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No sign of oil after Gulf platform fire: Coast Guard (Reuters)
Reuters - An oil and gas platform operated by Mariner Energy burst into flames in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday, but the U.S. Coast Guard said the crew of 13 escaped and there were no signs of an oil spill.
Cousin of Mexico media czar kidnapped: reports (Reuters)
Reuters - Armed men abducted the cousin of the owner of Mexico's top broadcaster, Televisa, on Thursday in one of the hotspots of the country's drug war, local media reported.
Fire out on Gulf of Mexico rig, no oil slick: Coast Guard (AFP)
AFP - Crews managed to extinguish a massive blaze on a rig in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday and have not been able to locate an oil slick spotted earlier in the day, the Coast Guard said.
Rescue boat captain: Platform crew jumped in water (AP)
AP - The captain of a boat that rescued 13 people who escaped an oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico says the blast aboard the vessel was so sudden that they didn't have time to get in a lifeboat.
Oil ends up on Earl threat, platform explosion (Reuters)
Reuters - U.S. crude oil futures rose for a second day on Thursday as Hurricane Earl threatened U.S. East Coast refineries and an explosion hit an offshore oil and gas platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
For Mexican cartels, marijuana is still gold (McClatchy Newspapers)
McClatchy Newspapers - CORRE COYOTE, Mexico — Times are good for the dope growers of the western Sierra Madre mountains. The army eradication squads that once hacked at the illicit marijuana fields have been diverted by the drug war that's raging elsewhere in Mexico.
Slick seen from rig ablaze in Gulf of Mexico: Coast Guard (AFP)
AFP - A mile-long slick was spreading from an oil platform ablaze in the Gulf of Mexico Thursday, the Coast Guard said, citing a report from rig workers who jumped into the sea to safety.
Mexico president defends drug policy, admits violence worse (AFP)
AFP - Mexican President Felipe Calderon admitted drug violence was worsening in Mexico but said the cartels had been weakened by the toppling of several major drug bosses, in his annual address Thursday.
Oil rig blast forces 13 workers into Gulf of Mexico (AFP)
AFP - An explosion ripped through an oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday forcing 13 people into the water, one of whom was injured, the US Coast Guard said.
NH GOP Sen candidates debate AZ immigration law (AP)
AP - Republican U.S. Senate candidate Bill Binnie knows a little something about immigrating to the United States.
No sign of oil leak after Gulf of Mexico rig blast: company (AFP)
AFP - There is no sign of an oil spill after a rig caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico, a spokesman for rig operator Mariner Energy said.
Burning rig owned by Mariner Energy: reports (Reuters)
Reuters - A burning oil platform in the Gulf of Mexico is owned by Mariner Energy, according to trade sources and local media reports.
Drug gangs prey on migrants in risky Mexico journey (Reuters)
Reuters - Hermelindo Maquin set out from his home in the Guatemalan countryside in early August, leaving behind his small farm and pregnant wife as he began the long, perilous journey to the United States.
Gulf oil rig explodes off La. coast (AP)
AP - An offshore oil rig has exploded in the Gulf of Mexico, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill.
Coast Guard responding to possible rig blast in Gulf (Reuters)
Reuters - The U.S. Coast Guard was flying helicopters to a possible offshore drilling rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, a Coast Guard spokesman said.
BP begins removing cap from Gulf well (Reuters)
Reuters - BP Plc said it had begun removing a cap from equipment atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well on Thursday, the first of several steps in advance of plugging the leak for good.
Mexico confirms 2nd migrant survived massacre (AP)
AP - A second migrant survived the massacre of 72 Central and South Americans near the border with the U.S., Mexican authorities confirmed Wednesday, and they said he has given information that helped their investigation.
BP to remove equipment at Gulf well by Sunday (Reuters)
Reuters - BP Plc expects to remove a failed blowout preventer atop its ruptured Gulf of Mexico oil well by Saturday or Sunday and later plug the leak for good, the top U.S. official overseeing the spill response said on Wednesday.
Number of illegal immigrants in US now declining (AP)
AP - The number of illegal immigrants living in the U.S. has dropped for the first time in two decades — decreasing by 8 percent as the sour economy dried up jobs and increased enforcement made it harder to sneak across the border with Mexico, a new study finds.
Mexico Massacre Galvanises Migrant Rights Activists (OneWorld.net)
OneWorld.net - MEXICO CITY, Sep 1 (IPS) - Activists in Latin America have been galvanised by atrocities like the recent massacre of 72 migrants near the U.S. border to step up their efforts on behalf of migrant rights.

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