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UK Soldier Deaths Court Ruling Will Harm Combat Missions
LONDON -- The British government warned on Wednesday that future combat operations could become more difficult after a court ruled that families of three soldiers killed in Iraq could sue the military for failing to protect troops on active duty. Britain's Supreme Court upheld the claim of relatives that the Human Rights Act applied to troops serving in battle abroad, and rejected the ...
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Cuba-USA Postal Issue Discussed Satisfactorily
Havana, jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Cuba considered talks with United States officials on postal issue satisfactory and fruitful. Prensa Latina reproduces the official Cuban note on the talks, as follows. On June 18 and 19, 2013, representatives from Cuba and the United States resumed talks on direct postal services between both countries. The Cuban delegation was presided over by Jos Ramn Cabaas ...
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Confed Cup Protests continue in Brazil
Mexico's head coach Jose Manuel de la Torre will not be distracted by the civil unrest in Brazil when his side play the host nation. Demonstrations have continued across Brazil with protesters notably blocking the main access road to the Arena Castelao, in Fortaleza where the Selecao will play Mexico in the Confederations Cup on Wednesday ...
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Brazil protests continue in Rio de Janeiro
Brazil's government says it will deploy soldiers to five major cities to control a wave of protests which has seen almost a quarter of a million people demand better public services. The announcement comes after riot police and protesters clashed in fresh protests on Tuesday. ITN's Nick Ravenscroft ...
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Cold War enemies US and Cuba agree to resume talks on migration issues
HAVANA - A State Department official says the United States and Cuba have agreed to resume bilateral talks on migration issues next month, in the latest evidence of a thaw in chilly relations. The talks will be held in Washington on July 17. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publically. The two Cold War enemies just concluded discussions in ...
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Brazil World Cup protests National security force deployed to ensure Confederations Cup is not disrupted
A national security force will be deployed to five of Brazil's major cities to ensure the Confederations Cup football tournament is not disrupted by the widespread protests that have swept the ...
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Violent crime in Haiti kills over 1000
PORT-AU-PRINCE, June 19 AFP - Violent crime in Haiti has claimed the lives of more than a thousand people over the past year, including foreigners and United Nations peacekeepers, a human rights group ...
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Giant Cucumber From Brazil May Be One Of The Largest Youve Ever Seen Or Maybe Not
How many salads can you make with an 88-pound cucumber? Some (un)lucky Brazilians may soon find out. The giant vegetable -- which is reportedly 1.15 meters (3 feet 9 inches) thick, 70 cm (2 feet 4 inches) long and weighs about 40 kilograms -- was recently spotted at a market in the Vila Palmeira neighborhood of the northeast city of So Lus. Antnio Carlos Jr., who was given the cucumber by his ...
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Puerto Rico church built in 1532 listed as endangered site
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico - A nearly 500-year-old church in Puerto Rico has been listed as one of the 11 most endangered historic places in the U.S. It is the first time the National Trust for Historic Preservation includes a Puerto Rico site on its annual list released Wednesday. The San Jose Church in historic Old San Juan was built in 1532 and is one of the few remaining examples of 16th ...
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Protesters out again in Brazilian cities
SAO PAULO (AP) -- Scattered street demonstrations popped up around Brazil Wednesday as protesters continued their collective cry against the low-quality public services they receive in exchange for high taxes and rising ...
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ATS Brasil is in advanced talks with banks for Brazil bourse
SAO PAULO, June 19 | Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:05pm EDT SAO PAULO, June 19 (Reuters) - American Trading Systems Brasil, the company seeking permission to open a financial exchange in Brazil, said talks with global and local banking and asset management firms are at "an advanced stage." ATS Brasil, as the company is known, is considering the sale of a 24 percent stake to a number of ...
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Lebanese Men Accused of Terrorism Sue Nigeria for $25 Million
ABUJA, NIGERIA -- Four Lebanese men accused of being Hezbollah members remain imprisoned in Nigeria after a court dismissed weapons and terrorism related charges against them on a technicality. The men are suing the government for nearly $25 million for unlawful detention, but lawyers say the government also may present new charges Friday in a higher court. This story started in May with a ...
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EMERGING MARKETS-BMFBovespa weighs on Brazil stocks as Fed eyed
SAO PAULO, June 19 (Reuters) - Brazil's benchmark stock index fell on Wednesday as shares of local bourse BM&FBovespa dropped over 3 percent on fears of possible competition with NYSE Euronext, while other Latin American stock markets were little changed ahead of a key statement from the U.S. Federal Reserve. Investors were seen mostly on hold before the Fed releases its policy statement at ...
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Confederations Cup Nigeria and Uruguay to battle for second spot in Group B
Before the Confederations Cup, Nigeria coach Stephen Keshi looked at the schedule and knew his team's meeting with Uruguay would be a must-win if they wanted to advance past the group stage. Peter Powell / ...
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Blatter says protesters in Brazil exploiting soccer to make case against government
FIFA President Sepp Blatter gives a speech during the Financial Times and International Football Arena Business of Football summit in Rio de Janeiro June 17, 2013. (SERGIO ...
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Gyula Horn former Hungarian prime minister dies
BUDAPEST, Hungary -; Gyula Horn, a former Hungarian prime minister who played a key role in opening the Iron Curtain, has died at the age of ...
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Obama...Give Me Five in International Meeting of Design in Cuba
Havana, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) ''Obama...Give me five'', the stimulating slogan of the campaign for the liberation of the five Cuban anti-terrorists sentenced in United States, leads the posters'' exhibition of the event Diseño Forma 2013 (Design Form 2013) held in this capital city. The Cuban artistic director and graphic designer Jorge Martell told to ...
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Five Deaths One Million Infected by Flu in Bolivia
La Paz, Jun 19 (Prensa Latina) Five dead and more than a million patients is the balance of an influenza epidemic in Bolivia, the result of a wave of winter from earlier this month, reported the Ministry of Health. According to the health minister, Juan Carlos Calvimontes, the deaths are due to infection by the H2N3 flu virus, following a reported outbreak in the capital and in the peripheral ...
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Forlan Eyes 100th Uruguay Cap in Key Game Against Nigeria
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Brazils biggest protest in 20 years continues
Tens of thousands of Brazilians again flooded the streets of Sao Paulo to protest poor public services, police violence and government ...
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FBI Most-wanted Suspect Nabbed in Mexico
A former University of Southern California professor on the FBI's most-wanted list for alleged sex crimes involving children was caught in Mexico, the FBI said. Bill Lewis, FBI assistant director in charge, said 64-year-old Walter Lee Williams was arrested Tuesday by Mexican authorities, The Los Angeles Times reported. The FBI said authorities have identified at least 10 of the ...
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Mexico arrests man on FBI’s top list
Mexican officials said late Tuesday that they had arrested former US university professor Walter Lee Williams, an alleged child sexual predator on the FBI's list of top 10 Most Wanted ...
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Dominican officials look to dump poultry glut as Haiti ban holds
Santo Domingo. - Dominican Republic is running around "like a chicken with its head cut off" in the heels of Haiti's ban on local poultry products that took effect for more than one week, as various sectors suggest ways to deal with the expected glut. Agriculture minister Luis Ramon Rodriguez, who met today with north region chicken and egg farmers, said the government could buy ...
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Canada deploying 34 peacekeepers to serve with Brazilians in Haiti
Canada is sending 34 troops to Haiti to serve as a peacekeepers with a Brazilian battalion, Defence Minister Peter MacKay announced Wednesday. MacKay announced the deployment in Ottawa alongside Calgary MP Diane Ablonczy and Gen. Tom Lawson, Canada's Chief of the Defence Staff. They will deploy from June 21 until December 2013, MacKay said. "Members of the Canadian Armed ...
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Dubai Chile discuss customs cooperation
The existing spheres of customs cooperation and the economic and trade relations between Dubai and Chile were discussed today by Ahmed Butti Ahmed, the Executive Chairman of Ports, Customs and Free Zone Corporation and Director General of Dubai Customs, and Carlos Salas, the Trade Commissioner of Chile at the Embassy of Chile in the UAE. Ahmed Butti Ahmed, in his remarks at the meeting, ...
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Cuba and Venezuela pushing ahead with major undersea project
Submarine cables are the information gateways of the modern world and Cuba will soon be linked to Venezuela and Jamaica by one, which will increase the efficiency of information flows between the countries by over 3000 times.
Work on an underwater cable that will link Cuba, Venezuela and Jamaica is underway with the survey ship RV Ridley Thomas mapping the ocean floor between the countries to determine the exact path of the cable. Read more
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