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Russian President Vladimir Putin presented to parliament on Monday the draft law authorizing the creation of an area for Crimea to gambling and casinos in a bid to attract investment in the newly annexed peninsula. Russia has four zones where gambling is legal. Crimea would thus...

The Coachella festival is held every year at the Empire Polo Club Indio, California, and lasts 3 days. This musical event was born in the late 90s and is characterized by the presentation of alternative rock bands, indie, hip-hop and electronica. In recent years, the festival has...

While Ecuador grew in the last years a 4.35% per cent between 2007 and 2013; and peaks of up to 7.8% percent in 2011, the doubts that the economy may be weakening begin to appear.   Is possible to mention that the fiscal deficit is almost $ 5 billion, equivalent to 4% of the...

The financial institution of the Ecuadorian Social Security Institute recognized that credit delivery takes an average of six months. However, explains that this figure refers to the `scheme and previous system, i.e., the one the Tata company used to manage´.   On February 17,...

This Monday 21, social organizations and GLBTI (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and intersex) will submit to the Superintendency of Communication(Supercom) a legal complaint against the national television programs: Mi recinto, Vivos, La pareja feliz and En carne propia.  ...

The Heroes and Heroines Credentials Committee requested to the Citizen´s Participation Council (CPC) to extend for 45 days the contest of accreditation of persons who consider that have made a heroic act in order to access to the benefits of the law which refers to the topic.  ...

Stanislas Wawrinka, No. 3 of the world was proclaimed champion for the first time in his career at the Monte Carlo Tennis Masters 1000 this Sunday´s final, after beating Roger Federer, with partial 4-6, 7-6 (7/5), 6-2. It is the first Masters 1000 tournament Wawrinka wins in his...

After being hospitalized for pneumonia, the Colombian writer Gabriel García Márquez, died in Mexico City at 87 years old, surrounded by his loved ones. His family has mourned privately this weekend, without even deciding where the ashes will remain the author. José Gabriel Ortiz,...

Last Sunday, in different parts of Venezuela, opposition supporters burned dolls and dummies of President Nicolas Maduro, the number two of the Chavez movement, Diosdado Cabello and other senior officials, while government supporters put on fire some opposition members such as...

The South Korean president, Park Geun-hye, said today, Monday 21, that the actions of the captain and the crew are ‘equivalent to murder.’ This regarding the sinking of a ferry last week in South Korean waters. During a meeting with her advisers, Park said that the...