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Protests and clashes resume in Hong Kong after failure in dialogue

Protests and clashes between supporters and opponents of the pro-democracy movement resumed yesterday in Hong Kong. The incident came a day after the first meeting between students and the government, which did not manage to bring positions to end a 25-day conflict. The incidents...
Posted On 23 Oct 2014
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Cosmetic imports fall in a 35% from January to June 2014

Cosmetics purchases to the exterior fell at 35% until the first semester of 2014, a 10% more than what was projected following the signing of an agreement between the Government and Procosméticos (Yanbal, Avon, Koala and of the Belcorp), to lower the imports in last January.  The...
Posted On 23 Oct 2014
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Cuban doctors arrive to African countries to combat the Ebola virus

Cuba has sent a new medical equipment integrated by 165 sanitary, to combat the Ebola virus in African countries like Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea Conakry, where more than 4,500 people have already died because of the epidemic. The head of the medical team Jorge Juan Delgado...
Posted On 23 Oct 2014
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Francis Pope calls on Catholics to condemn the death penalty

Pope Francis lashed out this Thursday against “extrajudicial executions by some states” and called on Catholics to fight against “all forms” of capital punishment, “both legal and illegal,” which are applied in the world. “All Christians...
Posted On 23 Oct 2014
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Government signed 905 agreements to promote the national production

“We have contributed positively to the balance of payments with $ 1,760 million in September.” This is the result of the agreements reached by the regime with the private sector after the implementation of Resolution 116, according to the Minister of Industry, Ramiro...
Posted On 23 Oct 2014
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WHO establishes that the ebola spread will continue “intense”

The transmission is still “intense” in the capital of Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, and there are unreported cases, said on October 22, the World Health Organization (WHO), adding that 443 health workers have been infected with the virus and 244 have died. It...
Posted On 23 Oct 2014
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USA controls Ebola from its airports

People who come to the USA on flights from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea, countries affected by Ebola, should land on one of the five airports with control systems, reported the Department of Homeland Security. The restrictions come into effect from October 22 and amon...
Posted On 22 Oct 2014
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Kinross agrees to sell a $ 240 million project in Ecuador

Kinross Gold Corporation reported on October 21 that it has signed an agreement with Fortress Minerals Corp, a member of the Lundin Group of Companies, to sell its entire stake in Aurelian Resources Inc. and the Fruta del Norte (FDN) project in Ecuador for $ 240 million....
Posted On 22 Oct 2014
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African tourists may not enter to Panama to prevent cases of Ebola

Panama’s government informed on Wednesday that it has banned the arrival of travelers from Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea Conakry, to prevent the Ebola virus enters to the country. “The Ministry of Health announced that from the date becomes effective a restriction...
Posted On 22 Oct 2014
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INEC adjusts concepts and classify the employed population into three groups

The country’s labor statistics were adjusted to a new conceptual framework developed by the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC for its Spanish acronym) and the National Secretariat for Planning and Development (Senplades). The new proposal classifies the...
Posted On 22 Oct 2014
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