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Colombia’s next Defense minister Rodrigo Rivera is a staunch supporter of outgoing Uribe
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Santos named former presidential rival German Vargas Lleras Interior Minister.
Rivera, a 47-year-old …
The Chavez/Uribe conflict has much of “something personal” argues the Brazilian leader
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President Uribe deplored that his peer Lula da Silva referred to the current …
The truck drivers’ strike against government plans to liberalise the freight industry entered its fifth day Friday.
(DPA, eKathimerini, The Guardian, The Irish Times, FOCUS News Agency – 30/07/10; AP, Reuters, DPA, FT, BBC, The Guardian, …
Hollman Morris was previously barred under the US Patriotic Act
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Journalist Hollman Morris and his family picked up their visas at the US Embassy in …
Some of the spectacular chelonians that nest in Galapagos
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“The local government’s continued efforts to strengthen conservation measures were well received by the Committee, in …
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The federal government argues the law usurped its authority over immigration. Among the other …
VIENNA, Austria — OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic delivered her first report Thursday (July 29th), outlining areas of concern in 56 countries worldwide, including some in the Balkans.
Mijatovic reminded authorities in …
SOFIA, Bulgaria/BUCHAREST, Romania — Bulgarian Interior Minister Tsvetan Tsvetanov said on Thursday (July 29th) that Sofia and Bucharest are taking joint measures to ensure that Roma facing expulsion from France are repatriated to their homelands. …
ANKARA, Turkey — Police arrested 34 suspected members of the terrorist Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK) on Thursday (July 29th) in connection with five bomb attacks in Istanbul. The suspects are believed to have planted small …
FIAT plans to invest 1 billion euros in its Zastava plant. Also in business news: Germany’s ATX International Tirana is building an industrial park in Albania, and ten million people visit Turkey’s southern resorts.
FIAT plans …
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Quality nutrition improves chances of survival
KAMPALA/JOHANNESBURG, 28 July 2010 (IRIN) – Members of the African Union (AU) reaffirmed at the end of their meeting on 27 July in Kampala, Uganda, that they …
VIENNA, Austria — OSCE Representative on Freedom of the Media Dunja Mijatovic delivered her first report Thursday (July 29th), outlining areas of concern in 56 countries worldwide, including some in the Balkans.
Mijatovic reminded authorities in …
Ecuadorean president Rafael Correa is hosting the meeting
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The meeting in Quito to which both chancellors have confirmed their participation (Jaime Bermudez from Colombia and …
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands (GIS) — In April 2008, complaints of misbehaviour relating to Justice Priya Levers, a judge of the Grand Court in the Cayman Islands, were brought to the attention of the then …
Some of the spectacular chelonians that nest in Galapagos
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“The local government’s continued efforts to strengthen conservation measures were well received by the Committee, in …
NICOSIA, Cyprus — A permanent UN-backed information exchange centre was inaugurated on Thursday (July 29th) to help the Greek and Turkish communities on the island in matters related to thefts, murders, trafficking and other crimes. …
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A woman and her child in the capital Conakry (file photo)
DAKAR, 28 July 2010 (IRIN) – More than two million Guineans do not have enough to eat, basic health services are a …
Santiago metropolitan region suffering power outage
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The announcement followed several blackouts this month, the latest being earlier this week, throughout the Santiago Metropolitan Region, as …
POLICE in Leicester are probing how a health drink came to be contaminated with horse tranquilliser after two women were rushed to hospital moments after drinking it.
Two women from the city developed a number of …
By Gillian Applewhaite
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (BGIS) — There have been over one million Chinese "visitors" to Barbados during the past three months, with another four million expected by the end of October.
Word of this comes from …
A summer school for media professionals, organised by the International Research and Exchanges Board, was held earlier this month in Serbia.
By Sasa Ilic for Southeast European Times in Belgrade — 30/07/10
USAID and IREX train media …
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An Iranian woman sentenced to death by stoning for adultery in Iran pleaded to be allowed to hug her children, in a letter attributed to her released by human rights activists in London …
