By

On the 48th anniversary of the “I Have a Dream” speech, a memorial will honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. The statue has been built in the National Mall. In the culmination ceremony President Barack Obama said, “Even though we’ve had dark days and dark clouds, we were able to...

An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 shook the eastern coast of the United States and Canada, from Virginia to Toronto, shaking buildings and forcing the evacuation of the Pentagon and the Capitol in Washington. Initial damage reports from Washington included the central tower at the...

Sexual assault charges against former FMI director Dominique Strauss-Kahn have been dropped by a New York judge. Prosecutors cited doubts over the credibility of DSK’s accuser, hotel maid Nafissatou Diallo. DSK is oficially a free man, however he still faces a civil suit Diallo...

Event Organizers of the most important beauty contest of Italy, “Miss Italia”, have decided to put new rules for the crown candidates. From now on, candidates may not have any plastic surgery, use hair extensions, wear colored contact lenses, or highly visible piercings and...

Ecuador TV, state tv station better known as ECTV, filed a lawsuit against former editor of Opinion of El Universo newspaper, Emilio Palacio, in the Court of Guayas. This is a private prosecution made by Enrique Arosemena, general manager of ECTV, who states that Palacio made ​​a...

In Ecuador, about 30 illegal clinics, which claims to give treatment and cure homosexuality, have been closed so far this year. Nicolás Jara, Minister in charge of Public Health estimates that there could be more than 200 such centers in the country. “(…) It would be...

Suggestions that Amy Winehouse died of a drug overdose have been formally ruled out after results from the singer’s toxicology report found “no illegal substances” in her system. The report does say that alcohol was present in the singer’s system, but...

A Heavy fighting has started near the compound of Colonel Moammar Gadhafi’s in Tripoli on Tuesday. This occurred hours later that Saif al Islam, the Libyan leader’s son appeared to thwart rebel claims that he had been captured. The confrontations between the rebels and supporters...

Kenneth Thompson, Nafissatou Diallo’s lawyer, wants to declare the incompetence of New York’s prosecutor for the DSK case, and on Monday he will ask the judge to appoint another prosecutor for the case. “Diallo wants Dominique Strauss-Kahn to be found guilty and...

Banana producers of Guayas, El Oro and Los Rios provinces, met Monday with the Ecuadorian Vice President Lenin Moreno, to discuss the crisis in that sector. At the meeting, representatives of various associations of producers asked to maintain the official price of the banana...