A greatly weakened Hurricane Raymond was staying at sea as its rains caused some flooding on Mexico’s Pacific coast and led authorities to evacuate a village threatened by mudslides from two soaked hills.

Newly formed Hurricane Raymond swirled towards Mexico’s southern Pacific coast today, an area already devastated by rains and mudslides from Tropical Storm Manuel last month.

An anti-violence march that began in a central Mexico state with a few hundred people and gathered thousands over a four-day trek has reached Mexico’s capital.

WITH all due respect to your columnist Steven King’s sceptical demythologising of the Northern Executive’s head honchos (January 16), the two old political cons (Paisley and McGuinness) have surprised more than themselves on their road to Damascus.

A powerful earthquake shook Indonesia’s tourist islands of Bali and Lombok today, injuring nearly 30 people and damaging dozens of buildings, officials and witnesses said.