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6 hrs ago | Buzzle.com

Mayor of Nicaragua Capital Found Dead

The controversial Sandinista mayor of Managua, Alexis Arguello, a former world boxing champion, has been found dead at his home with a gunshot wound.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, World News, Central America, Suicide, Daniel Ortega

Sun Jul 05, 2009

People's Daily Online

Zelaya's jet fails to land in Honduras

The Venezuelan airplane carrying ousted Honduran President Manuel Zelaya overflies Toncontin international airport in Tegucigalpa.

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News, Central America, Manuel Zelaya, Nicaragua

The Chronicle Herald

Alexis Arguello, 57

Alexis Arguello, 57 Ex-boxer, mayor of Managua dies of gunshot wound By BRUCE WEBER New York Times Sun.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, World News, Personal Finance, Retirement, Travel, Nicaragua Travel, Central America, Mixed Martial Arts, firstname lastname

New America Media

Mayor of Managua Dies in Apparent Suicide

MANAGUA, Nicaragua -- The Mayor of Nicaragua's capital, Managua, was found dead today at his residence in an apparent suicide, according to Salvadorian newspaper La Prensa.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, World News, Central America

Sat Jul 04, 2009

Los Angeles Times

Alexis Arguello dies at 57; winner of three world boxing titles

Alexis Arguello, who battled his way to three world boxing titles in the ring but lost several bouts with personal demons outside the ropes, was found dead early Wednesday at his home in Managua, Nicaragua.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, World News, Central America

Buffalo News

Nicaragua: New evidence Arguello death was suicide

The Associated Press Investigators have released new evidence that points to suicide in the death of Managua Mayor and boxing great Alexis Arguello.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, Central America, World News

Fri Jul 03, 2009

KXMD-TV Williston

Nicaragua: New evidence Arguello death was suicide

Eds: APNewsNow. Will stand. AP Photo MNG108, MNG107 MANAGUA, Nicaragua Investigators have released new evidence that points to suicide in the death of Managua Mayor and boxing great Alexis Arguello.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, Central America, World News

Thu Jul 02, 2009

CPJ Press Freedom Online

CPJ Blog: Debate in Managua

Minutes after I woke up to get ready for the presentation of a CPJ report on press freedom conditions in Nicaragua , I turned on the TV.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, World News, Central America, Journalism, Activism, Manuel Zelaya

The Honolulu Advertiser

Alexis Arguello: a classy guest but a man without a home

MIAMI - For most of Alexis Arguello's life as a three-division world champion, "home" was a foreign concept.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, World News, Central America, Suicide

Netscape

Alexis Arguello Dies, Boxing Champ Became Mayor of Managua

Alexis Arguello Dies, Boxing Champ Became Mayor of Managua >> Posted By LuisR 21 hours, 14 minutes ago in Sports Alexis Arguello, the former boxing world champion who in 2008 was elected mayor of his hometown of Managua, Nicaragua, was found dead on Wednesday.

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People's Daily Online

Nicaragua police investigating suspicious death of Managua mayor, boxing great Arguello

Nicaragua's National Police are investigating the suspicious death of Alexis Arguello, Managua Mayor and a boxing great.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, Central America, World News

Wed Jul 01, 2009

411mania.com

Bob Arum Responds to the Death of Alexis Arguello

Bob Arum Responds to the Death of Alexis Arguello Posted by Ramon Aranda on 07.01.2009 Top Rank's chief has a few words for 'The Explosive Thin Man'. Top Rank CEO Bob Arum made a statement today concerning the death of Alexis Arguello: "We at Top Rank are very saddened to learn about the death of Alexis Arguello.

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Related Topix: Mixed Martial Arts, Josh Koscheck, Nicaragua, World News

Kentucky.com

Pryor recalls epic brawl with Arguello

Nearly three decades ago, a ferocious puncher and a brilliant ring tactician waged one of boxing's epic brawls under the twinkling lights of the Orange Bowl in Miami, a fight so big that few remember Roberto Duran was on the undercard.

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CCTV

ALBA withdraws ambassadors from Honduras

The presidents of nations of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas have met for an emergency meeting in the Nicaraguan capital of Managua.

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News, Central America, Nicaragua, Manuel Zelaya,

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Managua mayor, ex-boxing champ, found dead

MANAGUA, Nicaragua - Managua Mayor Alexis Arguello, a three-time world boxing champion, has been found dead.Presidential spokeswoman Rosario Murillo confirms the death.His Sandinista party's Radio Ya says coroners are conducting an autopsy to determine the cause of death.Arguello once fought against the Sandinistas in the 1980s, but joined the ...

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, World News, Central America

Tue Jun 30, 2009

Inside Costa Rica

ALBA, SICA Withdraw Ambassadors From Honduras

The presidents of the Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas nations Monday withdrew their ambassadors from Honduras and called on the nations of the continent to act against the coup in Honduras, after an emergency meeting in Managua.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, World News, Manuel Zelaya, Travel, Nicaragua Travel, Central America, Brazil

Mon Jun 29, 2009

WBT-AM Charlotte

News Story: Honduras torn between ousted leader, replacement

Honduras is now torn between two presidents: one legally recognized by world bodies after he was deposed and forced from the country by his own soldiers, and another supported by the Central American nation's congress, courts and military.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, World News, Central America, Hugo Chavez, Manuel Zelaya, US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

Sun Jun 28, 2009

Xinhuanet

Nicaragua president calls regional presidents' meeting on Honduras

Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega said on Sunday that all of Central America's presidents would meet in Nicaraguan capital Managua later in the day to discuss the crisis in Honduras that followed the early Sunday coup d'etat. He said he had called the emergency meeting of the Central American Integration System heads of state who aim to "fight ...

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, World News, Central America, Daniel Ortega

Sat Jun 27, 2009

FindingDulcinea

On This Day: Nicaraguan Soldiers Kill ABC Reporter

On June 20, 1979, international correspondent Bill Stewart was shot and killed by Nicaraguan government forces as he was reporting from Managua.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, World News, Central America, Bill Stewart, Earthquake, Natural Disasters, Prison

Thu Jun 25, 2009

WorldTravelWatch.com

Nicaragua: Crime Up in Managua and Other Cities

Express kidnappings have increased in the past year, with incidents involving Americans in several cities.

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Related Topix: Nicaragua, Central America, World News, Travel

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