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Opposition Groups Call for Swaziland Election Boycott
King of Swaziland Mswati III (Front) and one of his 13 wives disembark from a plane after arriving at Katunayake International airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 13, 2012. ...
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Transitional Justice Elusive in Arab Spring Nations
Egyptian riot police take up positions outside the building where former president Hosni Mubarak is being tried in connection with the killing of Arab Spring ...
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Argentine Indians ask president for their lands
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -; Argentina's Qom Indians have asked President Cristina Fernandez for help in recovering some of their ancestral ...
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New Paraguay leaders promise more free milk
ASUNCION, Paraguay -; Paraguay exports enough soy, wheat and corn to feed 80 million people, more than 10 times its population, and its rivers provide abundant fresh water. But 14 percent of its children suffer chronic malnutrition, and many others lack clean drinking ...
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4-nation Pacific Alliance trade bloc forges ahead
President Barack Obama’s vow in his State of the Union address to seek free trade deals with Asia and Europe has raised a thorny question south of the U.S. border: Will Latin America find a place in the new global economy of giant trade ...
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Ecuador - Political motive suspected in Ecuadorian radio programme suspension
On Thursday 2 May 2013, the radio program "Hablemos Claro", broadcast by Radio Marejada in the coastal province of Manab, was taken off the air. Manab is located approximately 400 km southwest of Quito. According to the program's director, Trajano Andrade, it was suspended due to pressure exerted by the Municipality of Manta.Andrade pointed out his program had been broadcast since ...
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Don’t send Haitians to Dominican territory official warns Brazil
Santo Domingo.- Immigration Agency director on Wednesday said the country isn't obliged to receive Haitian nationals repatriated from Brazil or other nations, if they didn't depart from the country. Jose Ricardo Taveras noted that in recent months Brazil has deported more than 300 Haitians who allegedly departed from Dominican Republic. He said the country, which signed off on the ...
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Nine killed by rebels in Colombia
/enpproperty--> BOGOTA - At least nine soldiers were killed in an attack by the National Liberation Army (ELN), the second largest guerrilla group in Colombia, the country's military said Wednesday. The attack on soldiers with home-made explosives took place late Tuesday in northeastern Colombia near the border with Venezuela, the regional army command said in an online statement. ...
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Latin America Haiti Guatemala Paraguay With Highest Malnutrition
UN’s World Food Programme Paraguay, Guatemala, and Haiti are the countries with the biggest problem of food deprivation and malnutrition in Latin America, according to a report by UN. In the study by the World Food Programme, 25.5% of the Paraguayan population is undernourished, while the figure rises to 30.4% in Guatemala and 44.5% in Haiti. Nearly two million people worldwide are ...
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UPDATE 2-Strike stalls scores of grains ships in Argentina
Wed May 22, 2013 5:23pm EDT * U.S. grain stocks low this year after drought * World turns toward South America for soy, corn * High Argentine inflation fuels tough wage demands (Recasts with updated figures, new sourcing, adds context) By Hugh Bronstein BUENOS AIRES, May 22 (Reuters) - Scores of grains ships were delayed in and around Argentina on Wednesday due to a three-day-old strike by ...
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Venezuelas Maduro still waiting on Washingtons recognition
More than a month since Maduro was elected Venezuelan president by less than 2 percent of the vote, the US has not recognized his victory. A partial recount of the ballot is currently ...
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Foreign Students in Oklahoma Confront Tornado Threat
WASHINGTON -- For many Americans in the nation’s center, tornadoes are a frightening fact of life. But for foreign students, usually from countries where tornadoes never occur, twisters can be an even scarier experience. Such was the case this past Monday when a tornado devastated the U.S. town of Moore, Oklahoma, killing at least 24 people and leaving thousands homeless. "It was ...
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Syrian Opposition Ponders Peace Meeting
ISTANBUL -- Syria's opposition coalition is to convene in Istanbul Thursday to decide whether to participate in talks next month on resolving the Syrian conflict that are being organized by Washington and Moscow. But the opposition has reservations about the role of the Syrian government in the planned talks. The Syrian National Coalition is due to meet over three days in Istanbul. The ...
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Colombia 9 soldiers killed by in rebel attack
BOGOTA, Colombia -; At least nine Colombian soldiers were killed in an attack with homemade explosives by the country's second-largest leftist rebel band, the military said ...
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Brazils OSX Cuts Workforce Amid Broader Reorganization
SAO PAULO - Brazilian naval construction OSX Brasil SA, controlled by billionaire Eike Batista, has laid off more than 300 employees as part of a broader reorganization plan to reduce spending and focus on hard orders. OSX scaled back construction of its shipyard in the port of Acu, and will only continue with plans if new orders materialize. In a statement, OSX said it has around 260 employees ...
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Maduro Highlights Military Doctrines Strength in Venezuela
Caracas, May 22 (Prensa Latina) The 21st century socialism project has a strong military doctrine and patriots military chiefs, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who attends a military exercise in the Caribbean island of La Orchila, said today. From the Captain Antonio Diaz naval air base, Maduro stressed the importance of strengthening the defense capability of Venezuelan land and seas. ...
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Amazon Gastronomic Forum in Bolivia Recommends Eating Insects
La Paz, May 22 (Prensa Latina) A group of experts recommended today the addition of insect to the cuisine of Bolivia, because according to them these have a high nutritional value and can contribute to food security policy. Specialists met in this capital in the Amazon Gastronomic Forum, called for breaking barriers for the incorporation of these species in the local diet. "In Bolivia, ...
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Dominican police arrest man accused of raping at least 60 women
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic - Authorities in the Dominican Republic have arrested a man suspected of raping at least 60 women in the past two years. Police say 23-year-old Jonathan Parra confessed to raping women ages 16 to 28 after picking them up on his motorcycle while pretending to be a taxi driver in the popular tourist town of Puerto Plata. People routinely hail motorcycles as taxi ...
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Mexico cartel dominates torches western state
LA RUANA, Mexico (AP) -- The western Mexico state of Michoacan is burning. A drug cartel that takes its name from an ancient monastic order has set fire to lumber yards, packing plants and passenger buses in a medieval-like reign of ...
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Book Fairs in Cuba and Venezuela
The Book Fair in La Havana, Cuba (February 14 - 22) has just ended, now Filven in Venezuela (March 08 - 17) is due to begin. In Cuba, just like in Venezuela, books can be bought at low cost, since book publications are sponsored by the state. All segments of society can afford to buy and read ...
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European Leaders Take Steps in Cracking Down on Tax Fraud
PARIS -- The European Union has announced a series of measures to crack down on tax avoidance and fraud, including the automatic exchange of bank information to catch cheats. European Union President Herman Van Rompuy hailed as "unprecedented" a series of measures against tax evasion agreed to Wednesday by the bloc's 27 leaders during a brief summit in Brussels. Among them: ...
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Cameron Indications Suggest London Killing was Terror-related
British forensic officers attend the scene of an apparent attack which has left one man confirmed dead and two people wounded near Woolwich barracks in London, May, 22, ...
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IRS Official Refuses to Testify to Congress About Scandal
The official at the center of the storm over the U.S. tax collection agency's targeting of conservative Tea Party groups, Lois Lerner, has refused to testify before a tense congressional hearing on Capitol Hill where Democratic and Republican lawmakers expressed their anger and frustration. Word came Tuesday the Internal Revenue Service official everyone wanted to hear from the most, ...
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Hezbollah Fighters Pose New Threat In Syria
WASHINGTON -- The civil war in Syria is taking a new, and possibly ominous turn, in the battle for Qusair, a small but strategic town near the frontier with Lebanon. For the first time, the mainly Sunni Muslim rebels seeking to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad have been fighting Syrian troops backed by a large contingent of battle-hardened guerrillas from Hezbollah, the militant Lebanese ...
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Future Astronauts Could Print Food
Astronauts on future missions to Mars may be able to dial up a pizza via a 3D printer. NASA announced it awarded a $125,000 grant to Systems & Materials Research Corporation’s Anjan Contractor, who has already designed the printer. The head of the printer will be fed with a combination of nutrients, water, oils and flavors, which can be sprayed, layer by layer to create three ...
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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