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Pope Benedict XVI Celebrates his 85 Birthday

This morning, Pope Benedict XVI celebrated his 85th birthday, after a Mass in the Pauline Chapel in Horst Seehofer, Germany, becoming the oldest in operation since Pope Leo XIII, who died at age 93 in 1903. “I stand before the last the course of my life and I do not know...
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North Korean Rocket-Launch is Condemned by the UN

The UN Security Council has expressed its contempt towards North Korea’s failed rocket launch saying it’s a violation of council resolutions. The Council also warned that it would taker further action in the event of a new missile launch or nuclear test. All 15 council members...
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José Luis Perales back with 11 New Songs in his Calle Soledad Album

Jose Luis Perales, one of the most prolific Spanish composers of the past 40 years, will published on May 24 “Calle Soledad”, an album with eleven new topics in which the artist combined his  “most classic tunes, with string songs and poetic lyrics, “with...
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Five Former Police Commissaries will be Investigated by Guayas District Attorney

The Guayas District Attorney in charge, Paul Ponce Quiroz, ordered a criminal inquiry against the five police former commissaries who resigned their post last week, following complaints of alleged irregularities. The public reports of possible acts of extortion and bribes were...
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A Vibrating Steering Wheel That Helps Lost Drivers

Researchers at AT & T Labs and Carnegie Mellon University have developed a steering wheel that uses haptic or touch technology, the same one that makes your phone vibrate, to warn drivers when it’s time to turn around. The steering wheel is still a prototype, is...
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Inmates of Brazilian Prison Hold Hostages

This Monday after a prison riot in eastern Brazil, their inmates captured more than a 100 hostages. The rioting prisoners took over the facility near the coastal city of Aracaju, during last Sunday afternoon. After the insurrection the prisoners have taken as hostage three...
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Street Safe, an “App” to Prevent Sexual Abuse

Street Safe is a new application that provides virtual security detail through smartphones to anyone who may feel in danger. The application is being marketed for women and their specific goal is to prevent sexual assault. In addition, it has a silent alarm that dials the 911...
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Tornado Outbreak in Oklahoma Claims Lives

KRMG News recently reported that the tornado outbreak reached the city of Woodward, Oklahoma, United States. The natural phenomena have left a total of six victims. Steven Peil, 63, a military veteran died by the injuries he sustained at a Woodward mobile home park. He and his...
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Ban Ki-moon Asks for the Ceasefire in Syria

UN general secretary, Ban Ki-moon, has asked the government and the Syrian rebels a ceasefire. According to the six-point plan made by the UN-Arab League Kofi Annan, the ceasefire expired last Thursday, April 10. Ban Ki-moon warned that any “small or involuntarily” problem c...
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Santos and Obama Acknowledged the Pending Topics of the Summit, Including the FTA

At a conference after their meeting at the end of the VI Summit of the Americas, the presidents of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, and United States, Barack Obama, endorsed the conclusions of the event in Cartagena about Cuba and the Malvinas, and reaffirmed the alliance of the two...
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