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Honduran gangs to announce truce to cut violence
Monsignor Romulo Emiliani says the gangs will apologize to the public and ask for dialogue with the government and police to start changing from their gang ...
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REUTERS SUMMIT-Banco de Bogota sees new players in Colombia eyes Peru
Fri May 24, 2013 6:40pm EDT * Bank eyes growth in consumer, mortgage sectors * Looking at regional opportunities, sees competition * Banking investments pouring into Colombia By Helen Murphy and Nelson Bocanegra BOGOTA, May 24 (Reuters) - Colombia will remain a hot spot for foreign banks in the coming years as low credit penetration provides ample room for growth, the head of its second-biggest ...
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Expert US Foreign Policy in Retreat
A former senior advisor to the late Richard Holbrooke, who served as U.S. special envoy to Afghanistan and Pakistan, says when it comes to foreign policy, the U.S. is in "retreat." Vali Nasr, who is now dean of Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS), said the Obama administration has concluded that the best way forward for the United States ...
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British Security Services Scrutinized After Soldiers Murder
A police officer guards a block of flats in Greenwich following a raid in connection with the killing of a British soldier in nearby Woolwich, southeast London, May 23, ...
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Puerto Rico approves anti-discrimination bill
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -; Legislators in Puerto Rico on Friday approved a heavily debated bill that outlaws employment discrimination based on gender or sexual ...
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Bolivia Describes as Failure DEA Anti Drug Fight in LatAm
La Paz, May 24 (Prensa Latina) Bolivian government described today as a failure the anti-drug fight of the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) in Latin America. In a press conference, the minister of the government, Juan Ramon Quintana, accused that organization of being responsible for thousands of fatalities, and the increase of money laundering and weapon sales in the region. He said that ...
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President Correa Took Oath in Ecuador
Quito, May 24 (Prensa Latina) The president of Ecuador, Rafael Correa, swore today his new mandate ending in 2017, before the president of the National Assembly, Gabriela Rivadeneira. Correa, from Alianza Pais Movement, reached the presidency again, after being reelected with 57 percent of the vote. For the new period, the Correa government aims to consolidate and expand the achievements of the ...
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Colombia - In Colombia criminal gangs pose new press threat
As political turmoil continues between Islamists and secularists in Bangladesh, the climate for press freedom is rapidly deteriorating. The tensions stem from an ongoing war crimes tribunal tasked with prosecuting genocide, crimes against humanity, and other crimes dating back to the 1971 war of ...
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Guyana to crack down on female trafficking in rural mining camps
GEORGETOWN, Guyana - Guyana is establishing a task force to help eradicate trafficking of underage girls in mining camps in the South American country's interior. National Security Minister Clement Rohee said Friday that the government has identified 14 locations that it will target in upcoming weeks. The announcement comes after opposition leaders demanded an official probe into ...
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How a toilet paper shortage may temper Chavismo in Venezuela
People wait in line as they buy toilet paper in a super market in Caracas May 17. Supplies of food and other basic products have been patchy in recent months, with long queues forming at supermarkets and rushes occurring when there is news of a new stock arrival. The situation has spawned jokes among Venezuelans, particularly over the lack of toilet ...
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UPDATE 1-Schlumberger extends Venezuelas PDVSA $1 bln credit line
Fri May 24, 2013 5:16pm EDT By Deisy Buitrago MORICHAL, Venezuela May 24 (Reuters) - Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA will receive a revolving credit line of at least $1 billion from oil services giant Schlumberger, the OPEC nation's oil minister said on Friday. The deal will provide some financial breathing room for PDVSA, which as of last year had built up $16.5 billion in debts to ...
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UNHCR Keep Borders Open to Fleeing Syrians
GENEVA -- The United Nations refugee agency is appealing to nations to keep borders open to refugees fleeing worsening violence in Syria. With Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey and Iraq already hosting more than 1.5 million Syrian refugees, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) warns the number is expected to grow as the conflict intensifies. Responding to reports that Syrians ...
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Putting Slurplus Food to Good Use
With world headlines warning of increasing drought and a hunger crisis and almost 15 percent of U.S. households struggling to put food on the table, a religious group in the shadow of the nation's capital is quietly putting surplus food on empty tables. Every Monday, about 150 people line up in the parking lot of Christian Life Center in Prince George’s County, Maryland. Joan ...
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Valdez Back in Big Uruguay Squad for Busy June Calendar
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IMF chief named key witness in French payoff case
International Monetary Fund chief Christine Lagarde arrives for a second day of the court hearing at a special court house, in Paris, Friday, May 24, 2013. Lagarde faced questioning at a special Paris court Friday over her role in the 400 million euro ($520 million) pay-off to a controversial businessman when she was France's finance minister. (AP Photo/Thibault ...
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ELN Greets Peace Forum for Colombia in Porto Alegre
Bogota, May 24 (Prensa Latina) The leader of the Ejercito de Liberacin Nacional (ELN)guerilla, Nicolas Rodriguez, reiterated his willingness to engage in dialogue with the Colombian government while greeting the peace forum in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre. The meeting, inaugurated today in the Legislative Assembly of Rio Grande do Sul in support of talks between the Government and the ...
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Ecuador President Outlines Plans During Inauguration Ceremony
Ecuador president Rafael Correa. (Photo: Cortesia Andes) During his inauguration ceremony, Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa outlined a number of policies the Alianza Pas (AP) government plans to implement during his second term in ...
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Pope Meets With President Rafael Correa of Ecuador
Centrality of Social Justice Among Topics DiscussedVATICAN CITY, April 19, 2013 (Zenit.org) - This morning, Pope Francis received Rafael Correa Delgado, president of the Republic of Ecuador, in audience at the Vatican Apostolic Palace. Shortly after, President Correa met with Archbishop Dominique Mamberti, secretary for Relations with States.The talks, which according to a Vatican communique ...
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Nepal’s Tibetan Refugees Struggle Under China’s Shadow
KATHMANDU -- Tibetan refugees in Nepal say they face increasing restrictions from Nepalese authorities due to pressure from China. VOA correspondent Aru Pande talks to Tibetans who, for decades, have made the Himalayan country their home. Dolma Lama learned to weave Tibetan carpets from her mother - who fled Tibet and settled in Kathmandu after a failed Tibetan uprising against Chinese ...
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Ecuador’s Satellite Involved in Space Fender Bender
Our Geo Quiz comes from space on Friday. We’re looking for the name of satellite from Ecuador. Their satellite — their only satellite — has been involved in what you might call a fender bender. Russian officials say it may have been a collision with a piece of orbiting space junk from their space activities. The satellite is a nanno-satellite, a tiny computer with solar ...
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Medina off to Ecuador to attend Correa’s inaugural
Santo Domingo.- President Danilo Medina and a small delegation departed 5am Friday aboard a private flight from Higero international Airport to Quito, Ecuador, to attend Rafael Correa's inaugural. He was accompanied by the ministers of the Presidency, Gustavo Montalvo, administrative, Jos Ramn Peralta, of Tourism, Francisco Javier Garcia, of Culture Jos Antonio Rodriguez and the deputy ...
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Buenos Aires Province Teachers Announce 48-Hour Strike
SUTEBA protest (photo: Suteba) After another meeting with the provincial government failed, the Federation of Educators of Buenos Aires (FEB) confirmed yesterday a 48-hour strike for Monday and Tuesday. They will be once again demanding higher wages in their sector. The head of FEB, Mirta Petrocini said that ';today [for yesterday] the provincial government was callous to the teachers ...
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Colombia ‘False Positive’ Killings Still Ongoing According To Report
Colombian Defence Minister Rodrigo Rivera and Police chief. (Photo: Globovision) The Centre for Popular Research and Education (Cinep) in Bogot has reported that during 2012 there were 11 separate cases of extrajudicial executions in Colombia, suggesting that executions known as ‘false positives’ are still ongoing. A further eight cases of arbitrary detention have also been ...
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Brazil patient dies in ambulance fall
AN elderly Brazilian man suffering from Alzheimer's disease has fallen from an ambulance and died. Joao Pinheiro health department head Graciele Gomes da Silva says 82-year-old Luis Jose Lima apparently opened the ambulance's back door, fell to the highway and was hit by an oncoming car that left the scene. Silva says only after the ambulance continued for 10 kilometres did the driver ...
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Motion Filtering Ability Correlated to High IQ
Researchers at the University of Rochester in New York state say they can predict a person’s intelligence quotient, or IQ, using some simple visual tests. Test subjects were asked to watch brief video clips of black and white bars moving across a computer screen within three different sized circles. They were asked to identify in which direction the bars drifted. The exercise ...
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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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