Mexico City mayor hails sacking

Mexico's attorney general was fired after trying to bring popular Mayor Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to trial. Mr Lopez Obrador, a front-runner in the 2006 presidential race, said the firing of attorney general Rafael Macedo would improve the atmosphere in Mexico. Huge crowds have rallied behind the mayor, who would have been barred from the presidential race if found guilty. Correspondents says the move is an extraordinary climb-down by Mr Fox. The BBC's Claire Marshall in Mexico City says he seems to be clearing the way for the mayor to stand for the presidency.

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