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South African athlete Oscar Pistorius questioned the victory of Brazilian Alan Oliveira in the final of the 200m at the Paralympic Games inferring that Oliveria’s prostheses gave him advantage. After the race, Pistorius told authorities that the Games should prohibit those...

Last Thursday, the General Finance Office initiated an audit on the agreements signed between Social Security Institute (IESS for its Spanish acronym) and the Gonzalez Clinic, owned by cousins of Ramiro Gonzalez, president of the Social Security Board. For this process, it...

The police of Cambodia arrested the founder of Pirate Bay, Gottfrid Svartholm, in his apartment. Apparently Svartholm had to go to his native country to deal with the court and authorities. Local police has not given any information regarding the detention of Svartholm. According...

The president of the Montecristi Constituent Assembly and current leader of the Montecristi Lives Movement, Alberto Acosta, was elected presidential candidate for the Left Movements Unity, with 55.7% of support. Acosta gave a speech in which he criticized President Rafael Correa...

According to Syrian opposition groups, this Monday a car bomb exploded in the southeast of Damascus, killing four people including a child. The blast occurred in Jaramana, a mixed neighborhood of Christian and Druze residents. The Syrian government blamed the rebels for last...

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Trade and Integration announced the dismissal of Diego Borja from the Commission of the New Regional Financial Architecture. Borja was removed by the involvement of his political movement in the case of forged signatures for its registration....

Last night a call was made to ECU-911 in Ecuador; a trembling voice asked for help to the National Police. Juan Antonio Serrano Salgado, 36, was stabbed in the neck when he tried to calm down a quarrel outside a private party in the home of Manuel Salgado, uncle of the Interior...