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Jefferson Perez Could Enter the IOC

This Thursday August 9, the Athletes Commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) will include four new members, and former Ecuadorian marcher Jefferson Perez is among the candidates because of his great sporting career. There are a total of 21 candidates for the four...
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Alex Quiñonez will go to Finals

Today Ecuadorian sprinter, Alex Quiñonez, came third in the second semifinals of the 200-meter category of the London 2012 Athletics with a time register of 20.37 seconds. Quiñonez classified to the finals in the repechage. Tomorrow Quiñonez will compete in the finals along the...
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Yemen Soldiers Foil Al-Qaeda Plot

Today soldiers from Yemen foiled a plot by an Al-Qaeda-linked cell before it carried attacks inside the capital Sanaa and seized 40 belts packed with explosives. The Defense Ministry said that seven militants were detained in the southern town of Jaar, where a suicide bomber...
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Ecuador Moves to the Position 20 in the FIFA Rankings

The Ecuadorian soccer team entered for the first time in history the World Ranking FIFA/Coca- Cola. Ecuador takes the position 20 of the list with 836 points at the expense of Japan, which drops to 22. Since last June when Ecuador was in the 36th with 693 points, the rise of the...
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Newly registered slaughterhouse riots in Guayaquil

This morning dozens of workers and traders in the slaughterhouse of Guayaquil announced they will halt their activities if the municipality officials fail to resolve their orders. They are asking local commanders to be given a better service and reduced rates at the...
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Apple and Google interested in Kodak patents

Eastman Kodak plans to auction 1,100 digital patents, and has so far received two offers from Apple and Google investment groups for amounts between $ 150 and $ 250 million, according to Wall Street. Kodak, which is bankrupt, is selling patents that they believe could be worth $...
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Members of the CNE will not Participate in Forged Signatures Case

The members of the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) will not participate in the Prosecutors’ Office investigation on the case of forged signatures, in which only the leaders of political parties and movements with irregularities in their signatures, will...
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Syrian Regime Launches ‘Savage’ Assault on Aleppo

Today the Syrian army has claimed that it has the control of the besieged Salaheddin district. However the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said the fighting continues. Meanwhile Colonel Abdel Jabba al-Oqaidi of the Free Syrian Army (FAS) denied the claims of the regime. “It...
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Google’s Interactive Doodle for London 2012 Basketball

The Olympic Basketball has also been honored by Google with an interactive doodle in which the user, through a player, must score the ball as much as possible in 24 seconds. The first was dedicated to the 110 meter hurdles where he had to take control of the athlete and jump over...
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Eastern China, Shanghai Assaulted by Typhoon

This Wednesday, a typhoon slammed China’s eastern coast, flooding its out roads and knocked out power and disrupted transportation and disrupted one of the nations most populous regions. According to Xinhua News Agency the heavy rains damaged bridges and houses of many people,...
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