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Fellow citizens: For eight years, it has been my honor to serve as your president. The first decade of this new century has been a period of consequence - a time set apart.
Tonight, with a thankful heart, I have asked for a final opportunity to share some thoughts on the journey we have travelled together and the future of our nation.Translation: I like turtles.
- By Gus Leonisky at 17 Jan 2009 - 4:44pm
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Mexico's ambassador to the US has urged America to stop the flow of guns and cash that pass into his country, fuelling the country's drug wars.
Arturo Sarukhan said US money and weapons provided the drug cartels with the means to "corrupt, bribe and kill".
President Barack Obama is due to visit Mexico later this week.
More than 6,000 people died last year in Mexico in drug-related violence and Mexico believes 90% of the weapons used by drug cartels come from the US.
US gun lobby groups dispute the figure.
Assault weapon call
In an interview with CBS's Face The Nation programme, Mr Sarukhan said the lifting of a US ban on military-style assault weapons in 2004 had been a crucial factor. Mexico says the lifting of a US assault rifle ban in 2004 fuelled the gun trade
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see the ignoramus in the toon above.