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Gaga Is Billboard’s Artist of the Year

Two years ago we knew nothing about the Mother Monster, but after our ears met the sound of Just Dance, Poker Face, Bad Romance, and our eyes saw her crazy outfits, we all went Gaga. It is not a surprise that Lady Gaga won Billboard’s top artist of the year; just a year after she...
Posted On 09 Dec 2010
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Hacker Threatens More Attacks Against WikiLeaks Foes

A cyberwar campaign lead by Internet activists that support WikiLeaks founder, Julian Assange began retaliatory attacks on Web sites of multinational companies and other organizations deemed hostile towards WikiLeaks. An unknown hacker who used the pseudonym Coldblood gave a...
Posted On 09 Dec 2010
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Zuckerberg Pledges to Give

The world’s youngest billionaires, Mark Zuckerberg and Dustin Moskovitz (Facebook founders) recently joined “The Giving Pledge” Campaign, a philanthropist initiative of Microsoft empire owner Bill Gates and Berkshire Hathaway Inc. President and CEO Warren Buffett launched...
Posted On 09 Dec 2010
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Wesley Snipes in Jail Due Taxes

Actor Wesley Snipes received a sentence of three years which he would start today because of tax evasion of $2,7 millions. The performer will remain at the McKean Federal Correctional Institute in Lewis Run, northeast of Pennsylvania. During his time in prison, Snipes wont have...
Posted On 09 Dec 2010
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New Technique to Detect Diseases in Fetus

It is no longer necessary to do intrusive testing to detect diseases in the fetus, a scientist discovered that with a blood sample from the mother is possible to see the baby’s DNA. According to a study led by Dr. Dennis Lo, a researcher at the Institute of Health Sciences...
Posted On 09 Dec 2010
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Juanes introduced P.A.R.C.E.

Colombian singer Juanes presented his new album P.A.R.C.E. –Peace, Love, Respect, Commitment and Hope— onTuesday night. The artist gave a private concert for 1,000 of fans and the press in the same place where he presented in previous years, “Mi sangre” and “La...
Posted On 09 Dec 2010
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Riot in Chilean Prison Killed 81 Convicts

Early in the morning there was a riot at the San Miguel prison in Chile. The incident occurred because of a fight among the inmates which started a fire that caused the death of 81 prisoners and 14 injured. Jaime Concha Soto, sub director of the Chilean Police stated, “So far we...
Posted On 08 Dec 2010
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Yasuní Could Be Exploited

Rafael Correa gave today an ultimatum to the international community in the Climate Change Summit in Cancun. He warned that if the compensation requested is not received, next year the country will decide to exploit the oil of Yasuni National Park. Ecuador’s proposal is to...
Posted On 08 Dec 2010
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MEC Announces New Baccalaureate

The secondary education system will change since April of 2011 in Ecuador. The Ministry of Education (MEC) will hold a workshop today (until Saturday), where 240 teachers from all over the country will attend. The new baccalaureate will not require the choice of a specialization,...
Posted On 08 Dec 2010
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Fans Remember the 30th Anniversary of John Lennon Today

On a day like this, Mark David Chapman went to John Lennon’s apartment in Manhattan and shot him dead. Today, in NYC, hundreds of fans have gathered with guitars, candles and flowers on Strawberry Fields, the Central Park garden dedicated in his honor, to celebrate the memory of...
Posted On 08 Dec 2010
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