Reports: Cancún police chief questioned in general’s killing

The police chief in Cancún has been relieved of his duties and placed under house arrest while he is investigated in the killing of a retired Mexican general who had been the area’s anti-drug chief for less than 24 hours, Mexican media are reporting. Francisco Velasco Delgado was detained by military officials early Monday and flown to Mexico City, where he was placed under 45 days of house arrest, according to the media reports.

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Mugabe rivals to lead battle to fix economy

Zimbabwean opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai has picked his party’s secretary-general to hold the difficult and important post of finance minister, he said Tuesday. The announcement came as Tsvangirai announced which ministries his party will hold in a new unity government to be formed with President Robert Mugabe’s ZANU-PF party this week.

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Australian bushfire survivors count cost as death toll rises

Parts of southeastern Australia turned to recovery Tuesday even as fires smoldered and sometimes raged across sections of the scarred landscape. Tent cities sprung up around Whittlesea, just north of Melbourne, as relief agencies pitched camps for those forced out of their homes. Weekend bushfires “completely wiped out” the towns of Marysville and Kinglake, officials said.

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