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The death toll from swine flu has reached 150. Health authorities have warned the current outbreak could become a pandemic.






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Mexican mayor marries a crocodile
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Taxidermy bird drones launched
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Is the U.S. culpable in Mexico's deadly migrant fire?
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Blaze kills 39 at migrant detention center in Mexico
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U.S. to crack down on guns going south while Mexico works to stop fentanyl heading north, report says
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