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Mexico in 200-year independence fiesta
With spectacular festivities, Mexico is celebrating 200 years since the start of the war of independence against Spain [AFP]
Published On 16 Sep 2010
16 Sep 2010
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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]