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Ecuador Achieved 4th place in World Weightlifting Championship Paris 2011

Today the Ecuadorian weightlifter, Ricardo Flores, reached the 4th place in the Group C of the World Weightlifting Championship held in Paris, France. The athlete, born in Imbabura, Ecuador, won the silver medal in the last Panamerican Games in Guadalajara, Mexico, after lifting...
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Turkey Struck by Another Quake

Today Turkey was shaken by an earthquake of a 5,7 magnitude that occurred 16km south of the eastern Turkish city of Van. The city was recently recovering of the seism of 7,2 that killed over 600 people. The Wednesday quake toppled buildings that were damaged by the earlier seism,...
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Eddie Murphy Leaves Oscars Telecast

According to the Academy of Motion Pictures Arts & Sciences informed that actor Eddie Murphy is dropping out as host of the Oscars telecast. The hasty departures represented a shameful collapse of the Academy’s plans for the Oscar presentation. Now the producers of the event...
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Colombia to Purchase Raw material from Ecuador

The Colombian government is willing to buy ecuadorian raw materials to be transformed and exported to third countries that belong to Free Trade Agreement (FTA). Sergio Diaz-Granados, Colombian Minister made ​​the announcement yesterday after completing the summit of the Andean...
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Amy Winehouse’s dress will be auctioned

This November 29th will be auctioned the chiffon dress worn by the singer Amy Winehouse on the cover of her most successful album “Back to Black“. The purpose is to raise funds for the foundation that bears her name and support young people with addiction problems....
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Italy is Entering Bailout Area

The cost of borrowing in Italy on Wednesday reached a level that could mark a turning point in the European crisis, after the announcement of resignation of Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi. The yield on the 10-year Italian bonds was over 7 percent, a level that is considered...
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Papandreou Resigns as Greece Prime Minister

The Greek Prime Minister Yorgos Papandreou will present his resignation today, however first he addressed the nation to talk about his achievements of the past two years. Afterwards Papandreou will go to the presidential mansion to tender his resignation to President Karolos...
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Shakira gets her star on the Walk of Fame

Yesterday afternoon, the Barranquilla-born singer, Shakira, became a celebrity number 2’454 given the star on the Walk of Fame in Hollywood. Shakira, get this award after being considered “Person of the Year” for her philanthropic work with latin America children....
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Corrupt Polls in Liberia

Today the polling stations were closed in Liberia after the current president Ellen Johnson Sirleaf could win a second term after her rival boycotted the vote, quoting fraud concerns. Last Tuesday, Joseph Yassiah, spokesman of the electoral commission informed that there are no...
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