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Human rights groups say extrajudicial killings by the army and police have risen, with at least 329 last year. Officials acknowledge problems and point to efforts to train troops. >>
OLYMPIC BASEBALL
After bearing Japan, 4-2, Team USA advances to the medal round and will play Cuba on Friday. >>
Pakistan: 5 killed in missile strike / Cameroon: 9 prisoners die in escape bid / Sudan: 12 Darfur rebels sentenced to death / Mexico: Effort to save porpoises / India: Protests continue in Kashmir >>
The Americans beat Guatemala, 1-0, while the host Mexicans beat Honduras, 2-1. >>
TELEVISION
The case against former Chilean dictator Gen. Augusto Pinochet is explored on 'P.O.V.,' at 9 p.m. on KCET. Santiago Llanquin Associated Press >>
BILL PLASCHKE
Henry Cejudo had a ragged upbringing. Now he has a gold medal in the 55 kilogram freestyle. >>
Making good on Hugo Chavez's threat, and inviting more strain on international relations, government troops move in on three Cemex facilities. >>
Skirmishes are reported between supporters of the strike, called by leaders of autonomy-seeking states, and loyalists of leftist President Evo Morales. >>
OLYMPIC WRESTLING
The son of undocumented Mexican immigrants becomes the first U.S. freestyle wrestler in Beijing to win an Olympic title. >>
OLYMPIC WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL
Setter Lindsey Berg helps the Americans rally past Italy to reach the semifinals, in which they'll face nemesis Cuba. >>
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Also: U.S-Mexico border states tackle scrap tires at Border Governors Conference. >>
MEXICO UNDER SIEGE
Gov. Jose Reyes Baeza calls on federal authorities to reform their strategy after 13 people are killed in a weekend shooting. >>
OLYMPIC WRESTLING
Born to undocumented Mexican immigrants, Henry Cejudo spent years bouncing from state to state. The odds will be stacked against him in the freestyle competition, but that's how he likes it. >>
A 39-year-old woman was killed and two other people were injured after a shooting early Sunday outside of a birthday party in East Los Angeles. >>
Noise-rock in L.A. is having quite a star turn lately with the ascent of local heroes No Age, but hopefully there's still room on the bandwagon for the local duo Hecuba, whose brand of avant-garde is more tribal and immersive than spazzy and abrasive. Their latest, "Sir," is built on thick peals of electronics, sassy vocals and a wickedly gloomy sense of humor. With this month's weekly residents Warpaint. 8:30 p.m., Spaceland, 1717 Silver Lake Blvd., free, (323) 661-4380. >>
MEXICO UNDER SIEGE
Officers and others wounded across the border are increasingly being transferred to an El Paso hospital. >>
The Venezuelan travels with the new president to spread their leftist message in the countryside. >>
OLYMPIC BOXING
The middleweight, who probably will turn professional this year, is knocked from the Olympics by Britain's James DeGale, 11-5. Now the young father faces news about his own ailing dad. >>
OLYMPIC BASKETBALL
The Americans appear to have recaptured their dominant form of yesteryear, improving their record to 4-0 in the Beijing Olympics at the expense of Lakers' Pau Gasol and his Spanish teammates. >>
World Briefing
DOMINICAN REPUBLICPresident vows to boost agriculture >>He had led officers on a chase through East Los Angeles, then shot at them. Police did not return fire, an LAPD spokeswoman says. >>
COLUMN ONE
A Florida law requiring such businesses to post hefty bonds is on hold -- but fellow Cuban Americans hoping to visit family are afraid to buy tickets. Mario Romero says hard-liners don't understand. >>
CULTURE MIX / AGUSTIN GURZA
The former director of the Museum of Latin American Art in Long Beach is on a new path. >>
The visitors are descendants of Koreans lured to the Yucatan Peninsula a century ago by false promises. In ensuing decades, they spread to other parts of Mexico and abandoned the Korean language. >>
BILL DWYRE
Fresh off his win over Roger Federer, Blake loses in the semifinals to Chile's Fernando Gonzalez. The ethical questions that Blake raises over a lost point make for a true Olympic moment. >>
The inauguration of the leftist former bishop breaks a six-decade domination by one party in the poor South American nation. >>
Citizen anti-crime groups release audio they say demonstrates that the former Tabasco attorney general colluded with drug traffickers. He denies it. >>
Governors at an annual conference explore public-private toll lanes to cut wait times between the U.S. and Mexico. >>
OLYMPIC BASEBALL
Americans fall to 1-2 in pool play and are in danger of missing the medal round. >>
Study finds that the fruits developed their kick to ward off microbial invaders; the greater the danger, the more pungent the pepper. >>
The third increase since June may be the last for a while as the economy slows and commodity prices moderate. >>
FBI officials say Clark Rockefeller's prints match those of Christian Karl Gerhartsreiter, a German immigrant who authorities believe lived in couple's guesthouse when they disappeared. >>
Archaeologists say the Maya believed the complex of water-filled caves leading into dry chambers was an underground road to a mythical underworld. >>
OLYMPIC BASEBALL
The country's national baseball team has fallen on hard times, but with a new manager in charge things are looking up. It defeats the U.S., 5-4, in an 11th inning featuring the Olympics' unique tiebreaking procedures. >>
Reaching Spanish speakers could be key in battleground states. >>
The immigration ruling in effect blocks his extradition to Venezuela to face terrorism charges in the bombing of a plane. >>
Nigeria: Region goes to Cameroon / Guatemala: Two held in tourist's death / Mexico: Gunmen attack rehab center / Antigua: Women held in killings / And finally . . . >>
The men are believed to have aided drug smugglers in Sinaloa state, officials say. >>
The victims include two top commanders in Michoacan, a senior investigator in Chihuahua and a deputy chief in Quintana Roo. >>
ART
'Laberinto de Miradas,' a photo and video exhibition in Mexico City, explores factors driving global immigration. >>
MEXICO UNDER SIEGE
Licensed weapons dealers are abundant near the border. 'Straw buyers' assist the traffickers. >>
MUSIC
The singer-songwriter was 10 when his family moved from Havana. But now, an improbable half-century later, he's back with a debut album steeped in island salsa. >>
BOOK REVIEW
A young writer with verve and moxie spends time in Mexico, confronting both its exotic and unseemly aspects as she learns about her heritage. >>
MEXICO UNDER SIEGE
Sergio Aponte Polito is relieved of duty in Baja California and Sonora states. He has won public praise for his effectiveness but also criticism from officials for accusations against them. >>
The U.S. Supreme Court refuses to grant a reprieve urged by Mexico and an international court. Jose Ernesto Medellin was convicted of raping and killing two Texas teens in 1993. >>
CALIFORNIA COOK
High-quality products are Spanish, Portuguese and Italian imports, but some come from the U.S. West Coast too. >>
MEXICO UNDER SIEGE
Many are afraid to contact authorities about abductions, fearing officers could be involved. The problem is an awkward one for President Felipe Calderon's drug war. >>
Ever Villafane Martinez, a Colombian accused of supplying cocaine to a Sinaloa cartel offshoot, is held in Mexico City. >>
More than half a million dollars believed to be related to narcotics trafficking was found Wednesday in a raid on a West Covina home, district attorney's office says. >>
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