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Facebook’s CEO Gives a Live Conference [Watch]

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Posted On 06 Oct 2010
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Ecuadorian Vicepresident Lenin Moreno Was Offered The Presidency

According to an interview made by Argentinian newspaper El Clarín, Ecuadorian Vicepresident Lenín Moreno admitted on Wednesday that he received proposals to become the new President and thus overthrow President Rafael Correa. It happened last Thursday, while the President was...
Posted On 06 Oct 2010
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8 German Civilians Killed in US Attack to Afghanistan

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...
Posted On 05 Oct 2010
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Government Extends State of Exception For 3 More Days

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”,...
Posted On 05 Oct 2010
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Assembly Session Adjourned Due to Lack of Security

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...
Posted On 05 Oct 2010
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Riots in “La Roca” Ecuadorian Correctional

Convicts failed to escape from the Nº 2 Social Rehab Center in Guayaquil. Nearly 80 members of the police and military are guarding “La Roca” correctional institution. Two penitentiary guides were wounded, a pair of holes of 2 meters each were made last night with an explosion in...
Posted On 04 Oct 2010
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The Law that Caused the Police Uprising was Approved

The project for the Organic Law of Public Service that reduces the salary of police officers and military has been approved. The same law that provoked the uprising of last Thursday, the National Assembly confirmed that the authorization was done automatically. The source of the...
Posted On 04 Oct 2010
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Military Prevents Students From Taking Over Streets

Fernando Cordero, president of the National Assembly of Ecuador announced in a videoconference this Monday afternoon (local time) from Geneva, that the reform on the Higher Education Act, which involves the Universities of the country, were approved after the deadline was reached...
Posted On 04 Oct 2010
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Correa Affirms Few Policemen Were Part of the Rebellion

Rafael Correa, President of Ecuador, requested backup for the police on Saturday, he claimed last Thursday rebellion was caused by “a few insurgents”. “There will be an investigation and sanctions. Citizenship should support police, 42.000 members are part of this institution and...
Posted On 03 Oct 2010
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Casualties During Rescue Operative

During the military operative to rescue President Correa at least five people died, while fighting off the soldiers, informed the Ecuadorian Red Cross (CRE) today. Spokesman of the group, Fernando Gandarillas indicated that the policemen died in the same hospital were the...
Posted On 02 Oct 2010
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