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Orlando Bloom and Justin Bieber confronted in a fight

Canadian singer Justin Bieber had a heated confrontation with British actor Orlando Bloom in a restaurant in Ibiza early Wednesday. According to TMZ, some celebrities were present there, like Paris Hilton. The altercation was possibly due to the ex-partners of both.
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New laboratory for hydrocarbon control is built

The construction of the new National Center for Quality Control of Hydrocarbons, which was opened yesterday at La Armenia sector (east of Quito) at the premises of the Agency for the Regulation and Control of Hydrocarbons (ARCH), had a cost a of $1million dollars. According to...
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Agreement with European Union facilitates access to government contracts

With regard to the agreement with the European Union, Ecuador covenanted that the public contracts performed by the central state bodies, such as ministries, will have a threshold of economic protection (i.e. reserve for national enterprises), lower than sub-central entities...
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Zone attacked by the FARC will be reinforced by Colombian army

In order to protect “civilian and road infrastructure, energetic and hydrocarbons” before the intensification of attributed to the FARC in the area bordering with Ecuador attacks, the Army of Colombia today announced the arrival of 200 soldiers of the Forces special...
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Nebot clarifies reason of Mayors visit at the solemn session of July 25

The Mayor of Guayaquil Jaime Nebot said yesterday that attendance of the Mayors of Quito, Guaranda, Samborondón, Duale, Isidro Ayora, among others, and authorities as Prefect of Azuay at municipal solemn session was because they agree with him in his defense of municipal...
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Barack Obama is sued for abuse of power

The House of Representatives of the United States, controlled by the Republican Party, yesterday approved with 225 votes in favor and 201 against, the initiation of a lawsuit against President Barack Obama for abuse of power. This authorization allows the President of the body...
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Secom does not respond about contract with Mcsquared PR

The Secretary of Communication of the Presidency, Fernando Alvarado Espinel, would have responded saying: “I do not answer to corrupt journalists”, to “El Universo” newspaper, when it requested via email, an interview to know further details on the...
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UN: United States provides military equipment to Israel amid Gaza conflict

Navi Pillay, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, today denounced that the United States provides military equipment to the Israeli army and does not do enough to stop the offensive against Gaza. Pillay reported on the delivery of ammunition and aid that U.S. provides to Israel...
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Celac meeting ends with progress on issues of cooperation

Yesterday ended the second meeting of the Working Group for International Cooperation in Costa Rica, which was attended by 33 countries of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC for its Spanish acronym). Among the achievements are: the approval of the...
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Monetary Code expects approval of the Executive

The validity of the Monetary and Financial Organic Code could take up to two months, according to the missing legal deadlines to meet. Although the National Assembly has just approved the legal text, on August 25, the government must punish the document. The currency code was...
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