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Venezuela reports more H1N1 cases
A total of 1,538 cases of infection with influenza A (H1N1) virus were reported across Venezuela by June 8, the Ministry of Health said Wednesday.The latest number marked an increase of 430 cases from the last official report, issued on June 12.The cases mainly concentrated in Venezuela's coastal and western states and districts, with Merida state leading with 867 cases and followed by ...
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Protests continue despite Brazil backdown
A demonstrator with the Brazilian flag protests against the Confederation's Cup and the government of Brazil's President Dilma Rousseff in Brasilia ...
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Tropical storm Barry forms off Mexicos coast
Tropical storm Barry formed off Mexico's Gulf Coast on Wednesday, prompting Mexican authorities to ready hundreds of shelters. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said the Atlantic hurricane season's second tropical storm was drenching areas in its path with up to 25 centimetres of rain in some places, raising the threat of flash floods. In the late evening, Barry was about ...
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Brazil Protests Elite Troops Sent To Hot Spots
Brazilian protesters outraged over the costs of hosting next year's World Cup have clashed with police outside a football stadium, as the government deployed elite forces to contain the unrest. Violence erupted near the £155m Castelao stadium in the city of Fortaleza where the national side faced Mexico in the Confederations ...
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Mexico prepares for tropical storm
VERACRUZ, Mexico -- Tropical Storm Barry formed off Mexico's Gulf Coast on Wednesday, prompting Mexican authorities to ready hundreds of ...
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Japan Brazil to restart talks on nuclear deal stalled since Fukushima crisis
Edward Snowden, the fugitive former CIA employee and NSA contractor who leaked secrets about America’s spying operations, often hung out online with foreigners in Japan who shared his interests in anime, video games, martial arts, the stock market and the expat lifestyle. Snowden, who ...
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S. Sudan Uganda to Step up Border Road Patrols
JUBA, SOUTH SUDAN -- South Sudan and Uganda have agreed to step up security patrols on their common border and on the highway linking Juba to Kampala after a spate of attacks against motorists, officials said Wednesday. "They agreed to proceed to enforce the deployment of more security forces to provide security on the border areas," South Sudan police spokesman James Monday Enocka ...
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PST Neymars goal assist boost Brazil past Mexico
Bookends ofbrilliance from the Confederations Cup’s most talked-about player defined today’s first match in Brazil, with ...
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Nicaragua to drill first exploration oil well
US firm Noble Energy Inc. will begin drilling on Nicaragua's first exploration oil well in August under a government concession, the company announced Wednesday.The well is near the town of Puerto Cabezas, which is on the northern side of the Caribbean coast, Susan M. Cunningham, the company's Vice President, was quoted as saying by Nicaragua's state-run news website El 19 ...
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Gay and prouder in Cuba
HAVANA, Cuba - In this city’s leafy Central Park, young gay men mix freely with lesbians, transsexuals, and others whose sexuality would once have made them targets of harsh repression. On a recent afternoon in the park, an older gay Cuban, who gave his name as Jorge, marveled at how far Cuba has come since the days when gays were stigmatized and shipped to "re-education ...
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Brazil fare hikes rolled back in victory for protests
Brazil's two biggest cities rolled back transit fare hikes that had triggered massive protests as demonstrators clashed with police outside a Confederations Cup ...
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Marchers cross police line in Brazil
Brazilian law enforcement troops confront protesters ahead of the Confederations Cup soccer match between Brazil and Mexico outside the stadium of ...
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Protests leave few options for Brazil leader
SAO PAULO -- With huge protests by middle-class Brazilians demanding wholesale government reforms, people all over this continent-sized country have reached a verdict on the streets and online: "The giant has ...
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UPDATE 2-Storm Barry heads for Mexico Gulf coast oil installations
Wed Jun 19, 2013 11:08pm EDT MEXICO CITY, June 19 (Reuters) - Tropical Storm Barry, the second of the Atlantic hurricane season, strengthened as it churned toward Mexico on Wednesday, threatening to bring heavy rains to oil and power installations near the country's Gulf coast. The Minatitlan oil refinery of state oil monopoly Pemex and the Laguna Verde nuclear power plant, both in Veracruz ...
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Sports Briefing | Soccer Neymar Stars as Brazil Triumphs at Confederations Cup
Neymar struck with a stunning early volley for the second game in a row and brilliantly set up the second goal to give host Brazil a 2-0 win over Mexico in the Confederations Cup on Wednesday. Neymar met the ball at a difficult height after Mexico defender Francisco Rodriguez failed to properly clear a header and showed great technique to volley the ball left-footed past Jose Corona in the ninth ...
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Yau Yau Ready for Peace Talks Murle Delegation
United Nations troops protect civilians in Jonglei state, where David Yau Yau's rebels have finally called for peace talks with the South Sudanese ...
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US Scrambles to Salvage Afghan Peace Talks
Top U.S. diplomats scrambled Wednesday to salvage plans for preliminary peace talks with the Taliban, after Afghan President Hamid Karzai refused to participate in the U.S.-led talks in Qatar. Mr. Karzai, apparently irked by the opening of a Taliban political office in Doha, Qatar, also canceled negotiations with Washington on a troop pact governing U.S. presence in the country after NATO ...
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Brazil rolls back 9-cent bus fare hike
>Are you witnessing the protests in Brazil? Share your images and videos with CNN iReport. Sao Paulo, Brazil (CNN) -- After a chorus of cries for social justice echoed through the streets of Brazil for days, protesters called for a time out Wednesday. Despite the anticipated lull in street marches, the government will beef up security with the deployment of elite police officers and ...
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Parents need $50000 to take sick son to Argentina
FOR less than five cents each, the estimated 1.3 million people in Trinidad and Tobago could play a vital role in saving the life of a four-year-old boy.Jeremie Nanan is in need of $50,000 for medical tests to determine his chances of successful surgery that would not only save but improve his life drastically.Nanan was to visit Argentina, where he was scheduled to undergo two life-saving ...
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Voices from Brazils protests
Some comments by Brazilians participating in protests across South America's biggest country: ___ "I'm here because I depend on public transportation which is terrible. Public transportation should not be for profit. I'm here to say we need better buses and better service." -- Maira Zenon, graphic designer, 27, attending protest in Brasilia. ___ "We're out ...
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Brazils manufacturing confidence at lowest level since August
Confidence among Brazil's manufacturers dipped to the lowest level since August 2012, according to a report released Wednesday.Brazil's National Industry Confederation (CNI) said in the report that the manufacturing confidence dropped from 55.4 points in May to 54.8 points in June."The downward trend in confidence among manufacturers clearly shows the competitive difficulties ...
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10 injured in police-farmer clash in Colombia
At least 10 people were injured Wednesday in a clash between farmers and police officers in northeast Colombia, a local police official said.Five police officers were among the injured in the Ocana-Costa Atlantica Highway clash that began at 6 am local time (1100 GMT), said Col. Eliecer Camacho, commander of the police department of the northeast Norte de Santander state.Riot police were sent to ...
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Talks with US to resume postal service are satisfactory Cuba
The Cuban authorities said Wednesday that the talks with Washington on resuming direct postal service between the United States and the island country were "satisfactory."An official statement released here said the talks between Cuban and US postal officials held in Washington on Tuesday and Wednesday were "fruitful," but it held the service would probably be less than ...
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67 die from dengue in Paraguay
The dengue fever in Paraguay has caused 67 deaths so far this year, the country's press said Wednesday.According to reports in Asuncion, capital city of Paraguay, the Public Health Ministry said 47 of the victims were also suffering from other ailments, such as hypertension, diabetes, morbid obesity or heart problems.Several victims had risk factors, such as pregnancy or being younger than ...
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Venezuela plane missing since 2008 found
Venezuelan authorities announced Wednesday the undersea wreckage of a small plane that disappeared in 2008 with 14 people on board has been found.Foreign Ministry press chief Jorge Galindo said the wreckage of the missing plane was found six miles (nine kilometers) off Los Roques archipelago at a depth of around 3,000 feet (900 meters).According to the Twitter posted by Attorney General Luisa ...
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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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