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MEXICO CITY August 19, 2010  Archeologists have found more than 500-year-old remains of about 50 Aztec children, during excavations for a new subway line in Mexico City.

The team also found the foundations of Aztec homes, hundreds of small figurines, and pots and plates dating from 1100 to 1500 AD, on the eve of the Spanish conquest, along the 15-mile (24-km) subway line., .

"In total there are 60 graves, 10 adults and around 50 children of different ages, some two or three years old," archeologist Maria de Jesus Sanchez told Reuters.

 The Aztec empire, with its capital in modern-day Mexico City,  ruled over a large part of Mesoamerica for about a century until the Spanish came.

BAGHDAD August 17, 2010  A deputy health minister of Iraq,  Khamis al-Saad, said 47 have died so far  and  77 wounded  from a suicide bombing at an Iraqi army recruitment centre on Tuesday.

More deaths were  not expected,  he said.

PANAMA CITY BEACH, Fla. August 15, 2010 U.S. President Barack Obama went swimming off the coast of Florida on Saturday and declared the Gulf area's beaches "open for business."

SHANGHAI August 14, 2010 China plans to test a range of infant milk powders and breast milks to looking deeper  into reports of hormone-tainted milk powder,  the People's Daily reported on Saturday.

The Ministry of Health  started the probe following complaints that tainted milk powder had caused baby girls to show signs of premature sexual development.

Food safety problems  have alarmed consumers, hurt China's global image and drew criminal cases.

Two years ago, China was hit by  a melamine scandal when at least six children died and nearly 300,000 became ill.   Powdered milk was found to have been laced with melamine, a chemical  added to cheat  protein tests.