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This Monday the New Zealand city of Christchurch was once again shaken by earth tremors, although there were no fatalities it did destroyed the city. The tremor had a 5,2 magnitude, its starting point was at 10 km of Christchurch with a depth of 11 kilometres. The second tremor...

After four weeks  of Puerta del Sol of Madrid being transformed in a symbol of the malaise that reigns in Spain due to unemployment and the crisis, young people “outraged” dismantled their camp in Madrid, in a festive atmosphere, but vow to continue fighting. ...

The International Monetary Fund (IMF), which is in possession of sensitive information about the fiscal situation of many countries, was the victim of a “complex” cyber attack recently, reported The New York Times. The IMF said on Wednesday to its staff and board of...

Ash from the Chilean volcano Puyehue cover 70 percent of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul, bordering Argentina and Uruguay. About 80 percent of all flights scheduled for today at Salgado Filho airport, the most important of Rio Grande do Sul, are canceled. In the Sao...

Investigators have identified German vegetable sprouts as the source of the deadly European E.coli outbreak that has killed 31 people and sickened nearly 3,100, according to an announcement today. Germany lifted the warning against eating lettuce, cucum...

Thousands of national and international flights from Argentina, Chile and Uruguay were cancelled due to the ash in the atmosphere after the eruption of the Chilean volcano Puyehue. This morning the ash cloud reached Argentina this forced several airlines to cancel their...

An unprecedented heat wave in most of America has caused five deaths and, in southwestern Michigan, it buckled pavement on an interstate, forcing the roadway to close for a few hours on Wednesday. Forecasters said it could take...

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States reported the first confirmation of 4 suspected cases of the epidemic caused by E. coli bacteria in people who recently returned from Hamburg, Germany. The patient was admitted to a hospital in Massachusetts...

The besieged founder of Wikileaks, Julian Assange, was awarded the Martha Gellhorn Prize 2011 for Journalism. The award is given to a person holding a journalism that challenges the secrecy and mendacity in public affairs. Assange is the first untraditional  journalist...

During an introductory speech of the three-day summit of the United Nations, its secretary general, Ban Ki-moon said that in a period of 10 years the HIV virus will be eradicate worldwide. “Today we gather to put an end to AIDS. Our goal is the end of AIDS in 10 years, no...