Monday, October 19, 2009

Daily Headlines: October 19, 2009

* U.S.: Target stores have removed from its website an "illegal alien" costume after receiving numerous complaints from immigrant rights groups and Latino customers.

* Brazil: Clashes between police and drug gangs in Rio de Janeiro over the weekend have claimed at least 14 lives.

* Mexico: According to Mexico’s health minister the number of Mexican drug users has doubled between 2002 and 2008.

* Peru: British mining firm Monterrico Metals has been sued over allegedly kidnapping and torturing Peruvian protestors for three days.

Image- KTLA (“The "Illegal Alien" costume, as seen on Target's website (Target.com / October 16, 2009).”)
Online Sources- Guardian UK, UPI, AFP, CNN

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