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A protester
throws a tear
gas canister
during clashes
between
demonstrators
and federal
police in
Oaxaca. Mexico,
on Sunday.
to rc h in g go vern m ent o ffic e s and
vehicles in ru n n in g street battles
w ith p o lice , in ju rin g at least 43.
The vio le n ce broke o ut late Sat­
urday a fte r m asked youths broke
aw ay fro m a protest m arch by about
4,(XM) people and began attacking
p o lice and b u ild in g s in picturesque
O a xa ca city.
Y ouths hu rle d rocks, fire w o rk s
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R uiz resign fo r alleged co rru p tio n .
forces too k back in late O cto be r
P olice dro ve o f f the attackers w ith tear
b lo c k s aw ay. B u t bands o f you ng people
fro m protesters w h o had held it fo r
gas and je ts o f w a te r fro m ta n ke r trucks,
ram paged th ro u g h d o w n to w n , w ith rocks
m onths d e m an din g G o v . U lises
then advanced in massed ranks to d riv e
and gasoline bom bs.
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A rts in S a ltillo , M e x ic o .
Mexican TV Host Dies at 73
(A P ) -- Raul Velasco,
who
h o s te d
one
of
M e x ic o ’s most po pu lar and
e n d u rin g te le v is io n p ro ­
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" S ie m p r e
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show has been com pared
Raul Velasco
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was cred ited w ith la u n ch in g m any
en tertain m en t jo u rn a lis m ," ad ding
o f M e x ic o ’s biggest pop stars to
that, "he leaves us a p a rtic u la rly
fam e by h a vin g them appear on his
m em o rab le story o f the happiness
show , w h ich was broadcast fro m
and entertainm ent that he knew how
1969-1998.
to co m m u n ica te ."
President V ice n te Fox ca lle d the
A n n o u n c e rs on the T e le v is a
death an "irre p a ra b le loss" in an
netw ork, w h ich broadcast "Siem pre
open letter to V elasco's w ife D o rie
en D o m in g o ," o r " A lw a y s on S un­
K lo k o w ,
d a y ," b ro ke in to c o v e ra g e o f a Sun­
d is t r ib u t e d
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th e
president's o ffic e .
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