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Bomb threat affects American Airlines flight from New York

Several emergency teams were displaced on November 30 at the John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York to respond to a bomb threat aboard a plane, informed authorities of the city. The Fire Department of New York informed on its Twitter account about the alarm shortly...
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Authorities control the use of the nutritional traffic light in foods

From December 1, the authorities will intensify the controls in all processed foods that must be labeled with the nutritional traffic light. Where it is indicated by colors the amount of fat, salt and sugar the product contains. Red means high; yellow, medium; and green low....
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Constitutional amendments will affect existing laws

At least fourteen laws would be directly related with the first draft constitutional amendments submitted by Alianza PAIS (AP),which would require reforms. Among the issues addressed are: lowering the age to be a presidential candidate, from 35 to 30 years old and the indefinite...
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Snowden is awarded “Alternative Nobel” for his revelations

The former analyst for the US National Security Agency Edward Snowden today defended an “open” and “liberal” society when accepting the so-called “Alternative Nobel.” “All this has to do with making our society safer, the freedoms that we...
Posted On 01 Dec 2014
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Tabaré Vázquez wins the presidency in Uruguay

The leftist candidate of the Frente Amplio party, Tabaré Vázquez won the presidential election held on Sunday, November 30 in Uruguay with 1,226,105 votes, nearly 300,000 more than his rival from the National or “White” Party, Luis Lacalle Pou, who achieved 939,074...
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Expectations of entrepreneurs at draft Law on Production Incentives

After the Executive branch sent to the Assembly on Friday, November 28, as a matter of economic emergency, the draft Law on Production Incentives; the expectations of entrepreneurs began to be generated. The President of the Chamber of Industries of Pichincha, Richa...
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Tax for higher wages is defended by Argentine Government

The Argentine government on Monday defended the need to charge a tax on the highest salaries, despite the growing opposition claims from unions that reject the measure. “Many do not agree that it must be collected. We consider it philosophically and ideologically necessary...
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Minor disappeared four years ago is found behind a false wall

A 13-year-old boy, who had disappeared four years ago, has been found by the police hidden behind a a false wall in his father’s house in Georgia, according to local media. The Clayton County police initially came to the house but its owners denied that the child was found...
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Ministries will receive 38.5% of the Budget for 2015

Ecuador currently has 27 ministries in total. These 27 entities will receive 38.5% of the budget for 2015, which amounts to $ 36 317 million. The five ministries that will receive more budget in 2015 are: Education, Health, Non-Renewable Natural Resources, Electricity and...
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Affiliation of domestic workers rises a 19.5% in Guayaquil

The 55.6% of domestic workers in Guayaquil would be affiliated to Social Security, said a survey carried out by the Graduate School of Business Administration (ESPAE for its Spanish acronym) of the “Escuela Superior Politecnica del Litoral” (ESPOL for its Spanish...
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