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Israel leaves 17,000 homes destroyed in Gaza

The Israeli offensive called Operation “Protective Edge”, which yesterday was suspended indefinitely following an agreement between Hamas and Israel, left some 17,200 houses destroyed, so the reconstruction of housing became the main emergency in Gaza, according to...
Posted On 28 Aug 2014
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Argentine Congress debates draft legislation to pay debt

The Argentine Congress began yesterday to discuss the draft Sovereign Payment Act, which proposes the Central Bank as fiduciary agent for creditors to collect their debts in Buenos Aires, rather than in New York. Economy Minister Axel Kicillof urged the Congress to support the...
Posted On 28 Aug 2014
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Workers Commission talks with members of pension funds

The Commission on Workers Rights of the National Assembly heard 13  of the 17 pension funds representatives that were summoned to give their observations on the draft law that seeks to transfer its administration to the Bank of the Ecuadorian Institute of Social Security (Biess)....
Posted On 28 Aug 2014
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Rescuers continue the search for landslide victims in Hiroshima

After the landslides that occurred more than a week ago in this city of southwestern Japan, ten people were still not yet be found this Thursday morning in Hiroshima, where at least 72 died because of the fact. According to police, more than 60% of the victims died of...
Posted On 28 Aug 2014
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León Febres Cordero Monument was unveiled in Guayaquil

 The people of Guayaquil were present at the unveiling of the bust in honor of the Former President of Ecuador and Guayaquil Former Mayor LeónFebres Cordero, on the Malecón Simón Bolivar. The work, by the Spanish artist Victor Ochoa, remained until 17:00 on Wednesday, August 27,...
Posted On 28 Aug 2014
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Mexican government will invest in train rehabilitation to control migration

In order to prevent migrants board the freight train known as “The Beast”, in their attempt to reach the United States, the government of Mexico announced that it will invest about $ 450 million to rehabilitate the tracks of the aforementioned railway transport. The...
Posted On 28 Aug 2014
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IAPA condemns Correa’s comments as “acts of violence” against Palacio Journalist

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today, August 27, condemned the “threats” expressed by President Rafael Correa against the Journalist Emilio Palacio, exiled in Miami, and described as “extremely dangerous” for inciting “acts of violence....
Posted On 27 Aug 2014
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173 corpses from MH17 flight have been identified by experts

Experts have unequivocally identified 173 victims of Malaysia Airlines MH17 flight after collecting DNA samples from 283 people in the scene. Wim Heijnen, from the Netherlands Forensic Institute, said on Wednesday to the press in The Hague that all the DNA samples do not match to...
Posted On 27 Aug 2014
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Former Assemblyman Fernando Bala retrieves freedom by new Criminal Code

On the morning of August 26, the Guayas Judge of Criminal Guarantees, Fabiola García, granted freedom to Former Assemblyman of the Sociedad Patriótica Party Fernando Balda, who was serving a sentence of two years imprisonment for the offense of slanderous serious injury. His...
Posted On 27 Aug 2014
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Israel begins the withdrawal of armored tanks from the Gaza border

Israel today began to withdraw its tanks and armored cavalry of the army deployed along the Gaza border after the day that the permanent ceasefire was signed with Palestinian militias. Logistics units have begun moving the tanks and other engineering military equipment to the...
Posted On 27 Aug 2014
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