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Poor Countries Lack Modern Contraception
A new study says little is being done to meet the growing demand for modern contraception methods in poor countries. The Guttmacher Institute says there’s an increasing desire for smaller families. Guttmacher says between 2003 and 2012 the number of women wanting to avoid pregnancy – and in need of modern contraception – rose from 716 million to 867 million. The sharpest ...
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Magnitude 6.8 earthquake off Chile
A MAGNITUDE 6.8 earthquake struck off the coast of Chile on Monday, the US Geological Survey said, with no immediate tsunami warning issued. The quake occurred at 0949 GMT (1949 AEST) at the shallow depth of 10 kilometres and the epicentre was 1,538 kilometres south-southwest of the capital ...
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GDP growth in 1Q13 tops expectations in Mexico
GDP growth in Mexico in the first quarter came out above our expectations, but still registered a 2.2% YoY growth rate, the lowest since 2009. Meanwhile, in Colombia, March manufacturing and retail numbers produced a mixed picture, although we expect a decisive recovery in April. Today all eyes will be on 1Q13 growth in Chile, expected to show a slowdown in domestic ...
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Early Spring 2013 Ushers in Yoga Retreats To Maui Bali and El Salvador
The Travel Yogi, specialist in international yoga retreats and yoga adventures, announces late winter/early spring yoga programs in Bali, Maui and El Salvador. "We are gearing up for a banner 2013 season," says Jennifer Hoodevik, founder and director. "We are riding the wave of an industry experiencing tremendous growth and we are responding." According to July 2012 ...
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Argentine president to visit Brazil
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will meet on Friday her Argentine counterpart Cristina Kirchner for talks on enhanced bilateral cooperation, Brazilian authorities said Wednesday.The Brazil-Argentina Business Council created during Rousseff's visit to Argentina on Jan. 31 will meet for the first time in Brasilia on Friday, a statement released Wednesday by the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, ...
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Latin American Nations are on the Upswing and Moving Forward
Behind the curtains of the European Crisis, the U.S. sluggish economic recovery, and the geopolitical battles in the Middle East and North Korea, Latin America has quietly displayed economic resiliency and growth in the last few years. Some have dubbed this the "Latin American Decade." Yet, if it is truly to be the long awaited Latin American golden era certain challenges must be ...
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Car Bombs Kills 31 in Iraq
Car bombs have exploded in mainly Shi'ite sections of Iraq's capital, and in the southern city of Basra, killing at least 31 people and wounding dozens ...
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Suicide Bomber Kills 11 in Afghanistan
Afghan officials say a suicide bomber has struck outside government buildings in northern Afghanistan, killing at least 11 people, including a local senior politician. Police said Monday's blast outside the Baghlan provincial council building killed the head of the provincial council, Rasoul Mohseni. Some of his bodyguards were among those killed or the several people wounded. The ...
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14 Dead 14 Missing in Indonesia Mine Collapse
Rescue workers in a remote region of West Papua, in eastern Indonesia, have recovered five more bodies from a collapsed tunnel in a gold and copper mine, bringing the death toll to 14, with 14 others still missing and feared ...
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Cartel towns pose challenge for immigration reform
The political debate over immigration focuses on jobs and border security, but the wounds of broken bonds are inescapable in cities like El Paso, ...
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International Fund for Animal Welfare Penguin Stranding Mystery in Brazil Prompts Rescue Attempt
Penguin Stranding Mystery in Brazil Prompts Rescue Attempt YARMOUTH PORT - August 7 - More than 1000 juvenile Magellanic penguins have washed-up either dead or dying along the Brazilian coast and as far north as Natal in Rio Grande do Norte, 3000 km north of Sao Paulo. IFAW (International Fund for Animal ...
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RFK Center Releases Documents Outlining US Actions to Block Life-saving Funds to Haiti
RFK Memorial Center for Human Rights and 2002 RFK Award recipient, Loune Viaud of Zamni Lasante, release U.S. Department of Treasury documents revealing that the U.S. and the Inter-American Development Bank deliberately obstructed $146 million in approved IDB financing. WASHINGTON - August 4 - The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights and Zamni Lasante released internal U.S. ...
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Sandy kills 6 in Haiti 11 in Cuba causes losses in Dominican Republic
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Hurricane Sandy on Thursday claimed 6 lives in Haiti and 11 lives in Cuba, in addition to causing material losses in the Dominican Republic and Cuba, according to the reports. The category 2 hurricane on the five-rung Saffir-Simpson scale killed six people in Haiti's southern and southwestern regions, where torrential rains caused rivers to overflow, ...
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Fidel Castro votes in Cuba municipal elections
Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Sunday exercised his right to vote in the election of delegates to the People's Power municipal assemblies. Fidel Castro cast his ballot in the electrol district 13 in downtown Havana, where he has voted since 1976. Some 341 people voted in the polling station. Over 8.5 million eligible Cubans out of the 11.2-million population are expected to ...
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Cuba to hold partial elections electoral authorities
Cuba is ready to elect the delegates of municipal assemblies on Sunday, the National Electoral Commission chief said Friday. Speaking to Cuba's official television, Alina Balseiro said all the necessary measures were taken to guarantee the success of the electoral process. "We call on all of our people to participate in the elections and the election officials to perform their duties ...
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Argentina warns to bring Ghanas warship seizure to UN
Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman warned Friday that his country would resort to the UN if necessary over Ghana's seizure of its frigate. Ghana's seizure of Argentine warship Libertad is "illegal," because "the warship has immunity established in several international conventions signed by the Republic of Ghana," Timerman said at a press conference. ...
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Mexico to exhume parents of killed drug cartel boss
Sina English Mexican authorities are set to exhume remains of the parents of drug cartel "Zetas" leader Heriberto Lazcano, killed in a shootout with police, for the purpose of DNA testing. The authorities were forced to resort to this since after his death Lazcano's body was stolen by unknown perpetrators. This leaves law enforcement bodies still unable to confirm that the ...
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At least 17 missing in Peru landslide
At least 17 people went missing early on Wednesday after a mudslide slammed into a peruvian village, civil defense officials said. The landslide occurred in El Porvenir, a village in the northern department of San Martin in the Amazonian region which was triggered by heavy rains Jorge Rios, chief of the Civil Defense Office of San Martin' s Regional Government (GRSM), said that rescuers ...
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Chilean president copper giant Codelco to remain state-owned
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said Thursday the country's copper giant Codelco will remain state-owned in a bid to ease fears that the company will be privatized.Codelco, the world's largest copper-producing company, "belongs to all Chileans," and any attempt to privatize it was to be ruled out, Pinera said.The president's declaration came after rumors that the ...
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Mexico Guatemala collaborate to strengthen border security
Mexican President Felipe Calderon (L) and his Guatemalan counterpart Alvaro Colom arrive at a joint press conference at the official residence Los Pinos, in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on July 27, 2011. (Xinhua/David de la ...
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Chinese Premier Visits India to Discuss Borders Trade
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his visiting Chinese counterpart are discussing trade, regional stability, and a longstanding border dispute as Premier Li Keqiang wraps up his first foreign trip since taking ...
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Uruguay satisfied with the latest cruise season but there could be difficulties ahead
The Uruguayan 2012/13 cruise season experienced a 10% increase in the number of calls to the ports of Montevideo and Punta del Este totalling 240 and approximately 400.000 visitors between passengers and crew ...
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South Africa Squad Named for Brazil 2014 Qualifiers
Bafana Bafana coach Gordon Igesund announced a 25-man squad to play in next month's 2014 Fifa World Cup qualifiers against the Central African Republic (CAR) and Ethiopia on Friday. The first of the two World Cup qualifiers against CAR in Yaounde, Cameroon will be played on Saturday, 8 June, at Stade Ahmadou Ahidjo, with the second match against Ethiopia, taking place in Addis Ababa, set ...
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Mexicos most active volcano continues to emit smoke rocks
Mexico's most active volcano Popocatepetl Sunday registered 24 low-intensity eruptions and glowing rocks were seen on the rim of the crater, official sources said. The National Disaster Prevention Center (Cenapred) said on its website that the volcano, located to the south of Mexico City, caused a series of strong tremors starting from 2:37 am local time (0837 GMT) until almost 7 am (1300 ...
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Hurricane Paul weakens off northwest Mexico
Hurricane Paul weakened on its way toward northwest Mexico, but still posed a risk to seafaring vessels, weather services said Tuesday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Paul, currently a category 2 storm, was about 210 km from coast of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur with the decreasing wind speed of 175 km per hour (kph) and moving north-northeast at 32 kph. ...
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Car manufacturing looking up for Buenos Aires
The financial crisis has been hard on Buenos Aires, but recent announcements by Ford and VW seem to herald a change in the city’s fortunes.
The financial crisis has hit cities and countries hard around the world, Buenos Aires and Argentina included. Unemployment is up by record amounts, the government, like governments across the globe, is struggling to contain a budget deficit, and international trade, on which the country so heavily relies, is down by double-digit amounts. Read more
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