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Injured in Buenos Aires after violent clashes over the World Cup

This Sunday after Argentina’s defeat against Germany in the final match of the Brazil World Cup 2014, a group of violent soccer fans, known as the “barrabravas” in the South American country, provoked incidents around the Obelisk of Buenos Aires where tens of...
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British law of cyber and phone surveillance is criticized by Snowden

The former agent of the National Security Agency U.S. (NSA) Edward Snowden has described as “incredible” the UK decision to introduce an emergency law to monitor internet and telephone calls. In a statement to the newspaper “The Guardian” released today,...
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30 pro-Russian dead after airstrikes from Ukrainian troops

The pro-Russian separatists operating in eastern Ukraine lost 30 fighters of their ranks during airstrikes on Aleksandrovka by Ukrainian forces. This was reported this Monday by the Front-east information center spokesman Konstantin Knyrik. The Ministry of Defence from Kiev...
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18 of 23 laws are on the agenda of the National Assembly

So far 18 of the 23 laws that the block of Alianza PAÍS (AP) proposed to process and approve in the Constituent Assembly have not yet been approved. These will be evaluated after the next legislative recess from 4 to 19 August. Among the four planned for the first quarter...
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Costa Concordia cruise ship was refloated

The Costa Concordia cruise ship floated again today for the first time since its shipwreck on January 13, 2012 off the Tuscan island of Giglio, in a tragedy that left 32 dead. The 290 meters length cruise  was refloated in a wide operation to be transferred to a scrapping in...
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Locations for World Cup Russia 2018 will be analyzed by FIFA

The next World Cup in Russia 2018 it will be initially organized in 12 stadiums, but FIFA is considering whether the “ideal number” of locations would be 10, said its president Joseph Blatter. In a press conference to present a balance of the Brazil World Cup-2014,...
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New Israeli bombing of Gaza

This Monday, Israel continued for the seventh consecutive day its siege in Gaza during the so-called operation “Protective Edge,” which so far has killed more than 150 Palestinians, mostly civilians, and has left over a 1,000 injured. Furthermore, in an effort to stop...
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EU and U.S. initiates new trade negotiations

The European Union (EU) and the United States today start a new round of negotiations in search of exchange of goods and services, regulation, public markets, environmental and workers protection, energy and raw materials.  “We will try to advance in all aspects of the...
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Banking Board establishes $ 4.60 as maximum value of chip cards

From July the customers of the financial system must pay up to $ 4.60 for the issue and renewal of debit and credit chip cards. This new tariff is shown in the table of costs emitted by the Banking Board on June 26 for the financial services and will govern from July to...
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Three water agreements were signed with Cuba

As part of the official visit of the Ecuadorian Vice President Jorge Glas to Cuba, three cooperation agreements of water issues between the two countries were signed in the presence of the Secretary of the Cuban Water Walter Solis. The first agreement was signed between the...
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