It seems ironic to me that some of the best international stories are published in the NYTimes on Saturdays... the lowest readership day.
Maybe the editors consider these reports...as filler.
I consider them...essential!
Here's an excellent update by Marc Lacey on a new relative calmness... in Nuevo Laredo...once THE hotbed Mexican city...for drug violence and outlaw activity.
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/13/world/americas/13laredo.html?hp
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