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UPDATE 4-Brazil to auction its biggest-ever oil find in October
Thu May 23, 2013 9:27pm EDT * Production-sharing auction to be 1st under 2010 law * Giant Libra area seen producing up to 12 bln barrels * Auction moved up 1 month to meet president's schedule By Jeb Blount RIO DE JANEIRO, May 23 (Reuters) - Brazil plans to sell the right to explore and develop its largest-ever oil discovery in October, auctioning an offshore petroleum prospect that is ...
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Ancient cave paintings found in northeastern Mexico
A detail from a copy of the more than 17,000 year old Swimming Stags Frieze from the famed cave paintings of Lascaux is seen during a media preview on March 19, 2013 in Chicago. (Mira Oberman/AFP/Getty ...
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Mexico drug war rebooted
It's the general's hour again in Mexico as the new president deploys troops in Michoacan, where gangsters are facing off against vigilante ...
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NOAA forecasts active or extremely active 2013 hurricane season
The National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration issued a forecast Thursday for an active or extremely active 2013 Atlantic hurricane season. NOAA's Climate Prediction Center, in its hurricane season outlook, forecast a 70 percent likelihood of 13 to 20 named storms (winds of 39 mph or higher) -- of which seven to 11 could become hurricanes (winds of 74 mph or higher), including ...
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El Salvador recognizes Palestinian state
El Salvador recognizes Palestinian state Palestine-El Salvador, Politics, 8/26/2011 El Salvador Thursday recognized Palestine as an independent and sovereign state, according to Palestinian officials. Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas thanked the president of El Salvador for the recognition, expressing hope that it will bolster bilateral relations. Foreign Minister Riyad Malki had ...
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Jodi Arias Jury Fails to Reach Decision on Death Penalty
An Arizona jury tasked with determining whether convicted killer Jodi Arias should be put to death for the brutal murder of an ex-boyfriend failed to reach a unanimous verdict on Thursday, and a judge ordered a retrial in the penalty phase. Arias, 32, was found guilty earlier this month in the murder of Travis Alexander, whose body was found slumped in the shower of his Phoenix-area home in ...
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Archaeologists Discover Several Thousand Ancient Cave Paintings In Mexico
Image Caption: Specialists of the NIAH located the cave paintings in the Sierra de San Carlos, Tamaulipas. Credit: Mexican National Institute of Anthropology ...
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Report calls for diversification in Latin American economic ties
/enpproperty--> China should diversify its economic relationship with Latin America and the Caribbean and drop its previous model of relying more on trade, according to a "yellow book" by the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences released on Thursday. Cooperation with the region would not only boost trade but also promote more investment and financial ties, said the Annual ...
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Lamela Earns Argentina Call-Up as Messi Understudy
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Latam gang of four scrap tariffs
Four of the fastest growing economies in Latin America agreed on Thursday to scrap most of the tariffs on trade between their countries. Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, the founder members of the Pacific Alliance trading bloc, said the deal would eliminate 90% of merchandise tariffs between the nations within months. They said the remaining 10% would go by the end of the decade. The four ...
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Fitch Revisa Calificaciones de Entidades Financieras Estatales de El Salvador
Lack of Stringent U.S. CMBS Underwriting Could Affect REITs Changes in the availability, pricing, and underwriting stringency of U.S. CMBS financing could affect REITs directly and indirectly, according to Fitch Ratings. In addition, a boom-or-bust cycle for CMBS loan performance would negatively affect REITs that regularly access the CMBS ...
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Brazil to open huge oil field to auction
View Photo Aerial view of Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on April 11, 2013. Brazil on Thursday said it will auction concessions to drill and explore an offshore oil field believed to hold up to 12 billion barrels of crude, the country's largest find. Libra, discovered in 2010, is within the vast Santos Basin, located some 180 kilometers off the coast of Rio de ...
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Market Update – Mexico giving ground after 42 move from the lows in June ’12
) - "Southern Texas" Weak. Why? Mexico has been in a deep swoon and has now broken the 200 day moving average support for the first time in over a ...
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5000 cave paintings discovered in Mexico
ARCHAEOLOGISTS have found nearly 5000 cave paintings made by hunter-gatherers in a northeastern Mexico mountain range where pre-Hispanic groups were not known to have existed. The yellow, red, white and black paintings depict humans, deers, lizards and centipedes, suggesting that the groups hunted, fished and gathered food, according to the National Anthropology and History Institute ...
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US Forecasters Predict Busy Atlantic Hurricane Season
The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said Thursday there is a 70 percent chance that 13 to 20 named storms will form in the Atlantic Ocean this season. It says as many as 11 of them could strengthen into hurricanes -- storms with winds of 119 kilometers per hour or higher. The forecasters say they cannot predict if any of those storms will strike land. NOAA says warmer than ...
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Forcast Above-Average Storm Activity Likely During 2013 Atlantic Hurricane Season
The 2013 Atlantic Hurricane season could be busier and deadlier than average, according to predictions released Thursday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration or NOAA. The six-month seasonal outlook for Atlantic storms will be above average says Jerry Bell, lead Atlantic hurricane forecaster with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. "The outlook is calling for 13 ...
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Brazilian police arrest 9 for abusing Indian girls
Brazil's Federal Police said on Thursday that nine people have been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing Indians girls in the northern state of ...
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Cuba´s Parliament President Visits UNESCO
Paris, May 23 (Prensa Latina) Cuba´s People´s National Assembly President Esteban Lazo made a visit to UNESCO headquarters, here today, where he was welcomed by acting general director Hans d''Orville. Different topics were discussed in a cordial environment at the meeting, including the United Nations reform process for Education, Science, and Culture, the financial ...
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Permanent Consultative Committee of CITEL Discussed Telecommunications Policy and Regulation in Buenos Aires
May 23, 2013 The Permanent Consultative Committee of the Inter-American Telecommunication Commission (CITEL) of the Organization of American States (OAS) today concluded its three-day meeting in Buenos Aires to discuss telecommunications policies and regulations. The 12th Meeting of the Permanent Consultative Committee I: Telecommunications/Technology brought together experts in ...
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Lawyer who defended former Italian militant Battisti appointed to Brazils Supreme Court
BRASILIA, Brazil - The lawyer who successfully defended former Italian militant Cesare Battisti against extradition has been named to Brazil's Supreme Court. President Dilma Rousseff appointed Luis Roberto Barroso to the high court on Thursday. Barroso represented Battisti in 2011 when the Supreme Court convened to decide whether to extradite him to Italy to be tried for four political ...
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Police in Brazil arrest 7 men 2 women on suspicion of sexually abusing indigenous girls
SAO PAULO - Brazil's Federal Police say nine people have been arrested on suspicion of sexually abusing Indians girls in the northern state of Amazonas. The force says two women and seven men in the city of Sao Gabriel da Cachoeira are in custody for the alleged sexual exploitation and abuse of Indian girls between the ages of 11 and 15. Federal police inspector Fabio Pessoa says ...
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Archaeologists in Mexico discover thousands of ancient cave paintings
Archaeologists are reporting the discovery of nearly 5,000 cave paintings at 11 different sites in Mexico, likely created by early hunter-gatherers. The red, white, black and yellow images discovered near Burgos in eastern central Mexico depict humans engaged in hunting, fishing and gathering, and animals such as deer, lizards and centipedes. The paintings are as yet undated but archaeologists ...
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Brazil drug traffickers fight back order curfew in Rio slums
- Drug traffickers in Rio de Janeiro ordered shops closed in one of its biggest slums early Thursday, defying efforts to restore order to the city's vast shantytowns and renewing safety concerns in Brazil as it prepares to host the World Cup and Olympics. Shops were shuttered and more than 5,400 children were turned away from school Thursday morning after traffickers, shouting from ...
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Syrias Civil War Fuels Violence in Iraq
Ominous ties are emerging between skyrocketing sectarian violence in Iraq and Syria's civil war. Analysts say al-Qaida-linked militants are flowing back and forth from both countries and are seeking to use religious differences to bring down the government, not only in Damascus, but also in Baghdad. Iraqis are witnessing the worst violence to rock their country in five years. Bombings ...
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Moore Oklahoma Holds First Funeral of Tornado Victim
Moore, Oklahoma held the first funeral for a victim of Monday's monster tornado -- a nine year-old girl killed when the storm tore apart her elementary ...
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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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