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Ex-USC professor on FBI most-wanted list captured in Mexico
A former University of Southern California professor on the FBI's most-wanted list for alleged sex crimes involving children was caught in Mexico, the FBI said. Bill Lewis, FBI assistant director in charge, said 64-year-old Walter Lee Williams was arrested Tuesday by Mexican authorities, The Los Angeles Times reported. The FBI said authorities have identified at least 10 of the alleged ...
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Peru earthquake rattles Lima
A moderate earthquake shook the capital of Peru Tuesday, the second temblor in as many days. The quake struck at 1:40 p.m. local time, with its center about 20 miles south of the capital, Lima. It registered 5.1 on the Richter ...
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Midwest rains cause Gulf of Mexico problems
U.S. scientists said heavy spring rains in the Midwest could lead to one of the largest so-called dead zones in the Gulf of Mexico this year. ...
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Chilean president copper giant Codelco to remain state-owned
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said Thursday the country's copper giant Codelco will remain state-owned in a bid to ease fears that the company will be privatized.Codelco, the world's largest copper-producing company, "belongs to all Chileans," and any attempt to privatize it was to be ruled out, Pinera said.The president's declaration came after rumors that the ...
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Sandy kills 6 in Haiti 11 in Cuba causes losses in Dominican Republic
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Hurricane Sandy on Thursday claimed 6 lives in Haiti and 11 lives in Cuba, in addition to causing material losses in the Dominican Republic and Cuba, according to the reports. The category 2 hurricane on the five-rung Saffir-Simpson scale killed six people in Haiti's southern and southwestern regions, where torrential rains caused rivers to overflow, ...
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Fidel Castro votes in Cuba municipal elections
Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Sunday exercised his right to vote in the election of delegates to the People's Power municipal assemblies. Fidel Castro cast his ballot in the electrol district 13 in downtown Havana, where he has voted since 1976. Some 341 people voted in the polling station. Over 8.5 million eligible Cubans out of the 11.2-million population are expected to ...
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Cuba to hold partial elections electoral authorities
Cuba is ready to elect the delegates of municipal assemblies on Sunday, the National Electoral Commission chief said Friday. Speaking to Cuba's official television, Alina Balseiro said all the necessary measures were taken to guarantee the success of the electoral process. "We call on all of our people to participate in the elections and the election officials to perform their duties ...
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Argentina warns to bring Ghanas warship seizure to UN
Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman warned Friday that his country would resort to the UN if necessary over Ghana's seizure of its frigate. Ghana's seizure of Argentine warship Libertad is "illegal," because "the warship has immunity established in several international conventions signed by the Republic of Ghana," Timerman said at a press conference. ...
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Mexico to exhume parents of killed drug cartel boss
Sina English Mexican authorities are set to exhume remains of the parents of drug cartel "Zetas" leader Heriberto Lazcano, killed in a shootout with police, for the purpose of DNA testing. The authorities were forced to resort to this since after his death Lazcano's body was stolen by unknown perpetrators. This leaves law enforcement bodies still unable to confirm that the ...
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At least 17 missing in Peru landslide
At least 17 people went missing early on Wednesday after a mudslide slammed into a peruvian village, civil defense officials said. The landslide occurred in El Porvenir, a village in the northern department of San Martin in the Amazonian region which was triggered by heavy rains Jorge Rios, chief of the Civil Defense Office of San Martin' s Regional Government (GRSM), said that rescuers ...
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Mexico Guatemala collaborate to strengthen border security
Mexican President Felipe Calderon (L) and his Guatemalan counterpart Alvaro Colom arrive at a joint press conference at the official residence Los Pinos, in Mexico City, capital of Mexico, on July 27, 2011. (Xinhua/David de la ...
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Brazil to deploy special police for soccer
Brazil will deploy a special police force to help provide security for the Confederations Cup tournament following mass protests against government spending, the state news agency says.Officers belonging to the National Force, a branch of the federal police deployed in cases of social unrest, will be sent to five of the six cities where the tournament is being played, Agencia Brasil reported on ...
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Mexico to launch Centenario satellite by mid-2014
Mexico plans to launch a new satellite designed to provide communications services to unserved rural and remote areas in the first half of 2014, BNamericas reports. It is understood that the satellite, which will be known as 'Centenario', is being constructed by Boeing and will operate using the L band (1500MHz-1600MHz) with a lifespan of 15 years. Centenario will have two control ...
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Brazils perfect 10 surf pioneer
>CNN's Human to Hero series celebrates inspiration and achievement in sport. Click here for show times, videos and features.(CNN) -- She's a perfect 10; the surfer that other professionals will drag themselves out of the water to watch. But it is the satisfaction of being able to help her family that ranks as Silvana Lima's proudest achievement. The diminutive Brazilian, twice a runner-up on ...
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Chile - Chile urged to enact new media laws
recommendations on Chile to the UN Human Rights Council, which is due to discuss the country during the 18th Universal Periodic Review in January and February 2014, shortly after the November presidential election. This process consists of a review of human rights achievements by UN member countries and, if necessary, a reminder of their responsibilities in this area.Reporters Without Borders ...
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Canadian troops expected to be deployed to Haiti for peacekeeping
A Canadian soldier carries supplies as troops arrive at a temporary medical centre in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Saturday January 16, 2010. A handful of Canadian troops are about to take part in peacekeeping operation in Haiti under the command of Brazilian forces, in a long-delayed mission that has been kept inexplicably low on the political radar. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian ...
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Driver charged in death of soccer fan dribbling to Brazil
By Lauren Gambino, Associated Press The driver Oregon police say fatally struck a man trying to dribble a soccer ball 10,000 miles from Seattle to Brazil for the World Cup has been arrested. Scott Van Hiatt, of Neskowin, Ore., was arrested Monday on a charge of criminally negligent homicide, said Lincoln City Police Chief Keith Kilian. Richard Swanson, of Seattle, planned to dribble the ball for ...
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Latin America and the Caribbean Could Cover All Their Electricity Needs Using Renewable Resources IDB Report
Though Latin America uses more renewable energy than any other region in the world, it faces difficult choices as it seeks to generate the electricityit needs to grow without harming the environment, said IDB President Luis Alberto ...
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Colombia – Imports support recovery in private consumption
A quiet day yesterday, with just import growth in Colombia hinting at a recovery in consumption and investment in 2Q13. Today the focus will be on the components of GDP in Mexico, to check for continued strength in consumption and how weak foreign demand continues to ...
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Brazil protesters flood Sao Paulo streets for 2nd night
SAO PAULO Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of the country's biggest city to raise a collective cry against a longstanding lament -; people are weighed down by high taxes and high prices but get low-quality public services and a system of government infected with corruption. That was the repeated message Tuesday night in Sao Paulo, where upward of 50,000 people ...
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AIRSHOW-HGI orders ATR 72-600s for Brazils Passaredo
PARIS, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 7:17am EDT PARIS, June 19 (Reuters) - HGI Capital Group said it ordered 10 ATR 72-600 turboprop aircraft for Passaredo Linhas Aereas to help the Brazilian carrier expand its regional fleet. HGI added that it was also taking 10 options on the planes, giving a total value for the deal of $482 million. ATR is a joint venture of EADS and Finmeccanica ...
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SAO PAULO Brazil - Tens of thousands of Brazilians flooded the streets of the countrys biggest city Tuesday in a widening protest against a slew of problems from bus fares to government corruption. More than 50000 people massed in front of the cit
By Bradley Brooks, The Associated Press SAO PAULO, Brazil - Tens of thousands of Brazilians flooded the streets of the country's biggest city Tuesday in a widening protest against a slew of problems from bus fares to government corruption.More than 50,000 people massed in front of the city's main cathedral. While mostly peaceful, the demonstration followed the rhythm of protests that ...
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Hurricane Paul weakens off northwest Mexico
Hurricane Paul weakened on its way toward northwest Mexico, but still posed a risk to seafaring vessels, weather services said Tuesday. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami said Paul, currently a category 2 storm, was about 210 km from coast of the Mexican state of Baja California Sur with the decreasing wind speed of 175 km per hour (kph) and moving north-northeast at 32 kph. ...
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61 injured in multiple vehicle crash in Brazil
Sixty-one people were injured, one seriously, in a multiple vehicle crash on early Tuesday in Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, official sources said. The accident involving two passenger buses and a public transportation minivan occurred along the Marechal Fontenelle Avenue, in the Sulacap district of western Rio, the sources said. According to a spokesmen from a local fire ...
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Cuba simplifies procedures for traveling abroad
The Cuban government on Tuesday announced the decision to simplify the bureaucratic procedures for citizens to travel abroad. Cubans will be able to visit other countries from Jan. 14, 2013, only by showing their passports and visas of destination countries. According to an official release published by the daily Granma, Cuban citizens holding ordinary passports issued earlier must request the ...
Caribbean Spotlight
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Caribbean set to ban the discharge of all non-food waste anywhere in its waters
Every single year, around 50,000 cruise ships alone, carrying a total of 14.5 million passengers, call at various ports in the Caribbean. With them comes sewerage, solid waste, leftover food, oily bilge water, and ‘grey water’ (the waste water from showering, bathing, washing up etc). Years ago, all of this waste would have been dumped into the crystal oceans of the world by cruise lines and other shipping companies, but the Wider Caribbean region has taken steps to prevent the further destruction of their environments.
Right now, at any given time, there are hundreds of cruise ships, tankers, bulk carriers, fishing vessels and pleasure craft frequenting the waters of the Wider Caribbean, a huge area of ocean of around 3.3 million square kilometers. The Wider Caribbean is home to 28 nations, either island nations or countries with a coastline on the Caribbean. Read more
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