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Doctor from Sierra Leone ill with Ebola virus dies in US

Martin Salia, a doctor from Sierra Leone, 44 years, who was being treated for Ebola virus in (US) hospital in Nebraska, died this Monday, according to sources of Nebraska Medical Center, the hospital where he was admitted since their repatriation. “We deeply regret to...
Posted On 17 Nov 2014
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Electric cookers spare parts will continue to be exempted from paying tariffs

The Government will extend to the end of November the tariff exemptions for CKD or spare parts used for electric induction cookers. The Electricity Minister Esteban Albornoz said last week during the delivery of 49 induction cookers in Floreana (Galapagos), that this measure will...
Posted On 17 Nov 2014
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Earthquake of 7.3 degrees shakes Indonesia along with tsunami warning

According to the US Geological Survey, this Saturday morning an underwater earthquake of magnitude 7.3 occurred off the coast of Indonesia with potential to generate tsunami waves on nearby shores. However, some hours later, the Tsunami Warning Center of the Pacific dismissed the...
Posted On 15 Nov 2014
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Galo Lara is extradited with a non-torture guarantee

Since last Friday exassemblyman of Sociedad Patriotica Galo Lara, serves his sentence of ten years in prison after being accused of involvement in a triple murder in 2011. Lara arrived in the country at 17:00 from Panama, where he remained for at least fourteen months. He was an...
Posted On 15 Nov 2014
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Protests in Mexico over missing students are resumed

Thousands of Mexican students and teachers resumed this Friday in Guerrero state (south) their strong protest against the government of Enrique Peña Nieto for the disappearance of 43 students, which this week resulted in fires in public buildings such as the local parliament....
Posted On 15 Nov 2014
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Unasur headquarters will open in Quito

On next December 5 the presidents of the Union of South American Nations (Unasur for its Spanish acronym) will meet in Quito to inaugurate the headquarters of the organization, said Foreign Minister Ricardo Patiño on last Friday. Established in 2011, the block of 12 countries...
Posted On 15 Nov 2014
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Former Director of Petrobras was arrested by diverting funds

Last Friday, the Brazilian Federal Police arrested the former head of Services of the company Petrobas Renato Duque, who was involved in the embezzlement of state company to finance political parties allied to the ruling Partido de los Trabajadores (PT). Duque was arrested during...
Posted On 15 Nov 2014
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UN Request for release of Leopoldo López is rejected

The court in charge of the case against the Venezuelan opposition leader Leopoldo Lopez, yesterday rejected the recommendation of the UN group that called for his immediate release, reported his lawyer. The request for release was filed by the legal team defending Lopez before...
Posted On 14 Nov 2014
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Obama will use his presidential powers to pass an immigration reform

President Barack Obama has announced this Friday he will use all the powers the office conferres to him to pass before the end of the year the migratory reform, after the Congress failure. “I said that if the Congress failed I would use all the legal authority I have to try...
Posted On 14 Nov 2014
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Head of Pharmaceutical company involved in sterilization case is arrested in India

The Indian police arrested the director of a pharmaceutical company and his son, suspected of having destroyed evidence concerning the death of 13 women after being sterilized, announced a police official this Friday. Researchers want to check the quality of drugs administered to...
Posted On 14 Nov 2014
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