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NEWS FLASH!

--MENNONITE CHILD KILLED BY AFRICANIZED BEES

-- BELIZE DEBT UPGRADED SLIGHTLY

--NEW SUPERBOND SUCCESSFULLY LAUCHED

-- LAN SLUDER UPDATING LATEST FODOR'S GUIDEBOOK TO BELIZE & TIKAL

--2013 STARTS WITH A BANG WITH DAY OF MAYHEM AND MURDER IN BELIZE CITY

--A SAD RECORD: 145 HOMICIDES IN 2012

--AMERICAN EXPAT SHOT TO DEATH IN SAN PEDRO; SOFTWARE MILLIONAIRE JOHN MCAFEE SOUGHT FOR QUESTIONING BUT MCAFEE ESCAPES TO USA

--AMERICAN TOURIST STABBED IN BURGLARLY ATTEMPT IN SAN PEDRO

--FOUR SAN PEDRO STUDENTS CHARGED IN MURDER OF SUCCOTZ MAN ON AMBERGRIS CAYE

--MILLION DOLLAR BALE OF COCAINE FOUND AT TURNEFF ATOLL

--BELIZE OPTS NOT TO PAY INTEREST ON SUPER BOND, OFFICIALS SAY LIKELY WON'T PAY DURING GRACE PERIOD; IN TECHNICAL DEFAULT

--TOLEDO LODGE WHERE JAGUAR DIED PARTLY BURNED; ARSON SUSPECTED

--GAS PRICES RISE AGAIN, PREMIUM HITS US$6

--GUATEMALANS ENTER BELIZE BY HUNDREDS, LOOKING FOR GOLD, PLANTS AND TIMBER

-- TWO DOUBLE MURDERS IN COROZAL TOWN

--JAGUAR STARVED TO DEATH AT UPSCALE JUNGLE LODGE IN TOLEDO

--SUSPECT CHARGED IN JASMINE LOWE MURDER

--SERIES OF CRIMES AGAINST YOUNG PEOPLE STUNS BELIZE

--FOUR DIE IN TRAFFIC ACCIDENT ON WESTERN HIGHWAY

--IAN LIZZARAGA NAMED NEW CHAIR OF BELIZE TOURISM BOARD

-- SPATE OF CRIME IN CAYO

-- NEW FODOR'S GUIDE TO BELIZE BY LAN SLUDER PUBLISHED

--GSU RAID MCAFEE COMPOUND NEAR ORANGE WALK, SHOOT PET DOG

--MURDERS ABOUND IN BELIZE CITY

--TOURISTS ON CHARTER SAILBOAT ATTACKED, ROBBED, STABBED, RAPED

--MANGO'S IN MAYA BEACH ROBBED, OWNER SHOT

--NO SURPRISE: UDP WINS NATIONAL ELECTIONS

--BELIZE DEBT DOWNGRADED AGAIN BY S&P AND MOODY'S

--PM CALLS FOR GENERAL ELECTIONS MARCH 7

--BELIZE BANS PORK PRODUCTS, SWINE FROM GUATEMALA DUE TO SWINE FEVER

--BELIZE WEBSITE SUFFERS DOS ATTACK

-- MAYA ARTIFACTS DISCOVERED UNDER BURNS AVENUE IN SAN IGNACIO

--BELIZE ELECTRIC RATES TO GO DOWN 6%

--SERIES OF HOME INVASIONS IN SAN PEDRO, BELIZE CITY AND CAYO

--U.S. EXPAT BRUTALLY MURDERED IN CAYO

--KIM SIMPLIS BARROW ANNOUNCES SHE HAS BREAST CANCER, IS IN MIAMI FOR TREATMENT

--IMF GIVES MIXED ECONOMIC REPORT ON BELIZE

--BELIZEAN PLACES 7TH IN FINALS OF WORLD SERIES OF POKER IN LAS VEGAS

--FRANCIS FONSECA NEW PUP PARTY LEADER

--HURRICANE RINA MISSES BELIZE

--BELIZE RANKED #6 IN WORLD IN HOMICIDES

--FORMER PM GEORGE PRICE, WHO LED BELIZE TO INDEPENDENCE, PASSES AT AGE 92

--AMERICAN HONEYMOONER LOSES LEG IN SNORKELING ACCIDENT OFF SAN PEDRO

--NEW DOWNTOWN WELCOME CENTER PLANNED FOR SAN IGNACIO



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