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Paraguay Division Profesional Wrap Melgarejo on a winner
Nacional Asuncion have maintained their 14-point lead at the top of Paraguay's Division Profesional with a 1-0 win away to Libertad.Marcos Melgarejo scored the only goal of the game for Nacional, while Guarani took advantage of Libertad's defeat to move to second on the table with a 3-2 victory away to Olimpia.In the weekend's top-of-the-table clash, Libertad hosted Nacional ...
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World Brazil paves way for gay marriage
The council that oversees the country's judiciary said it was wrong for some offices just to issue civil union documents when the couple wanted full marriage ...
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Colombia Primera A Wrap Tolima strike late to go top
Deportes Tolima have leapfrogged Santa Fe into first position in Colombia's Primera A with a 2-1 win over Alianza Petrolera.Charles Monsalvo scored a second-half brace for Tolima as they came from behind against lowly Alianza, moving above Santa Fe on the league table after the previous leaders were held to a 1-1 draw by Deportivo Pasto.Atletico Nacional also took advantage of Santa ...
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Venezuela willing to normalize relations with U.S. FM
Venezuela is willing to normalize diplomatic relations with the United States on the basis of mutual respect and none interference in each other's domestic affairs, Venezuelan Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said Sunday. "We will remain open to the normalization of relations with the United States....The first thing would be to restore diplomatic delegation at the highest level," ...
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FARC ‘satisfied’ over progress Colombia’s peace process
The FARC, Colombia’s largest rebel group, said Sunday it was satisfied with the progress made in ongoing peace talks with the government and asked for patience for the talks to ...
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Argentinas River ties Union Santa Fe 2-2
Buenos Aires team River Plate struggled Sunday to tie visiting team Union de Santa Fe 2-2, missing an opportunity to lead the Argentinean soccer league's Closing Tournament.Santa Fe, which is practically among the second-division teams, was ahead by 2-0 at one point and even came close to a 3-1 score thanks to a penalty shot, but River goalie Marcelo Barovero managed to block the shot by ...
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Brazil officials must register gay unions as marriages
By The Associated Press Brazilian notaries public must register same-sex civil unions as marriages if the couple requests it, the country's National Council of Justice said Tuesday. The council that oversees the country's judiciary said in a statement that notaries public cannot refuse to marry gay couples or convert a same-sex civil union into a marriage if that's what the pair ...
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Venezuela in rare diplomatic overture to America
CARACAS - Venezuela on Sunday made a rare diplomatic overture to the United States, suggesting it could be time for better ties."We are going to remain open to normalizing relations with the United States," Foreign Minister Elias Jaua said on Televen television Sunday."The first thing would be to resume diplomatic representation at the highest level," he said.The ...
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Colombia Hit man targeting high-profile journalists
By Helen Murphy, Reuters BOGOTA - Colombia's government warned on Tuesday of a plot by a criminal group to kill several high-profile journalists just weeks after the attempted assassination of an investigative reporter boosted concerns over threats to a free press in the violence-plagued Andean nation.President Juan Manuel Santos also announced that 90 journalists are being given protection ...
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Washington Week Focus on Burma US Government Scandals
WASHINGTON -- A groundbreaking visit by Burma’s president and continuing probes of U.S. government scandals highlight a busy week ahead in Washington. Six months after President Barack Obama visited Rangoon, President Thein Sein reciprocates Monday with a visit to the White House. Last November, Obama hailed democratic reforms in Burma. "A dictatorship of five decades has ...
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IHG expands Holiday Inn brand in Ecuador.
This property brings three IHG-branded hotels to Ecuador including the current Holiday Inn Express Quito hotel, and the upcoming Holiday Inn Guayaquil Airport hotel slated to open next ...
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Indian Chinese Leaders Discuss Border Dispute
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his visiting Chinese counterpart Sunday discussed efforts to resolve a decades-old border dispute between the world's two most populous ...
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Nigeria says 14 Militants 3 Soldiers Killed in Latest Fighting
Nigeria's military says it killed 14 Boko Haram militants and captured 20 others Sunday, as it presses its offensive against the al-Qaida-linked group in the country's restive ...
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Drug charge for Virgin Islands environment officer
KINGSTON, Jamaica -; Federal agents have arrested the top enforcement officer for the U.S. Virgin Islands environment agency on drug trafficking charges after he was allegedly caught with a cache of cocaine on a government patrol ...
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Colombia’s Carlos Betancur becomes Giro d’Italia’s best young rider
Colombian cyclist Carlos Betancur on Sunday became the best young rider of the Giro d’Italia and will start Tuesday’s stage wearing the white ...
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How a toilet paper shortage may temper Chavismo in Venezuela
People wait in line as they buy toilet paper in a super market in Caracas May 17. Supplies of food and other basic products have been patchy in recent months, with long queues forming at supermarkets and rushes occurring when there is news of a new stock arrival. The situation has spawned jokes among Venezuelans, particularly over the lack of toilet ...
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Obama to speak on prison legality of drone program
President Barack Obama speaks during a Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee event at the Arthur M. Blank Family Foundation, Sunday, May 19, 2013, in ...
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Judiciary must charge against corporations that sabotaged Argentina CFK on justice reform
President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner accused judiciary sectors of holding a "media agenda" and urged judges to "punish the guilty, no matter what their social, corporative or political position is." Twitter, once again CFK’s favourite political "weapon" to defend official moves. "Justice can not have a media agenda, it must have ...
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US Official White House Was Unaware of IRS Misdeeds
President Barack Obama and White House Senior Advisor Dan Pfeiffer, right, react to a reporter's question as they leave the Treasury Department in Washington, Jan. 16, ...
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Pope Meets With President Rafael Correa of Ecuador
Centrality of Social Justice Among Topics DiscussedVATICAN CITY, April 19, 2013 (Zenit.org) - This morning, Pope Francis received Rafael Correa Delgado, president of the Republic of Ecuador, in audience at the Vatican Apostolic Palace. Shortly after, President Correa met with Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States.The talks, which according to a Vatican communique ...
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Colombia peace deal to include redistribution of 11.5 million square miles
Colombia will redistribute farmland of some 11.500 square miles — an area larger than Massachusetts, as part of an eventual peace deal with the country’s largest rebel ...
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Ollanta Humalas approval rating in Peru slips to six-month low
President Ollanta Humala's approval rating fell 5 points to a six-month low of 46 percent, reflecting the unpopularity of his proposal to buy an oil refinery owned by Spain's Repsol and his support for Venezuela's new government, an Ipsos poll showed. The nationwide poll was published by the newspaper El Comercio. Humala abandoned his idea of buying the Repsol oil refinery after ...
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US robots Israeli drones to help make 2014 World Cup in Brazil one of safest sporting events ever
World Cup 2014 Brazil has added 30 US military robots to the Israeli drones and 'Robocop-style' glasses with face recognition cameras to its arsenal after the country allocated $900 million to make 2014 World Cup "one of the most protected sports events in history." The 30 PackBot 510 units, which usually cost between $100,000 and $200,000 apiece, will arrive in Brazil as ...
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US diplomat visits Colombian refugees in Ecuador urges greater focus on problem
QUITO, Ecuador - The U.S. State Department's assistant secretary for refugee issues is drawing attention to the plight of Colombian refugees who have fled across the border into Ecuador. Anne C. Richards says the problem is continuing even though the Colombian government is in peace talks with rebels. Many refugees say they are fleeing threats and extortion by irregular and paramilitary ...
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Jordy Smith surfs to ASP win in Brazil
surfing tournament Sunday. Smith navigated the 2-to-4 foot swells at Barra Da Tijuca to win the third stop on the Association of Surfing Professionals World Championship Tour by a score of 17.80-16.34. Smith scored high by catching air on one productive wave and performing a so-called stailfish air-reverse on another. It was the third career ASP victory for the 25-year-old Smith and his first ...
Rio de Janeiro Digest
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Rio's uphill battle to host the Games
Rio de Janeiro has many aspects, it is the party capital of Brazil, the internationally recognized face of the country, the most visited city in Brazil, the crime capital of South America, a city with some of the highest drug use statistics and, more recently, the host city of the 2016 Summer Olympics. Winning that particular war has not been easy.
Rio de Janeiro, this bustling city of 6 million people (14 million if one includes the greater metro area) is the second largest city in Brazil and is famous for its statue Christ the Redeemer, which sits atop Corcovado Mountain and has looked down upon the city for almost 100 years. It is also famous for the internationally known Carnivale, the city’s samba schools, the fabulous beaches that grace our shoreline and Sugarloaf Mountain with its ancient cable car. Read more
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