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Topic: Mexico

July 1, 2013
3:27 am

A demonstrator protests with a poster against NSA in Hanover, Germany, Saturday, June 29, 2013 (photo credit: AP/dpa, Peter Steffen)

New NSA spying allegations rile European allies

European officials say revelations endanger negotiations on trans-Atlantic trade treaty worth billions

By Frank Jordans and Lara Jakes

June 13, 2013
1:05 am

A woman at a hotel reception desk in Mexico uses the Lexifone app to speak to clients from abroad, hearing the conversation in Spanish, regardless of the language spoken by the other party. “Mexico is now a Multi-Lingual Zone, thanks to Lexifone,” said Itay Sagie, the company's director of marketing (Photo credit: Courtesy)

Cheap translations, but no replacement for humans

Israeli startup Lexifone still has a long way to go before finally overcoming language barriers

By Max J. Rosenthal

March 8, 2013
4:58 am

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei waves to the crowd after speaking in Tehran (photo credit: AP/Office of the Supreme Leader)

Poll: 9 out of 10 Americans have unfavorable view of Iran

Gallup World Affairs survey shows Iran trailing North Korea, Syria, Afghanistan, Libya and Cuba; Israel enjoys 66% favorability

By Haviv Rettig Gur

December 31, 2012
7:56 pm

Hezbollah supporters wave flags and hold up Arabic banners that read, "At your service God's prophet; America equals terrorism; and America does not equal freedom," during an anti-US rally in Beirut, Lebanon, in September (photo credit: AP/Hussein Malla)

Hezbollah’s cocaine jihad

From the web Ynet News: South American drug cartels are in cahoots with Islamic terror organizations, which are eager to execute attacks against American, Israeli, Jewish and Western targets

December 21, 2012
5:03 am

Mayan dancers perform at the Xcaret Eco Theme Park on the outskirts of Playa del Carmen, Mexico, Wednesday, Dec. 19, 2012. (photo credit: Israel Leal/AP)

In Mexico, New Agers hope Dec. 21 brings new era

‘This is not the end of the world. This is the beginning of the new world’

By Mark Stevenson

September 21, 2012
6:46 pm

Guests at the Chabad Rosh Hashanah meal in Playa, Mexico, with Rabbi Mendel and wife Chaya at back (photo credit: Chabad, Playa del Carmen)

A sweet new year in a Mexican party town, with Hezbollah a few hours away

Two Chabad houses host 500 Rosh Hashanah guests, with ex-IDF soldiers on guard… just to be on the safe side

By Aaron Kalman

September 10, 2012
8:10 am

The Hezbollah flag flying in Lebanon. (photo credit: CC BY upyernoz, Flickr)

Mexican authorities arrest suspected Hezbollah operatives

Two remain in custody, one extradited to the US

By Aaron Kalman

July 5, 2012
1:28 am

Enrique Peña Nieto (left), then governor of the state of Mexico, receives a briefing about Qassam rockets from Sderot Mayor David Buskila on February 3, 2010. (photo credit: Eddie Israel/Flash 90)

Netanyahu congratulates Mexico’s new president-elect

Enrique Pena Nieto met the prime minister two years ago, during a visit to Israel

By Times of Israel staff and AP

April 10, 2012
6:28 pm

The 2006 film 'Borat' depicted an absurd 'Running of the Jew' ceremony. In Mexico, a newspaper is reporting on a genuine 'Burning of the Jews' event. (Illustrative photo credit: Ruben Fleischer/20th Century Fox)

Mexican town celebrates Easter with ‘burning of the Jews’

A small Chiapas town ends its Holy Week observance by parading Jewish effigies through the streets, then setting them on fire

By Nathan Burstein