Saturday, October 24, 2009

Weekend Headlines: October 24-25, 2009

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* Puerto Rico: Thousands of residents near Bayamon have been urged to evacuate after a fuel storage facility explosion yesterday spewed massive columns of toxic smoke.

* Latin America: According to the International Monetary Fund the global economic slowdown will cost Latin America over $150 billion in lost output.

* Colombia: Time is running short on whether or not President Alvaro Uribe will run for a third consecutive term.

* Mexico: Suspected leader of the Sonora drug cartel Miguel Caro Quintero pled guilty in a U.S. court to charges of marijuana trafficking.

Online Sources- YouTube, AP, LAHT, Reuters, UPI

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