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Spy agencies threaten Latin America’s sovereignty - Assange
US: The founder of the whistle blower website WikiLeaks says the US spy agencies pose a threat to the sovereignty of Latin American nations as the countries depend on US-based telecommunication technologies. Julian Assange said speaking via videoconference at ...
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More Americans murdered in Mexico than any other country in the world
More Americans have been murdered in Mexico than in any other part of the world in the past decade. According to an Agence France Press analysis of U.S. State Department figures, at least 648 American citizens were murdered in Mexico between October 2002 and December 2012. This represents more than 40 percent of the almost 1,600 American victims worldwide over the same period. Three of the top ...
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See giant leatherback turtles rebound in the Caribbean
In this May 2, 2013 photo, a tourist takes photographs of a leatherback turtle as it heads to the ocean after burying her eggs in the sand at daybreak on a narrow strip of beach in Grande Riviere, Trinidad. Officials with the U.S.-based Sea Turtle Conservancy say Trinidad is now likely the world s leading tourist destination for people to see leatherbacks. (AP Photo/David ...
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Stephen Harper escapes to South America amid Senate controversy
More allegations of questionable accounting from Duffy as critics step up attack OTTAWA -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper darts off to South America Tuesday as his party and office attempt to put a lid on an explosive Senate firestorm at home. Harper will dodge the direct ire of opposition parties this week, which will demand answers after his chief of staff Nigel Wright resigned and Senators ...
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US Sees Climate of Intolerance on Global Religious Freedom
The United States said the right to global religious freedom was challenged last year, with governments often creating a "climate of intolerance" leading to hatred and violence. In an annual report, the State Department said Monday government officials worldwide are often allowed to act with impunity while violating the religious rights of their countrymen. It said there often is ...
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Ugandan Police Shut Down Newspaper Offices
NAIROBI -- Police in Uganda's capital have closed down the offices of the Daily Monitor. According to the Daily Monitor's senior correspondent, police have declared the premises of their publication a crime scene and are doing a thorough search of the building. Earlier this month, the Daily Monitor published a series of stories about Uganda's coordinator of intelligence ...
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Russian Billionaire Lebedev Pleads Not Guilty in Court
MOSCOW -- Russian billionaire Alexander Lebedev has pleaded not guilty to charges of hooliganism motivated by political hatred. Lebedev says that he is being targeted by Russian President Vladimir Putin because Putin believes he is funding the opposition. Alexander Lebedev, co-owner of Novaya Gazeta, Russia's leading opposition newspaper, went on trial Monday in a Moscow court. Lebedev ...
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Indias Weak Congress Ponders Early Elections
NEW DELHI -- India's Congress party is debating holding a general election in November, six months ahead of schedule, senior party leaders said, reflecting an internal discussion over whether to pull the plug on the shaky ruling coalition or have it serve a full term. Officially, the Congress party says the government - which has been battered by a series of corruption scandals and now ...
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Deadly Tornadoes Tear Through US Midwest
Zach Champion walks through the rubble of his mobile home looking for his belongings, in the Steelman Estates Mobile Home Park, destroyed in Sunday's tornado, near Shawnee, Oklahoma, May 20, ...
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Bolivia and US Discuss Procedure for Exit of USAID
La Paz, May 20 (Prensa Latina) The government of Bolivia and the US Embassy in this South American country will define the procedure for the exit of the US Agency for International Development (Usaid)from Bolivia. That agency was expelled from Bolivia after accusations of conspiracy against the Bolivian government. Bolivian Presidency Minister Juan Ramon Quintana said this diplomatic mission of ...
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Life In Argentinas Little School Prison Camp
During Argentina's so-called Dirty War, thousands were abducted and taken to secret prisons like a place known as "the little school," where many were tortured and killed. Guest host Jennifer Ludden talks to a former prisoner, Alicia Partnoy, about her disappearance and her time ...
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Argentina Takes EU Biodiesel Policy to WTO
has requested World Trade Organization consultations with the European Union regarding measures imposed by the EU and its member states that affect the importation and marketing of biodiesel, as well as measures supporting the biodiesel industry.Argentina is specifically referring to measures applied by the EU for the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and the introduction of ...
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Sony Entertainment Network Offering Music Unlimited Service In Brazil
Sony Network Entertainment International announced that Music Unlimited, the company's cloud-based digital music subscription service, is now live in Brazil. According to a release, the Music Unlimited service offers on- demand access to a global catalog of over 20 million licensed tracks from all major and many leading independent labels across an array of devices including PlayStation3 ...
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HandM considering production in South America and Africa CEO
STOCKHOLM--Swedish fashion giant H&M is considering starting production in South America and Africa, chief executive Karl-Johan Persson told the Financial Times in an interview published on ...
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Vancouver man murdered in targeted Costa Rican hit says private investigator
Vancouver father Brad Deering, 42, and three others were inside his gated community home in San Jose in Costa Rica on Thursday morning, when three men stormed the house, shot and killed Deering and tied up the others. A local private investigator believes the killing was a targeted hit. The PI believes Deering was selling ...
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Man in Puerto Rico arrested by FBI after sending Twitter threat
A man has been arrested in Puerto Rico for a Twitter post that threatened a gay activist and made a reference to the Boston Marathon bombing, the FBI said ...
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Colombia enters into game of attracting Hollywood business
Colombia is the latest country to vie for production work. Hollywood may migrate south for a while while Colombia becomes the next country to bid for Hollywood production by offering incentives for filming. According to a report by Variety, a new law in the country will allow foreign shoots for film and TV investing over $500,000 in the Colombia's economy can receive cash rebates of up to 40 ...
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To tackle corruption Guyana launches website asking citizens to report bribery allegations
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - In a bid to reduce public corruption, Guyana is inviting citizens to use the Internet to report graft and bribery. Demand for bribes is widespread in Guyana. Police officers are chronically accused of shaking down motorists. Customs officers are also regularly accused of demanding cash for allowing imported goods to be released. Security Minister Clement Rohee says ...
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Russia Two Militants Planning Terror Attack Killed Near Moscow
Russian officials said Monday that security forces killed two suspected militants and detained another, in a special operation near Moscow that thwarted a terrorist attack on the ...
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Coffee May Protect Against Liver Disease
Coffee lovers have another reason to rejoice as a new study claims that regular consumption of the popular beverage can reduce the risk of a rare but serious liver disease. According ...
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Canadian and American believed kidnapped in Mexico report
Mexican media are reporting that a Canadian and an American have gone missing from the resort city of Puerto Vallarta.The online newspaper Noticias PV says Diego Hernandez, a Canadian martial arts instructor, and his friend Craig Silva vanished on May 8.The paper says Puerto Vallarta's director of public safety, Silvestre Chavez, didn't learn of the men's disappearance until five ...
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Bolivia Social Movements Take to Streets Rejecting Union Strike
La Paz, May 20 (Prensa Latina) Unions and social organizations took the streets today to reject the strike that has kept the country on standby for 15 days. Workers, mainly peasants, women and Aymara alternative groups responded to a call by President Evo Morales last week, when he called for "defending democracy and the change process" as a response to what he considered an attempted ...
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More than 100 Journalists Attacked in Colombia in 2012
Bogota, May 20 (PL) Attacks on journalists in Colombia reached a total of 158 in 2012, the highest figure in the last four years, according to data released by the Foundation for Press Freedom. So far this year, eight reporters have been threatened in the northern department of Valledupar. In addition, the journalist for Week magazine, Ricardo Alarcon, who is investigating the irregularities in ...
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Mexican stocks sink 2 pct trading at 6-month low
MEXICO CITY | Mon May 20, 2013 1:54pm EDT MEXICO CITY May 20 (Reuters) - Mexican stocks slumped on Monday to a six month low, hit by concerns that local stocks were too expensive after weaker than expected growth data on Friday dampened the economic outlook for 2013. The IPC stock index sank more than 2 percent to 40,934 points, a low not seen since November ...
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UPDATE 1-REUTERS SUMMIT-Banco de Chile sees slower loan demand
Mon May 20, 2013 1:49pm EDT * Massive Chile mining, energy projects have faced setbacks * Availability of consumer loans more restrictive * Total banking system loans to grow 9-10 pct this year (Adds comments on focus in Chile) By Anthony Esposito and Felipe Iturrieta SANTIAGO, May 20 (Reuters) - Banco de Chile, the country's leading lender, is tempering its enthusiasm for the small, ...
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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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