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Lonesome George will be at the American Museum of Natural History in New York

Since September 18, the stuffed body of the turtle known as Lonesome George, from the Galapagos Islands, will be exhibited at the American Museum of Natural History in New York. Lonesome George was the last of his kind and died in 2012. The museum was in charge of embalming the...
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African countries affected by Ebola will receive financial support from the EU

In order to help the West African countries affected by the outbreak of the Ebola virus, the European Union (EU) will allocate 140 million euros, the European Commission (EC) said this Friday in a statement. The governments of Guinea, Sierra Leone, Liberia and Nigeria will be the...
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Cerati fans say goodbye to him

The visitation of former lead singer of the legendary Argentinian rock band Soda Stereo , Gustavo Cerati, began yesterday, September 4 (day of his death) at 20:00 in the Legislature of Buenos Aires. Hundreds of fans line up to to bid a last farewell to the Latin rock prodigy. The...
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Fast food workers were arrested during strike in the U.S.

Last Thursday a total of 44 people were arrested in protests of fast food restaurant workers in New York and Los Angeles, during a series of demonstrations and strikes to demand a pay rise and to join unions. Spokeswoman of the New York Police Department (NYPD) said there were 19...
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Hedge funds would start new lawsuits

This proposal seeks to bring out the country of the default avoiding the blocking of payments of its restructured debt payments. “It is a blatant violation of court orders. The court order prohibits changing the payment mechanism of the redeemed bonds without court...
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Chamber of the Court of Justice will not yet pronnounce on the request to process file order against Isaías

The Criminal Chamber of the National Court of Justice noted that they will not pronounce yet on the request of archiving the case against Roberto and William Isaías, former owners of Filanbanco, This, because the appeal resource is still pending. Judges Gladys Teran, Jorge Blum...
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Ukraine and pro-Russian militias agree to a ceasefire

A ceasefire in eastern Ukraine has been agreed this Friday, as confirmed the president of Ukraine, Petro Poroshenko, and the leaders of the pro-Russian militias from Donetsk and Lugansk regions in their Twitter accounts. During the NATO summit, Poroshenko told reporters that the...
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Appliances for the CNE are received until today

The chance to apply for the first partial renewal of the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) through merit competitive examination, ends this Friday. Those interested may apply at the offices of the Council of Citizen Participation and Social Control (CPCCS...
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Correa plans to meet with interprovincial transportation sector

President Rafael Correa announced that he will meet with the interprovincial transportation sector to discuss “sensibly, rationally and without politics”, the order of increasing the price of the bus fares. Interprovincial hauliers ask for and increase of 25% for the...
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Legal process of Cofiec Case will be reinstalled on Monday

After three days and over 20 hours of work, last Thursday Judge Paul Iniguez, of the Criminal Division of the National Court of Justice (CNJ for its Spanish acronym), postponed the preliminary hearing in the case of judgment that follows the alleged offense of embezzlement over a...
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