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GUATEMALA CITY ? Retired Gen. Otto Perez Molina was sworn in as president of Guatemala on Saturday, calling on the United States and Mexico to help him fight a wave of drug trafficking and violence that has overwhelmed the Central American country.
Perez won over voters by pledging to crush criminality with an "iron fist." Mexican drug cartels have seized large swatches of territory in Guatemala, which has one of the world's highest homicide rates.
Perez, 61, is the first military officer elected as Guatemalan president since the end of a military government 25 years ago. He served in that administration as director of intelligence.
"The change has begun," Perez told cheering supporters Saturday in Guatemala City. "We are committed to the peace and integral security that we all desire."
"Today I call on my international associates to combat drug trafficking: Mexico, Central America and I make a special call to the United States..." Perez said.
His tough campaign resonated in a country of more than 13 million people where murders are committed at a rate of 41 for every 100,000 residents, according to a recent U.N. homicide report. That is well over twice the rate in neighboring Mexico.
"He was the only one who from the start had a national security program," said Leonel Archila, a 43-year-old businessman among the 5,000 people at the ceremony. About half were Guatemalans bused in from around the country. All wore blue or white shirts and sat in sections organized to form a giant Guatemalan flag.
The mood was marred by the assassination a day earlier of congressman Oscar Valentin Leal Caal, who was shot to death outside the headquarters of the former ruling party. Colleagues said he had been in negotiations to join the new president's party.
"We are profoundly concerned about the assassination of Leal, an elected representative of the people, and we hope to see the investigation generate results," U.S. Ambassador Arnold Chacon said.
Close advisers say Perez supports meeting the conditions set by the U.S. Congress for restoring aid it eliminated in 1978 ? halfway through the Central American country's 36-year civil war.
Among the requirements is reform of a weak justice system that has failed to bring to justice those responsible for abuses during the conflict. A U.N.-sponsored postwar truth commission said state forces and related paramilitary groups committed most of the killings.
The U.S. also insists that the government back a U.N.-supported international anti-corruption team whose prosecution effort has been criticized by Guatemala's political elite.
Perez has long insisted there were no massacres, human rights violations or genocide in a conflict that killed 200,000 civilians, mostly Mayan Indians.
"I suffered and lived through the armed conflict and 15 years after having signed the (peace) agreement Guatemalans are still being betrayed," Perez said on Saturday. "I pray to God for a true reconciliation. I pray that my generation is the last of war and the next one is the first of peace."
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PASADENA, California (AP) ? In a politically polarized country, the people behind HBO's upcoming movie on Sarah Palin's vice presidential campaign are being careful not to take one side or the other.
"There is no agenda here," Danny Strong, writer of the film "Game Change," said at a news conference Friday. Filmmakers said they sought historical accuracy.
The movie debuts March 10. It is based on John Heilemann and Mark Halperin's book about the 2008 presidential campaign, but focuses specifically on Palin. Director Jay Roach said he wrote a long letter to the former Alaska governor seeking an interview with her to help the film, "but I got a very quick email back from her attorney saying, 'I checked, she declined.'"
Roach and Strong were the team behind HBO's Emmy-winning "Recount" about the disputed 2000 presidential election.
"I don't think this movie is going to change people's minds one way or another," Strong said. "People are very polarized. It's not designed to change people's minds."
Actress Julianne Moore looks strikingly like Palin in her depiction. Asked what she thought of Palin after getting so close to the story, Moore said she had "profound respect" for the historical nature of the candidacy.
"There was a tremendous amount of pressure," Moore said. "That was what I was trying to capture, the pressure that she was under."
Actor Ed Harris portrays John McCain. Although the resemblance to his character isn't quite as sharp as Moore's, it's pretty close.
One unusual casting was Woody Harrelson, who plays McCain campaign strategist Steve Schmidt. The film's story is largely seen through Schmidt's eyes. Harrelson, who describes himself politically as "probably more an anarchist," said he met Schmidt and liked him.
"The concept of playing this guy who I think ideologically couldn't be any farther away from me felt like a real challenge," he said.
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LONDON ? Tesco, Britain's biggest retailer by sales, saw its share price tumble Thursday after warning that it will see minimal profit growth this year following one of its worst Christmas performances in years.
Tesco PLC's woes, which were replicated in updates Thursday from the likes of chocolatier Thorntons PLC and Mothercare PLC, will likely add to fears over the state of the British economy ? one in seven pounds spent by British shoppers is said to be spent at one of Tesco's 2,700 stores.
The retailer said the 2.3 percent decline in like-for-like sales, excluding the national sales tax and gasoline sales, in the six weeks to Jan. 7 was below its expectations and "disappointing." The decline over the crucial Christmas trading period was largely driven by food sales and was far bigger than the 0.8 percent drop consensus in the markets.
Tesco conceded that there will be a knock-on impact on profits.
Though it told investors that underlying pretax profit and earnings per share for 2011/12 will be broadly in line with market consensus forecasts, it warned that group trading profit growth will "be around the low end of the current consensus range."
It also said trading profit growth for the 2012/13 financial year will be "minimal" as it continues its drive to deliver what it calls "an even better shopping trip for customers, particularly in Britain."
The reaction to Tesco's update was savage ? its shares were down around 14 percent to 3.30 pounds by midmorning London time, wiping off around 4 billion pounds from its market value.
"This was a deeply underwhelming performance by Tesco in its home market ? and all the more grave given the adverse weather conditions of December 2010," said John Ibbotson, managing director of the retail consultancy, Retail Vision.
The company triggered a price war at the end of September by lowering the cost of 3,000 everyday products, for a total of 500 million pounds ($765 million). It said the number of customers drawn in by its latest promotion had not been enough to offset the lower prices.
Earlier this week, research figures revealed Tesco's market share for the 12 weeks ending on Christmas Day dropped from 30.5 percent a year ago to 30.1 percent.
"We deflated our prices," chief executive Philip Clarke told BBC Radio. "Our price inflation's half that of the market. But I've got to acknowledge we backed off some of our promotional and couponing activity too early."
Despite its problems in Britain, where the economy has flatlined for the best part of a year now, the company was pleased with its performance overseas, where it is one of the biggest retailers. Overseas sales were up 8.2 percent during the period after strong performances in key regions such as Asia and Europe.
Tesco's performance over Christmas was worse than its peers though many smaller more niche retailers, such as Thorntons, Mothercare and CD and DVD retailer HMV are clearly showing the strain too.
"Tesco's competitors had rather more success over the period, the outlook remains threatening and the company has been forced into something of a profits warning for the year," said Richard Hunter, head of equities at Hargreaves Lansdown Stockbrokers.
Rival retailer J Sainsbury PLC reported a 2.1 percent increase in like-for-like sales, excluding fuel but including sales tax, in the 14 weeks to Jan. 7. Analysts estimated that sales would have been flat if the sales tax was taken out of the figures.
Marks & Spencer PLC said like-for-like sales in the 13 weeks to Dec. 31, excluding the sales tax, rose a modest 0.5 percent as buoyant demand for its up-market food ? always popular at Christmas ? helped offset declines elsewhere, particularly of clothes and household items.
And WM Morrisons Supermarkets PLC, which promotes itself as a value retailer, said its same-store sales grew 0.7 percent excluding fuel over Christmas and noted that customers were substituting luxury items with cheaper alternatives ? sparkling wine instead of champagne, for example.
Overall, the British Retail Consortium, retail's main lobby group, found that that like-for-like sales in December in Britain were 2.2 percent higher than the same month in 2010, when heavy snow deterred many holiday shoppers.
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Danica Kirka and Meera Selva contributed to this story.
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NEW YORK ? Apple confirmed Wednesday that it has bought Anobit Technologies, an Israeli maker of flash memory technology already used in many of Apple's gadgets.
Apple Inc. spokesman Steve Dowling said that Apple buys smaller tech companies from time to time, but generally does not give a reason why or say what it plans to do with them. The company did not say how much it paid for Anobit.
Flash memory is used in digital devices such as cameras and music players. It's lighter and more durable than memory used in computer hard drives, though it stores less information. Apple's iPhone, iPad and MacBook Air, which don't have hard drives, rely on flash memory.
Owning the manufacturer guards Apple against supply constraints in the industry and allows the company to customize the technology so it works more smoothly with the iPhone and other devices.
Israeli publication Calcalist reported in December that Apple was in talks to buy Anobit. Apple made the acquisition to secure intellectual property and for a competitive edge in flash products and pricing, said Jefferies analyst Peter Misek in a research note last month.
Apple doesn't often announce acquisitions. It bought mobile advertising company Quattro Wireless in 2010, among other recent deals.
Anobit could not be reached for comment after business hours in Jerusalem Wednesday.
Bloomberg reported earlier that Apple had confirmed the deal.
Shares of Apple, which is based in Cupertino, Calif., fell $1.83 to $421.41 in late afternoon trading.
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