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The Mexican President Felipe Calderon has delivered his final state of the nation address before leaving office in December. He admitted errors had been made tackling Mexico's drug cartels as Will Grant reports.

President Calderon also recognized his own mistakes and limitations, but overall, he suggested his government to put the foundations in place for improved security in Mexico. 'To protect Mexicans from criminality has been a legal, political and moral

imperative

for my government', he said. The policies had begun to bear fruit, but the real results were still to come, he said. Beyond the country's drug violence, Mr Calderon was met with applause for his economic record when he said he'd created nearly two million new jobs in Mexico despite the global economic crisis.

Police in Madagascar say villagers have killed more than 80 cattle thieves in separate attacks in the south of the island. Richard Hamilton reports.

The incident occurred on Friday night near the southern town of Fort-Dapuhin. Police said they'd sent reinforcements to prevent reprisals. Cattle rustling is common in Madagascar, particularly in the arid south of the island, although the casualties are not normally this large. At the center of the conflict are the local humped cattle known as zebu, which have become the target of a bombing criminal trade. The zebu(s) are

coveted