UN to Analyze 30-S Revolt

In order to analyze the events that occurred after the Ecuadorian police revolt on September 30, 2010 (30-S), a mission of the United Nations (UN) arrived yesterday to Ecuador. Oscar Fernandez Taranco, Assistant Secretary General for Political Affairs of the UN and Elio Tamburi,...
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Etienne Lavigne: “There will be more Dakar in South America”

French rally director, Etienne Lavigne said that there will be many more Dakar in South America. Lavigne said that the 2012 edition was “one of the most difficult in the history of Dakar” and noted that the pilots were “impressed” with the stages in Peru,...
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Fujitsu Explores Revolutionary Gadget Concept

Japanese tech company, Fujitsu might be working on a revolutionary gadget concept that integrates a camera, a phone and a tablet into a laptop. This modular device is dubbed the Lifebook 2013, what makes it special is that users will be available to detach its camera to use it as...
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Captain of “Costa Concordia” Said He Did Not Leave Cruise

“It’s not true that I left the ship. I accidentally fell on the roof of one of the rescue boats and couldn’t get back on the ship because the boat was hung, suspended. Then I was on a rock on the Giglio island coordinating the landing operations,” said the...
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SIP Calls Ecuadorian Electoral Bill as a “Gag bill”

Yesterday the Inter-American Press Association (SIP for its Spanish acronym) expressed their concern regarding the electoral reform bill presented by the Ecuadorian Government. The organization warned that such bill would “affect the work of the press and the right of the...
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Wikipedia and Google Protesting Against SOPA

The online encyclopedia Wikipedia page closed its website 24 hours and Google hid its logo with a black plate on Wednesday as a sign of protest against the anti-piracy law that Congress is considering. Internet giants like eBay, Facebook, Google, Twitter, Yahoo! and Wikipedia say...
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El Universo Case Defense Investigated by 2nd Criminal Chamber

The date set for the cassation hearing of El Universo newspaper is in the hands of the Second Criminal Chamber of the National Court of Justice. Yesterday the permanent deputy judges Luis Quiroz, Cesar Salinas, and Enrique Pacheco denied the challenge request made by the defense...
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