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Casey sounds warning about travel in Mexico
AMHERST, N.S. - An Independent MP from Nova Scotia says Canadians should reconsider going to Mexico as long as a Canadian woman who's been sitting in a prison for the past two years is still in custody.
Bill Casey tells the Halifax Chronicle Herald that it appears Brenda Martin is a victim who's been treated inappropriately, especially since she hasn't been convicted of anything.
Martin has been in a women's prison outside Guadalajara for the past two years charged with money laundering - an accusation she denies.
Casey, a former Conservative who represents the riding of Cumberland-Colchester-Musquodoboit Valley, has written a letter to Mexico's ambassador to Canada calling for Martin's release.
Casey says the case raises questions about whether Canadians are safe in Mexico, and he says Canadian tourists can make a difference by spending their vacation money elsewhere.
Fuel-truck explosions leave 50 people injured
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Officials say that explosions and a fire among fuel tankers waiting to cross from Pakistan into Afghanistan have injured 50 people.
Fida Mohammed, the commander of a paramilitary forces which helps provide security at the border crossing, said authorities suspect the blasts Sunday evening were caused by bombs but were still investigation.
He said 25 trucks carrying fuel to U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan were destroyed.
Mohammed Sadiq Khan, a local government official, said eight people were seriously injured in the explosions and blaze on the Pakistani side of the Torkham customs post.
People arrested for disrupting parade
CHICAGO - Chicago police have arrested six people who disrupted an Easter mass by squirting fake blood on themselves to protest the war in Iraq.
Police say the four men and two women stood in Holy Name Cathedral and yelled about their opposition to the war during Francis Cardinal George's homily Sunday.
Police say the demonstrators also squirted fake blood on parishioners as they were removed from the service by security guards and ushers.
George says everyone should work for peace, but not by interrupting the worship of God.
Hospital horse caper doesn't go as planned
LIHUE, Hawaii - Allowing dogs and cats to visit their ailing owners in hospital is one thing - but a horse?
A man in Hawaii recently tried to cheer up a relative by bringing the patient's stallion for visit.
A hospital spokeswoman says the man and horse actually managed to take an elevator up to the third floor earlier this month before being stopped by security.
The spokeswoman says security was able to get the man and horse out of the hospital with "just a few scuff marks."
The patient was brought outside to see the animal, but that didn't make things any better.
The patient informed hospital staff, "That's not my horse."
Sources: The Canadian Press, The Associated Press
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