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Pakistan receives Sakharov Prize

The European Parliament gave today the Sakharov Prize for freedom of conscience to Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani young woman militant for the right to education, of the entity, as  informed by parliamentary sources. The Sakharov Prize for freedom of conscience, named in honor of...
Posted On 10 Oct 2013
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Fragment of a comet that fell on Egypt million years ago was discovered

The University of the Witwatersrand (Wits), on Johannesburg, reported yesterday that a team of South African researchers found for the first time the remains of a comet that blew 28 years ago over Egypt when entering the atmosphere. The explosion destroyed all forms of life...
Posted On 09 Oct 2013
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2013 Nobel Prizes were delivered

In Sweden was designated the delivery of the 2013 Nobel Prize for medicine and physics, and there is still expectation for the other winners in Chemistry, Literature and Economics, and the renowned Nobel Peace Prize. This year American scientists James E. Rothman, Randy W....
Posted On 08 Oct 2013
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Spanish shepherds claim their millenary right of transhumance of sheep

In order to defend the old right to transhumance, which its has been  threatened due to urbanization and modern agricultural practices, yesterday several pastors led a huge flock of 2,000 sheep that marched through the Centre of Madrid. The tourists were surprised to see hundreds...
Posted On 07 Oct 2013
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Correa talked about negotiations with Europe and thanked the support for exploitation in the Yasuni

President Rafael Correa, thanked yesterday, in his weekly report, the Assembly members who supported the Declaration of national interest that allows the oil exploitation from blocks 31 and 43 of the Yasuni National Park. He stressed that there will be a responsible extraction,...
Posted On 06 Oct 2013
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Pope Francisco and cardinals seek to “renew” the Catholic Church

Federico Lombardi, Vatican’s spokesman, announced that a group of eight cardinals, led by Pope Francisco and called G8, met on Tuesday to work on the “renewal” of the Church of the Second Vatican Council. “Their work is not limited to organizational...
Posted On 03 Oct 2013
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The UN warns that the climate will become more extreme

The first part of the report of the Intergovernmental Panel on climate change (IPCC) of the United Nations, which was presented yesterday in its extended version, indicates that towards the end of the century the climate will become more extreme in various parts of the world. The...
Posted On 01 Oct 2013
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John XXIII and John Paul II to be claimed Saints next year

During the session held yesterday in Latin with the presence of all the cardinals, the Pope Francis announced the upcoming canonization of Pope John XXIII and John Paul II. The event will be held on April 27, 2014, the first Sunday after the celebrations of Holy Week, when the...
Posted On 01 Oct 2013
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Pope Francisco makes monetary donation to those affected in Mexico

The Argentine Pope made a donation of $ 100,000 to the victims of the cyclones Ingrid and Manuel, which affected the entire coast of Mexico. The Pontifical Council Cor Unum were responsible for sending the funds, which will be distributed by the Diocese of the different affected...
Posted On 30 Sep 2013
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The alleged voice of former President Hugo Chavez generates protests

The reaction of the current Venezuelan President, Nicolas Maduro, against the alleged voice recording of former President Hugo Chavez, who died last March, was rejection. Maduro accused of this montage  to the venezuelan publicist, Juan José Rendón, and the political party of the...
Posted On 30 Sep 2013
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