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Today in Guayaquil, Portoviejo, Cuenca, Loja and in other Ecuadorian cities hundreds of public officials received a notification telling them that their employment contracts ended. The notifications were delivered because the Executive Decree 813 signed by president Rafael Correa...

Since yesterday, the social network Facebook began testing a new tool called Trusted Friends which will help the users to regain access to their Facebook page in case they forget their password. This feature allows the user to specify between three and five friends in the social...

British singer Adele has cancelled all her remaining live dates and promotional appereances for 2011 due to issues with her throat. “Doctors have ordered her to rest her voice and completely recuperate before looking to schedule any work commitments,” said a statement in...

Prime Minister, David Cameron informed today that the sons and daughters of British monarchs will have the same rights for the throne as dictated this Friday by the changes in the laws of succession to the throne of the United Kingdom. The leaders of the 16 countries of...

Google has started a pilot project allowing the public to look inside shops and other businesses found on its maps. The feature is an extension of the firm’s Street View technology, which already lets users view 360-degree exterior images. Google said the new scheme was...

Lady Gaga is currently in India to perform at the first Formula One event’s after party on Sunday. So PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) India has requested her to wear a dress made out of lettuce. PETA sent a letter to Gaga’s publicist hoping that the singer...

This Friday a car bomb exploded in Aden, the target was the commander of a counterterrorism unit of Yemen, the attack also left two children wounded. Major General Ali Al-Hajji led a battalion of Central Security Forces troops, which includes counterterrorism units. According to...

In the Second World Banana Summit, held this week in Guayaquil, the Deputy Minister for Agriculture, Ivan Wong, announced that the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Aquaculture and Fisheries (MAGAP for its acronym in Spanish) is considering an extension for the second banana...

Ecuador won a new gold medal in the 2011 Panamerican Games when ecuadorian Jorge Bolañoswon the 10,000 m. elimination test and Ezequiel point exceed chaplains (silver) and the Chilean Jorge Reyes (bronze). On the other hand, Diego Javier Ferrin won the silver medal in high jump...

The Guinness Book of World Records named Samuel L. Jackson as the highest-grossing actor of all time, because several of his movies have made a staggering $7,42 billion. Since 1972, Jackson has appeared in more than a 100 movies, three of those movies are among the 50...