pena Nieto of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) the clear favorite to win.

World, Mexico Election 11:11am EDT

A heartthrob, a leftist and a woman: Mexico election

MEXICO CITY - Mexicans vote for a new president on Sunday, and Enrique Pena Nieto of the Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) is the hot favorite to win and bring the party that dominated the country for most of the past century back to power.

World, Mexico Election 7:32am EDT

Mexican election watchdog under pressure in Sunday's vote

MEXICO CITY - Mexico, a country long synonymous with vote-rigging, is better equipped than ever to prevent fraud in Sunday's national elections, according to experts, but voters still have grave doubts.

Factbox: Mexico's presidential candidates on the issues

MEXICO CITY - Mexico will elect a new president on Sunday, with Enrique Pena Nieto of the opposition Institutional Revolutionary Party (PRI) the clear favorite to win.

World, Mexico Election, 29 Jun 2012

Justice Department will not prosecute Holder over gun scandal

- The U.S. Justice Department said on Friday it would not prosecute Attorney General Eric Holder for refusing to turn over to Congress documents about a gun-running scandal to Mexico.

Politics, U.S. 29 Jun 2012

WTO rules against U.S. in meat labeling case

GENEVA/WINNIPEG, Manitoba - The World Trade Organization on Friday ruled a U.S. meat labeling program unfairly discriminated against Mexico and Canada, putting pressure on the United States to bring the scheme in line with global trade rules.

29 Jun 2012

AB InBev buys out Corona maker Modelo for $20 billion

BRUSSELS - Anheuser Busch InBev, the world's biggest brewer, is taking over Mexico's Grupo Modelo for $20.1 billion, giving it dominance in Latin America's second-largest economy and adding Corona, the top-selling imported beer in the United States, to its brands.

Bomb explodes in Mexican city days before election

MEXICO CITY - An explosive device blew up inside a truck parked outside the town hall of Mexico's northern city of Nuevo Laredo on Friday, injuring seven people but causing no casualties, officials said.

World, Mexico Election, 29 Jun 2012
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Egypt's new president faces burden of expectation

CAIRO - If Egypt's new president, Mohamed Mursi, needs any reminder of the weight of expectations bearing down as he begins work, he can glance from a window of the presidential palace. | Video

Are African governments suppressing art?

The dust is finally settling on the storm that was kicked off in South Africa by a controversial painting of President Jacob Zuma with his genitals exposed.