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Mexico in 200-year independence fiesta
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With spectacular festivities, Mexico is celebrating 200 years since the start of the war of independence against Spain [AFP] Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans celebrated across the country on Wednesday [AFP] A huge parade was staged in the capital, Mexico City [Reuters] For one day, the country looked beyond its drug war which has claimed more than 28,000 people since 2006 [AFP] Some revelers wore straw sombreros and stick-on mustaches, poking fun at a national stereotype [Reuters] The celebrations mark the 1810 uprising by Miguel Hidalgo, a rebel priest, who led to the ousting of the Spanish by 1821 [AFP]
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Mexico in 200-year independence fiesta
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With spectacular festivities, Mexico is celebrating 200 years since the start of the war of independence against Spain [AFP];*;Hundreds of thousands of Mexicans celebrated across the country on Wednesday [AFP];*;A huge parade was staged in the capital, Mexico City [Reuters];*;For one day, the country looked beyond its drug war which has claimed more than 28,000 people since 2006 [AFP];*;Some revelers wore straw sombreros and stick-on mustaches, poking fun at a national stereotype [Reuters];*;The celebrations mark the 1810 uprising by Miguel Hidalgo, a rebel priest, who led to the ousting of the Spanish by 1821 [AFP]
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