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Deadline for Registrations at the CNE

Until midnight tonight is the deadline for political groups to deliver registration or re-enrollment applications in the National Electoral Council (CNE for its Spanish acronym) to participate in next year’s elections. So far, eleven national organizations: six political parties...
Posted On 18 Jul 2012
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Suicide Bomber Kills Senior Defence Officials in Syria

Today the Syrian Defence Minister, General Daoud Rajha, 65, and his deputy Assef Shawkat, the brother in law of President Bashar al-Assad were killed after a suicide bomber struck the National Security building in Damascus. Interior Minister Mohamed Ibrahim al-Shaar and the head...
Posted On 18 Jul 2012
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Blatter claimed his statements about Germany in World Cup 2006

Joseph Blatter, FIFA’s current president, was claimed after dumping his statements last weekend, which hinted that Germany would have bought the 2006 World Cup. In an “open letter to Germany”, published in the German newspaper Bild, Blatter wrote:...
Posted On 17 Jul 2012
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Exclusive: Donald Flaherty Returns With Brutal New Project

Indie film director Donald Lawrence Flaherty announced that his mixed martial arts action-adventure film ‘BRUTAL’ is officially under production. The film promises superior fight sequences created by two of Hollywood’s top stunt performers, Colin Follenweider and Chris Torres....
Posted On 17 Jul 2012
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Economic Crisis in Spain Causes Migration

The National Statistics Institute (INE for its Spanish acronym) has determined that the economic crisis in Spain is turning the country from Immigrant-receptor to migrant-producer, with a steadily increasing number of Spanish people who decide to try their luck abroad. According...
Posted On 17 Jul 2012
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Ecuadorian Central Bank Foresees Economic Decrease in 2012

Central Bank of Ecuador (BCE for its Spanish acronym) lowered the projection of its economic growth for 2012, to 4,8%. The previous prognosis was of 5,4% according to the report published by the monetary authorities this Tuesday. The report does not explain the motive of the...
Posted On 17 Jul 2012
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Conatel Reveals New Regulations for Telephone Operators

Yesterday came out a new regulation that amends the modus operandi of operators that provide Mobile telephone and Internet Services. The director of the Consumer Tribune, Maria Jose Troya, said that the bill that was tabled in the Assembly considers the prevalence of user rights...
Posted On 17 Jul 2012
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US approves first pill to help prevent HIV

Yesterday, U.S. Federal Agency Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the pill Truvada as the first drug to help prevent HIV. An FDA statement said that this pill is for use in pre-exposure prophylaxis in combination with safer sex practices to prevent HIV infections...
Posted On 17 Jul 2012
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Uma Thurman Became a Mom for the Third Time

This Sunday, the Oscar-nominated actress, Uma Thurman, 42, gave birth to her third daughter, the first she has with her current partner, Swiss financier Arpad Busson. Pulp Fiction and Kill Bill Film star, has two children from her previous relationship with actor Ethan Hawke,...
Posted On 17 Jul 2012
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US Elections 2012: Jill Stein Becomes Green Party Candidate

The United States Green Party designated Jill Stein as their candidate for the presidential candidature of the country in the upcoming elections of November 6. Stein, a 62-year-old pediatrician, earned 193 votes thus defeating his candidate, the popular actress of the Roseanne...
Posted On 17 Jul 2012
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