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Shipwreck in South Korea counts nearly 290 missing victims

The South Korean Government reported that at least seven people have died and more than 290 are missing due to the sinking of a passengers ferry today, in southwest of the country,which raised the previous official estimate of 107 people unlocated. The authorities said that more...
Posted On 17 Apr 2014
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12 disabled people receive footwashing from Papa Francisco

The Pope Francis met this Holy Thursday with the foot washing ritual to twelve disabled people, including a Libyan Muslim boy in a ceremony at a church in a suburb of Rome. The Pontiff, who had great difficulty to kneel down and getting up from the white cushion he was resting...
Posted On 17 Apr 2014
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The press conference of the IV International Biennial of Guayaquil was held in the Luis A. Noboa Naranjo Museum

On Monday evening, April 14, was held the press conference of the IV International Biennial of Guayaquil, which was held in the premises of the Luis A. Noboa Naranjo Museum. Local media had an appointment with Philanthropist Alvaro Noboa, who opened the event. The Bible is the...
Posted On 15 Apr 2014
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Silvio Berlusconi will serve a year at a nursing facility

On Tuesday the court of Milan, which had to rule on whether the former prime minister of Italy, Silvio Berlusconi, gets house arrest or community service, decided that the sentence will consist in caring for the elderly in a nursing home for almost a year, at least once a week...
Posted On 15 Apr 2014
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India recognizes transgenders as a third gender

On Tuesday, the Supreme Court of India recognized the existence of a third gender that is neither male nor female, in a ruling that was welcomed by the transgender community. “The recognition of transgender as third gender is not a social or medical issue, but a human...
Posted On 15 Apr 2014
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Malaysia Airlines co-pilot tried to make call during flight

An U.S. official involved in the search, stated that a cell phone tower located in Penang, registered the copilot call attempt from the Malaysia Airlines plane at the time when the flight was lost. At the end of last week, there were reports that the copilot, Fariq Abdul Hamid,...
Posted On 15 Apr 2014
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Venezuelan kidnapped journalist is found safe and sound

After eight days in captivity, Nairobi Pinto, journalist of private television network Globovision, was found this Monday in Cua, near the state of Miranda. “She is already in our power. Nairobi Pinto is safe and sound,” wrote Douglas Rico, deputy director of the Body...
Posted On 14 Apr 2014
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Earthquake of 5.6 degrees was registered in Nicaragua

Nicaragua remained sleepless the early hours of Monday after the earthquake of 5.6 degrees on the Richter scale that shook Managua. The quake occurred at 23H07 local time (05H07 GMT), with its epicenter located 1 km from Apoyeque volcano, on the coasts of Xolotlán of Managua,...
Posted On 14 Apr 2014
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Valparaiso (Chile) suffers forest fire

Thousands of people have been evacuated in Valparaiso, on the central coast of Chile, after a large forest fire that has spread over several hills of the city. The fire so far has left 16 dead and several people have suffered smoke suffocation effect. The fire started on the...
Posted On 13 Apr 2014
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Time magazine nominates President Mujica and most influential personality

President Jose Mujica is nominated for the list of the 100 most influential people in the world that annually publishes Time magazine, which conducts a survey among its readers. The publication describes Mujica as a man “known for his commitment to austerity” and...
Posted On 12 Apr 2014
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