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The Multi-Talented Eva Longoria Parker : Actress, Spokesmodel, Perfumer
Eva Longoria Parker, the actress and L’Oréal Paris front woman, has delved deeper into beauty with a signature women’s scent, called Eva by Eva Longoria.
The eau de parfum, which was developed by Falic Fashion Group, is due to launch in the U.S. in
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Lilly, Kowa and Kowa Pharmaceuticals America Announce Co-Promotion and Licensing Agreement
INDIANAPOLIS and MONTGOMERY, Ala., Dec. 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE: LLY), Kowa Company, Limited, and Kowa's U.S. subsidiary, Kowa Pharmaceuticals America, Inc., today announced that Lilly and Kowa Pharmaceuticals America
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Remembering those who made a difference in past year
There's something melancholy about the end of the year. There's always the haunting sense of what might have been.
A year ago, I was sure the election of Barack Obama would usher in a new era of good feelings, marked by mutual respect and cooperation.
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Never so good
A review of the Noughties might suggest a line-up of unmitigated disaster. Not from where John Huxley stood, however.
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness, it was the epoch of
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Decade's top stories: Terrorism, recession
AUGUSTA, Maine—The terrorist attacks in which the ringleader visited Portland and the Great Recession that rocked both Wall Street and Main Street serve as infamous bookends to a difficult first decade of the 21st century. They also stand out as the
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Lindsay Lohan Planning Charity Trip To Guatemala
Lindsay Lohan is planning a charity trip to Guatemala after returning from a visit to India "a changed woman," according to her mother Dina.
The Mean Girls star flew to New Delhi earlier this month to shoot a BBC documentary about child poverty and
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Lohan to visit Guatemala for charity work
The "Mean Girls" star flew to New Delhi earlier this month to shoot a BBC documentary about child poverty and human trafficking. The charity work "humbled and moved" former wild child Lohan so much that she is now working on taking her philanthropic
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Evidence suggests chocolate was relished in St. Augustine during the 1500s
According to a report in the St. Augustine Record, the whisk is a slender wooden stick with a carved knob on one end.
"It shows a probable connection to Mexico or Central America that St. Augustine had," said City Archaeologist Carl Halbirt. "It's
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4 admit gaming US visa system for seasonal workers
PHILADELPHIA - Four workers at a Pennsylvania staffing company admit they scammed the visa system to get hundreds of seasonal workers into the U.S.
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4 admit gaming US visa system for seasonal workers
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Four employees at a Pennsylvania staffing company have admitted they scammed the visa system to bring hundreds of seasonal workers into the U.S. for clients.
International Personnel Resources applied for temporary work visas
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Honduran Leaders' Effigies Up In Smoke For New Year
The main players in Honduras' dramatic 2009 coup went up in smoke on Friday as one village said good riddance to a difficult year.
Hondurans burned life-sized dolls of ousted President Manuel Zelaya and de facto leader Roberto Micheletti in a
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United States to Wage War Throughout the World 2010
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The Afghan war, the U.S.'s first air and ground conflict in Asia since the disastrous wars in Vietnam and Cambodia in the 1960s and early 1970s and the North Atlantic Treaty
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Families' global treks offer lessons of the real world
Sunday, January 03, 2010
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DALLAS - When Carla Fisher and her husband announced plans to travel the globe with their adolescent daughters for a year, some friends called them crazy.
Seven years later, with
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Indigenous immigrants to be counted in 2010 Census
MADERA, Calif.—For most people, describing themselves on the U.S. Census form will be as easy as checking a box: White. Black. American Indian.
But it's not so simple for indigenous immigrants -- the Native Americans of Mexico and Central America. They
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Retired teacher donates $5.2M to SUNY Cortland
CORTLAND, N.Y. — A retired social studies teacher is giving $5.2 million to the State University of New York in Cortland to help pay for scholarships for children of recent immigrants. John Fantauzzi, the son of Italian immigrants, credits the school
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WHO-led H1N1 vaccine redistribution may be scaled back as countries reassess need
The WHO had hoped to provide vaccine for up to 10 per cent of the populations of developing countries that wanted donated vaccine. But whether recipient countries want that much vaccine at this point isn't clear, "in view of the trend of the epidemic."
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WHY IS COSTA RICA SO DAMN HAPPY?
Nicholas D. Kristof, New York Times - There are several ways of measuring happiness in countries, all inexact, but this pearl of Central America does stunningly well by whatever system is used. For example, the World Database of Happiness, compiled
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Rafael Marquez optimistic about Mexico's chances
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s most famous player, defender Rafael Marquez, is optimistic about his team’s chances in the World Cup, and much may depend on the opening game against host South Africa.
The Barcelona player said on Thursday there may be extra
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Letters: Islamic terrorism predates Guantanamo Bay
The Obama administration says that the closing of Guantanamo will take away a recruiting tool of the terrorists.
How did they recruit the thugs who attacked the El Al Airline passengers in Munich in 1972, or the USS Cole, or the bombings of U.S.
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Nicaraguan Election Tribunal Stands for Now: Ortega
MANAGUA (Reuters) - Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega issued a decree on Saturday that could extend the terms of electoral officials supporting his controversial bid for re-election in 2011, a move the opposition says oversteps his powers. Nicaragua's
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The Holocaust We Will Not See
Avatar half-tells a story we would all prefer to forget
Avatar, James Cameron’s blockbusting 3-D film, is both profoundly silly and profound. It’s profound because, like most films about aliens, it is a metaphor for contact between different human
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W. Soccer. U.S. Soccer Update
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. - The Florida State women's soccer program will once again be well represented this month with the United States U-23, U-20 and U-18 Women's National Teams all in action.
Tiffany McCarty, Toni Pressley and Casey Short were named to
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Gates Foundation allocates $38M in banking grants
The goal of the grants is to give more people a safe way to save their money. The foundation estimates these new initiatives could make savings accounts available to 11 million people across 12 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America over the next
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Hanesbrands Inc. to Send Assistance to Haiti Contract Operations
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supply chain.
“We are working diligently to determine how we can get supplies and in-kind aid to Haiti, and we will be contributing to international aid agencies.”
Three of the four sewing operations that contract
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Scientists hope to end sleeping sickness by making parasite that causes it self-destruct
After many years of study, a team of researchers is releasing data today that it hopes will lead to new drug therapies that will kill the family of parasites that causes a deadly trio of insect-borne diseases and has afflicted inhabitants of
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Saturday scenes and scenery: Patagonian flora & fauna
My musings on current events, current projects, current anxieties and current delights.
I started this under the Bush regime when any grain of sand thrown into the gears of the over-reaching imperial state seemed worthwhile. In the time of Obama, those
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Venezuela Arrests Alleged Drug Lord Wanted by U.S
CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan soldiers this week captured alleged Colombian drug lord Salomon Camacho, known as "Big Papa," who has a $5 million price on his head in the United States for smuggling cocaine. Rewards of $5 million are usually only
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Nikolas Kozloff: Chile's Presidential Election and Future of South American Left
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Just a few years ago it seemed as if the left was sweeping across South America, but the question on many observers' minds right now is whether this tide may be turning. Already, the mainstream media is salivating
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Users spurn traditional calls for Skype
"Skype is now the largest provider of cross border communications in the world, by far," said Stephan Beckert, analyst at research firm TeleGeography on Tuesday.
Skype's technology allows consumers to make practically free long-distance calls over the
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Experts: Haiti Can Expect More Aftershocks
(CBS/AP) Haiti can expect more aftershocks in coming weeks, and while the usual pattern suggests they will become weaker and less frequent, another one as strong as Wednesday's jolt is certainly possible, scientists say.
The battered nation has
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Hugo Chavez Tries to Show He's Serious About Drugs
RIO CARIBE, Venezuela (Reuters) - Powering through Caribbean swell in a heavy gray patrol boat and toting new Kalashnikov guns, soldiers scouring the craggy coves of Paria peninsula for cocaine smugglers look like they mean business. Yet the five
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Cash Money CEO’s Start Oil Company
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Cash Money CEO’s Bryan “Baby” and Ronald “Slim” Williams have teamed up with Bronald Oil & Gas, Inc. an oil and gas production company to find new pockets
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Extreme poverty up in 2009 in Mexico, Central America
Mexico City, Jan 23 (IANS/EFE) The number of people living under conditions of extreme poverty in Mexico and Central America rose by 800,000 in 2009, according to figures made public by the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
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President to take relief goods for Haitians on Central America trip
President Ma Ying-jeou will depart today on a diplomatic tour of Central America, traveling aboard a chartered flight that will carry more than seven tons of relief supplies for the earthquake-ravaged Caribbean ally of Haiti.
Taiwan's largest
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Bryan 'Birdman' Williams Launching Oil Business
Rap mogul Bryan 'Birdman' Williams and his brother Ronald 'Slim' Williams are venturing away from music - the siblings have launched their own oil and gas company.
The Cash Money Records co-founders have created Bronald Oil & Gas, a combination of both
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NASA Radar to Study Haiti Earthquake Faults
NASA will study Haiti's earthquake faults with a series of overflights by a jet equipped with a special airborne radar system. The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena says a space agency Gulfstream jet carrying the system departed NASA's Dryden Flight
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NASA radar to study Haiti earthquake faults
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PASADENA, Calif. -- NASA will study Haiti's earthquake faults with a series of overflights by a jet equipped with a special airborne radar system.
The Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena says a space agency Gulfstream jet
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Date set for Cuba-US immigration talks in Havana
HAVANA -- Cuba wants to negotiate an agreement with the U.S. to slow the trafficking of its citizens fleeing the island and hopes to tackle the issue during immigration talks rescheduled for February, the foreign minister said Thursday.
Bruno
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U.S. under-20 women qualify for World Cup
GUATEMALA -- The United States qualified for the women's Under-20 World Cup by beating Costa Rica 2-1 Thursday in the first semifinal of the regional championships for North America, Central America and the Caribbean.
Kristie Mewis and Teresa Noyola
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10 years after: The Crash of Alaska Air Flight 261
And most have learned to live with a broken heart.
"A part of you dies, and you never get it back," said Mark Hall, of Enumclaw, who lost his 19-year-old daughter, Meghann Hall, in the crash on Jan. 31, 2000.
As friends and relatives of Flight 261's
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Paul Gross / A Special Feeling
Paul Gross is one of surfing’s Renaissance men. Best known for his 4th Gear Flyer surf mats, Gross is also a surfboard designer and shaper, former editor of Surfer Magazine, and is quoted often in surfing publications. Paul was gracious enough
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Interviews Shed Light On O'Keefe, New Orleans Four Caper
NEW ORLEANS — Johnny Angel opened the door to his old, brick-faced duplex and saw them all there, typing away quietly on their computers just days before their hidden-camera stunt in Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu's district office.
"Man, it was laptop
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Coconut Water: The Next Big Thing?
It comes from a coconut and it just might be the new sports drink of the decade. Zico is one brand of coconut water that’s already making a splash in the United States. Many celebrities and pro athletes swear by it.
“Instead of drinking the
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Scientists 'grow' edible insects in Costa Rica
The day when restaurants will serve garlic grasshoppers or beetle larva skewers is getting closer in Costa Rica, where scientists are "growing" insects for human consumption.
Entomologist Manuel Zumbado's research into this alternative food source
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Costa Rica Poised to Elect First Woman President
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (Reuters) - A protege of outgoing President Oscar Arias could be elected Costa Rica's first woman head of state on Sunday, though a conservative rival has upped his challenge ahead of the election.
Opinion polls show ruling party
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Costa Rican Candidates Pledge China-Led Recovery as Vote Nears
Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Costa Ricans head to the polls for presidential elections this weekend with the leading candidate, Laura Chinchilla, pledging that a pending free-trade pact with China will power an economic rebound.
Chinchilla, who stepped down
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Ref who missed Henry's handball picked for World Cup
ZURICH — FIFA has included Martin Hansson among 30 referees selected for the World Cup despite the Swede missing Thierry Henry's handball during France's decisive qualifier against Ireland in November.
Others in the group are Switzerland's Massimo
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Costa Rica votes, could elect 1st woman president
Costa Ricans could elect their first female president yesterday as Central America's most politically and economically stable country chooses between a career politician from the ruling party and an anti-taxation Libertarian.
Pre-election polls
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Laura Chinchilla: Costa Rica Elects 1st Woman President In Landslide
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — Costa Ricans have elected their first woman president as the ruling party candidate won in a landslide after campaigning to continue free market policies in Central America's most stable nation.
With most of the votes from Sunday'
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American Airlines to charge $8 for blankets, when available
Now that air travelers are warming to the idea of paying extra for service amenities, American Airlines is going to ask them to pay to stay warm in the air.
Beginning May 1, coach passengers on American's domestic flights that last more than two hours,
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AeroMexico reducing New Orleans flights
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — The first international airline to offer direct service to New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina is reducing its service to the city next month after less than a year of operations.
AeroMexico had been offering nonstop flights six
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China, Costa Rica conclude FTA talks
China and Costa Rica concluded their year-long negotiations on the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) on Wednesday.
During the sixth and last round talks, the two sides discussed issues ranging from market access and the rule of origin to the intellectual
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Prince 'races' into palace, injures cop
BRITAIN'S Prince Andrew is at the centre of a police probe after he hit an officer with his 4x4 while driving into Buckingham Palace.
The Prince is said to have raced up to a gate at speed and failed to stop or even slow down after clattering into the
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Scientists: Horn shards from Ridgefield likely from mammoth tusk
Scientists say horn shards unearthed as workers drilled holes for a highway overpass near Ridgefield, Wash., likely are part of the tusk of a mammoth that died thousands of years ago.
Roger Kiers is a Washington state Transportation Department
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Adviser to detained church members may have a lengthy criminal past
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - The man who was providing legal advice to the American church members arrested in Haiti may have a string of legal charges against him in the United States as well as a warrant for his arrest in El Salvador for sex trafficking,
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'Lawyer' for Americans in Haiti Faces Charges
The Dominican legal adviser to the ten American Baptist volunteers facing charges of child kidnapping in Haiti is himself wanted in El Salvador on charges of human trafficking and in the United States for human smuggling.
Jorge Torres Puello, who was
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Adviser to detained Americans wanted in Salvador case
In a call from an unknown location, Jorge Puello said he was innocent of the accusations and that he and his Salvadoran wife had taken in young women from the Caribbean and Central America who had been abandoned by smugglers.
Salvadoran authorities
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Genetic clues to counter malaria drug resistance
London, Feb 17 (ANI): An international group of researchers has used genomics to decode the blueprint of Plasmodium falciparum - a strain of malaria most resistant to drugs that causes the most deaths around the world.
"Combating malaria resistance is
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Continental Airlines, Hispanic Education Organization Announce 'Destino: Latinoamerica' Contest
Participants must write a short essay or produce a three-minute video on the subject of Latin America's impact on U.S. culture and society. First- and second-place winners, who will receive Continental Airlines tickets, will be recognized in October
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Asylum Research Appoints Micra Nanotecnologia as AFM Distributor for Mexico, Central America, and Argentina
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Micra Nanotecnologia representatives pictured left to right: Miguel Urbano, Roberto Villaseñor, John Green (Asylum Research), and Carlos
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The actual soft-on-terror White House
THE ACTUAL SOFT-ON-TERROR WHITE HOUSE.... In some circles, a simple, four-word phrase ends all debate: "Do what Reagan did." It's a maxim that tends to be far more effective with conservative activists who don't really know as much about the Reagan
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Backgrounder: Group of Rio, Caricom
The Unity Summit in Playa del Carmen, a resort town on Mexico's Caribbean coast, brings together the 24-nation Group of Rio and the 15- nation Caribbean Community and Common market (Caricom) from Saturday to Friday.
Some 26 heads of state have
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As answers arrive, 'Lost' loses coherence
We've been told to expect plenty of "answers" on this final season of "Lost (9 p.m., ABC, TV-14). But what if the answers are lame?
Six seasons of baffling mysteries have taught us to exult in the weirdness, so we may be disappointed by the
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Alleged Mexican cartel figure pleads not guilty
Jesus Vincente Zambada-Niebla, 34, listened silently to an interpreter as his New York-based defense attorney, Edward Panzer, entered the plea before Judge Ruben Castillo.
An especially large security contingent were on hand for the hearing in what
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Caribbeans urged to write in ancestry on US Census
It's another step in the evolution of the Census, which has moved well beyond general categories like "black" and "white" to allow people to identify themselves as multi-racial, and, in some cases, by national origin.
The wording of the questions for
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U.S. Men's National Team Set to Take on El Salvador on Wednesday Night in Tampa
Bob Bradley's roster of 20 players were all part of a training camp which began on Feb. 10 at The Home Depot Center in Carson, Calif.
Five players in the squad were part of the gameday squad of 18 when the USA last met El Salvador in the final round
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Dolphins, Monks, Migrants Aided By Oscar's Long Arm
Documentary filmmakers are accustomed to preaching to a choir of mostly small-sized audiences who see their issue-driven films.
But nominees for the March 7 Oscars, who don't attract the controversy of a Michael Moore or the pull of Al Gore, say their
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U.S. pledges to help after Chile earthquake
Mattson said the U.S. had reached out to the Chilean government. In cases of natural disasters, the affected country usually accepts an offer of help made by the State Department, which then could ask the Defense Department to help with any relief
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Clinton Faces Latin America Test on Iran
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Secretary of State Hillary Clinton flies to Latin America on Sunday, working to buff a lackluster U.S. image in a region where Brazil is emerging as a regional power with global aspirations. The trip, featuring Clinton's first
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State Department says drug traffickers squeezed in Mexico are shifting to Central America
WASHINGTON
- The State Department says drug traffickers are adapting to law enforcement pressures in Mexico by shifting their illicit operations to Central America and the Caribbean.
The State Department made that assertion Monday in its annual
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Canada's top bank acquires Royal Bank of Scotland's operations
The bank already has a huge presence in 27 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean where it employs 31,867 people and operates 1,411 branches and other offices. One of North America's top banks and Canada's most international bank, Scotiabank
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Guatemala arrests national police chief, drug czar
Authorities arrested Guatemala's anti-drug czar and national
police chief Tuesday in a case involving stolen cocaine and slain
police, acting just two days before U.S. Secretary of State Hillary
Rodham Clinton arrives to discuss the drug war.
The
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Hillary Clinton fails to convince Brazil to support Iran sanctions
MEXICO CITY — The visit by U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Brazil Wednesday was billed as an effort to forge ties with a country that is increasingly emerging as a recognized global power.
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim told
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Marine Col. James Sabow's Death a Government Cover-up? John Patrick Bedell Thought So
WASHINGTON (CBS/AP) Signs emerged that Pentagon subway shooter John Patrick Bedell harbored strong hatred toward the US government and the armed forces, and had questioned the circumstances behind the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
PICTURES: John
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'Internet threats' of Pentagon gunman
The gunman apparently left behind internet postings resentful of the US government and airing suspicions about the 9/11 terrorist attacks.
John Patrick Bedell, 36, of Hollister, California, was named as the gunman in Thursday night's attack.
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MEXICO: Scientists Reinvent the Corn Tortilla
MEXICO:
By Verónica Díaz Favela*
MEXICO CITY, Mar 7, 2010 (Tierramérica) - The process of making corn tortillas - the filling, age-old traditional food throughout much of Mexico and Central America - pollutes huge volumes of water and
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Murder in Japan
TOKYO, Japan — Late last year, the outspoken new financial services minister, Shizuka Kamei, launched a blistering attack on corporate Japan, accusing it of raising the murder rate among families by laying-off workers to increase profits. Meanwhile,
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Chevron Job Cuts: Chevron To Slash 2,000 Jobs This Year
Chevron Corp. said Tuesday it will cut 2,000 jobs this year and sell some overseas operations as it revamps its struggling refinery, marketing and transportation operations.
The job cuts represent almost 12 percent of its 17,000 workers in the
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Restructuring Chevron to cut jobs
The company will eliminate 2,000 positions and sell some assets.
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Chevron Corp. said Tuesday it will cut 2,000 jobs this year and sell some overseas operations as it
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UN wildlife watchdog considers ban on bluefin tuna
DOHA, Qatar -- A U.N. body best known for protecting tigers and elephants will focus on the world's overfished oceans beginning this week with proposals to regulate the shark trade and ban the export of a tuna species prized by sushi lovers.
The
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Central American shrimp, lobster fast disappearing
AFP - Illegal fishing and climate change are decimating shrimp and lobster populations in Central America, threatening a two-billion-dollar industry and 136,000 jobs, regional experts said Thursday.
"Pollution and warmer waters are impacting our
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Bluefin tuna tops CITES conference agenda in Doha
DOHA, Qatar (AP) - The Atlantic bluefin tuna and other marine life in the world's overfished oceans will be the focus of a two week United Nations conference that opened Saturday in the Gulf state of Qatar.
The 175-nation Convention on International
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Bluefin tuna tops CITES conference agenda in Doha
Raw tuna is a key ingredient in traditional dishes such as sushi and sashimi, and the bluefin variety - called "hon-maguro" in Japan - is particularly prized.
But global stocks of bluefin are dwindling, especially in the Atlantic, and governments
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XO Holdings Inc. (XOHO.OB) Subsidiary Extends International Reach with Customer Referral Program
The program facilitates overseas telecommunications companies contracting with XO, providing carrier customers with access to the full line of XO Carrier Services products and services in the U.S.
“XO is aggressively seeking to expand its presence in
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Costa Rican president-elect to fight drug cartels
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Costa Rica's President-elect Laura Chinchilla speaks during an interview with the Associated Press in San Jose, Monday, March 15, 2010. Chinchilla will be the fifth Latin American woman to serve as president when she takes office in
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Stolen Prescription Drugs: How Common Are Heists?
NEWSWEEK's Ian Yarett spoke to Dan Burges, the director of intelligence at FreightWatch International, a security firm that tracks cargo theft, to get more context on these kinds of crimes.
How frequently do prescription-drug heists occur?
In the
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Al-Jazeera Invades Canada and Threatens the U.S.
Bin Laden’s continuing use of Al-Jazeera as a mouthpiece for al Qaeda came on January 24, when the channel broadcast the terrorist’s latest audio tape.
The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) has approved a request to add
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Google to add Maya, Nahuatl languages to search engine
MEXICO
CITY: Internet giant Google is adding two native Central American languages --
Maya and Nahuatl -- to its universal search service, a company official said
Thursday.
"Searches in these two pre-Columbian languages and mobile
satellite-linked
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New wave of swine flu is less likely in USA
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LOS ANGELES The likelihood of a third wave of pandemic H1N1 influenza appears to be declining as all indicators of swine flu activity remain low throughout the bulk of the country, according to new data released Friday by the Centers
