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(AFP) KANO, Nigeria. During the last 6 months, more than 400 children under 5 years old died from lead poisoning in Nigeria, this information was given to AFP by Shafii Muhammad Ahmad, “Médicos Sin Fronteras” (MSF) coordinator. “According to the statistics of the deaths provoked...

QUITO – Several military were present outside the headquarters of the Ecuadorian Legislative Power in order to preserve security, while in the Main Assembly a short meeting proved and denounced the damages people on the Assembly were exposed to on last Thursday and exposed...

Reuters, Quito – According to Reuters, the government of Ecuador extended on Tuesday the State of Exception for 3 more days. On Tuesday afternoon, the Presidency announced that “The period of this renovation of the State of Exception is until October 8th”,...

The Municipalities of 23 cities in the Guayas province have ratified the CTG (Comisión de Tránsito del Guayas) as the entity in charge of traffic control in the province. The only two cities who didn’t recognize the CTG as the entity in charge were Jujan and Yaguachi.The...

STOCKHOLM, Russia. Scientists Andre Geim and Konstain Novoselov, native for Russia, received on Tuesday the 2010 Physics Nobel Prize for “groundbreaking experiments” with an atom-thin material expected to play a large role in electronics. Staffan Normark, secretary of...

The Government confirmed yesterday the increase of salary for the members of the National Police and the Armed Forces. This measure was taken after four days of the uprising in the capital, which caused the death of 13 people and left many wounded. Defense Ministry, Javier Ponce,...

Islamabad, Pakistan – According to CSMonitor.com, at least 8 German civilians may have been murdered in a drone attack that apparently had the training area for the planners of an Al Qaeda terror plot in Europe as a target. Ahmad Siddiqi, an Afghanistan-born German...

Quito, Ecuador After the study made by Germany on the practicability of the Yasuni-ITT proposal, its been a over a year of analysis regarding their participation on the project. The Ecuadorian Commission in charge of the project has sent a 10-page document. “They are going to...

CARACAS – Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has rejected claims made by the Spanish government regarding the fact that two members of the separatist group of ETA were trained in Venezuela. The statement by Venezuelan President is made after Spanish prosecutors said back in...

SANTIAGO, Chile. President Sebastián Piñera announced on a radio interview that the 33 miners who are trapped nearly half a mile underground in the north side of Chile may be released by Oct. 17. “I hope to rescue them before leaving for Europe,” he said, referring to a trip to...