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Barranquilla to celebrate accordion at festival
The accordion festival will be held by a local culturalfoundation and music school for future talents.This year’s festival is a tribute to Barranquilla born musiciansAnibal Velasquez and Alberto Pacheco Balmaceda, and the nearby-bornNafer Duran. The festival, which lasts throughout the weekend will kick off on Friday at 6PM. As part of the festival program it will be held accordion ...
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Ecuador Julian Assange One Year On
granted his application two months after he entered the building, and has remained there ever since. Thanks to diplomatic protection afforded by the embassy, he has avoided extradition to Sweden, where he faces questioning for allegations of sexual misconduct. In an interview with Reuter's he revealed that he would not leave the embassy even if Sweden dropped the charges against him for ...
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Brazil protests a love for soccer but not the pricetag
New soccer stadiums dotting Brazil have become iconic of the frustration on the streets: The government is investing billions in sports but not schools or ...
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British Supreme Court ruling threatens Western sanctions against Iran
By Clare Hutchison LONDON (Reuters) - Western government sanctions against Iran suffered a big setback on Wednesday when Britain's top court ruled that the government was wrong to have imposed sanctions on the biggest Iranian private bank ...
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Rights Group Prosecute Alleged Arms Dealer
A human rights group is calling on Sierra Leonean authorities to investigate a suspected arms dealer. U.N. investigators have alleged Ibrahim Bah supplied arms to rebels during Sierra Leone’s civil war. to De Capua report on Ibrahim Bah The civil war lasted 11 years, ending in 2002. During that time, RUF and AFRC rebels committed many atrocities, including murder, amputations, ...
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President Obama Delivers Berlin Speech
Flanked by Chancellor Angela Merkel and Berlin Mayor Klaus Wowereit, U.S. President Barack Obama waves at the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin June 19, ...
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Paris Exhibit Captures Mandelas Journey
PARIS -- The fragile health of former South African president Nelson Mandela has been making headlines in recent days. But a new exhibition in Paris takes a step back - looking at Mandela's evolution from political prisoner to one of the world's most beloved and respected politicians. Produced by the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg, the show kicks off a year of cultural events in ...
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Inmates Fight Fires Gain Skills for Life After Prison
LOS ANGELES -- The western state of California is known for wildfires that can quickly burn out of control, and this year the fire season has been extremely busy. Because of the fire risk, the state has some of the most experienced firefighters in the industry. It also enlists the help of prisoners to stop the fires. Every morning, a select group of inmates in orange jumpsuits heads to work ...
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Stock Markets Watch Bernanke
Top officials of the U.S. central bank are discussing how much and how soon to reduce their efforts to speed up economic growth. The chairman of the Federal Reserve will report their decisions Wednesday afternoon at 2:30 p.m. Ben Bernanke has previously said the bank will cut stimulus efforts if the unemployment situation improves further or inflation rises strongly. Stock markets have ...
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WikiLeaks Founder Completes Full Year in Ecuador Embassy
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange waves from a window with Ecuador's Foreign Affairs Minister Ricardo Patino (R) at Ecuador's embassy in central London June 16, ...
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Obama Silent on US Arms to Syrian Rebels
U.S. President Barack Obama says Syria's government has lost its legitimacy by killing tens of thousands of its citizens in a bloody civil war, but he refused to describe the type of military support Washington will provide rebel forces. Speaking at a news conference Wednesday in Berlin with German Chancellor Angela Merkel, Obama said reports the United States is heading into a new ...
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Southeast Asian Nations Partners to Discuss Regional Security
BANGKOK -- Foreign Ministers from the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and their dialogue partners are gathering in Brunei for a three-day meeting beginning June 29. The ASEAN meetings are expected to discuss a range of security and economic issues. Top diplomats representing the Association of Southeast Asian Nations, 16 Western and Asian countries, and the European Union will meet in ...
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Paris tackles rudeness to tourists with new manual
PARIS, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:29pm EDT PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - One of the world's most visited cities but also famous for its rudeness, Paris has embarked on a campaign to improve its reputation and better cater to the needs of tourists. Waiters, taxi drivers and sales staff in the French capital all too often come off as impolite, unhelpful and unable to speak foreign ...
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Pacific Potash CapitalAsia ink Brazil potash deal
Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:29pm EDT SAO PAULO, June 19 (Reuters) - CapitalAsia Investment on Wednesday signed an agreement to buy potash from Canadian junior miner Pacific Potash Corp's project in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, if it becomes commercially viable. Pacific Potash said in a statement it wants to build a mine in the region "as soon as possible," as Brazil's giant ...
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Paraguay Military Men Involved in Arms Munitions Trafficking
Asuncion, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Documents and information made public today involved the War Materials Directorate of the Armed Forces and military chiefs in a denounced arms and munitions trafficking event. The press spread copies of authorizations and purchase orders of war munitions and grenades issued by the aforementioned directorate to a private company that register an amount superior to ...
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FARC wants political reform and state restructuring in peace deal
Colombia ’s largest rebel group FARC, currently engaged in peace talks with the government, on Wednesday published ten points regarding their political participation. The proposals include a restructuring of the state and a decentralization of government ...
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NYSE partner ATG file for approval to create Brazil exchange
Wed Jun 19, 2013 12:06pm EDT * Company expects new bourse to start operating next year * DirectEdge unveiled similar projects a year ago * Shares of sole Brazil exchange BM&FBovespa sink 3.5 pct SAO PAULO, June 19 (Reuters) - NYSE Euronext and Americas Trading Group are seeking Brazilian regulatory approval to open a new stock exchange, and the venture's officers said on Wednesday they ...
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Comparison of mass protests in Brazil and Turkey
Large-scale protests have engulfed Turkey and Brazil, which are thousands of miles apart, but share some traits such as being new democracies with a growing middle class. Here's a look at the protests in both countries, highlighting the similarities and differences in how they started and ...
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Japan looking for Italian tonic after poor display against Brazil
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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Report Okla. teen vanishes while hiking in South America
CBS affiliate KWTV, authorities in South America believe the teen may have been kidnapped. U.S. officials with the American Embassy in Ecuador told the station that they are monitoring the situation closely. In a phone interview, Chris Reiger told the station that an extensive search is underway. He said the family was hiking on a mountain near their resort hotel when August walked ahead of the ...
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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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Brazil Sends Federal Police to Suppress Protests
In Brazil's most populous city, Sao Paulo, 50,000 people massed at the main cathedral. While mostly peaceful, the demonstration followed protests that drew 250,00 people across the country Tuesday, with small bands of radicals splitting off to fight with police and break into stores. The Justice Ministry says the National Force special police will be sent to five of the six cities ...
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Report Global Warming Could Reverse Development
NEW DELHI -- Present warming trends could roll back decades of development and exacerbate poverty in some of the world’s poorest regions in South Asia, South East Asia and Sub-Saharan Africa, according to a new World Bank study, which calls for urgent action to reverse global warming because the window for action is narrowing rapidly. From declining food production to water shortages, ...
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China North Korea Willing to Resume 6-Party Nuclear Talks
China says a North Korean official has expressed a willingness to return to long-stalled six-party talks on dismantling his nation's nuclear weapons program. The Chinese Foreign Ministry said top North Korean nuclear negotiator Kim Kye Gwan made the comment Wednesday in a meeting with Chinese vice foreign minister Zhang Yesui in Beijing. In an article posted on its website, the ...
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Brazils National Force to be deployed amid protests
Troops from Brazil's specialist police force have been deployed to five states, the ministry of justice announced, as another night of protests took place across the ...
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Chemical castration in Argentina for rapists?
Chemical castration of rapists seems a good way to prevent them from re-offending. But, if the 'treatment' is reversible by simply not taking the medicine anymore, and if taking the treatment get the rapist a light sentence, is it fair that the victim still has to carry his child if he makes her pregnant in the attack?
It was announced by officials in Argentina’s Mendoza province on the 21st of March, 2010, that chemical castration has been authorized for rapists convicted in the province. The move came after what the authorities called, a “significant rise” in the number of sexual assaults last year. Read more
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