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Fire Kills 80 in India Hospital

Investigators of India arrested six AMRI hospital managers after the fire that killed around 89 people in the eastern India city of Kolkata. Javed Ahmed Khan, the West Bengal Fire and Emergency Services minister said, “They were arrested for negligence.” A large number of...
Posted On 09 Dec 2011
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China will Provide Equipment for a Wind Farm in Ecuador

Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology, the second largest wind power equipment manufacturer in China, said it won a contract to supply 23 turbines for a wind farm project in Ecuador. This is the second agreement that the company subscribes to the country and it will have a...
Posted On 09 Dec 2011
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Giant Weta Bug Found in New Zealand

An American researcher and renowned Entomologist at the Smithsonian Institution recently informed he has found the biggest bug in the world on New Zealand’s Little Barrier Island. The Weta insect has a wingspan of 18 centimeters and weighs three times as much as a mouse. Most...
Posted On 09 Dec 2011
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Twitter’s Redesign Will Make it Easier to Use

Twitter users will notice some changes in the next few weeks. The company has redesigned its site with the intention to make it simpler, faster and more personal. The micro blogging network’s redesign is an attempt to “bridge the gap between the awareness of Twitter and the...
Posted On 08 Dec 2011
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BID Made Loan for Microcredit Program

Yesterday the Inter-American Bank of Development (BID by its Spanish acronym) authorized a loan of $ 50 million to strengthen the microcredit programs in Ecuador. The National Program of Popular Finances, Entrepreneurship and Solidarity Economy (Pnfpees by its Spanish acronym)...
Posted On 08 Dec 2011
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Assembly Majority Against Lifting Immunity from Lara

This afternoon, National Assembly refused to lift the parliamentary immunity of Assembly Galo Lara and did not authorize the initiation of the criminal case against the legislator, against the application filed by Ximena Ponce, Minister of Economic and Social Inclusion. Of the...
Posted On 08 Dec 2011
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High Record of Journalists in Prison

179 journalists were imprisoned worldwide in 2011. According to the report of the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) published today, this is the highest number of journalists imprisoned in the last 15 years in Iran, Eritrea and China. The non-governmental association in New...
Posted On 08 Dec 2011
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Patricio Pazmino was linked to the National Brewery Case

The Ecuadorian Attorney General’s Office opened a new stage of preliminary investigation against Patricio Pazmiño, president of the Constitutional Court (CC); Arturo Larrea, former secretary of the agency; Alfredo Larrea, National Brewery attorney and Roberto Jarrin, legal...
Posted On 08 Dec 2011
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E! News Anchor, Giuliana Rancic, Fights To Overcome Breast Cancer

On October 17th, the E! News and Style Network host Giuliana Rancic, 36, announced on NBC’s Todayshow that she suffered from breast cancer. Doctors discovered a tumor during a mammogram as Giuliana was undergoing another round of in-vitro fertilization in her third attempt...
Posted On 08 Dec 2011
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Dreaming is Effective Against Traumatic Memories

United States scientists discovered that sleeping helps the brain process strong emotional experiences associated with traumatic memories. Investigators from the California University in Berkeley found out that the chemicals that produce stress “turn off” during sleeping hours....
Posted On 08 Dec 2011
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