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| Archaeologists Dig Up Pre-Incan Tomb |
A team of archaeologists has uncovered the undamaged antique
tomb of a pre-Incan leader who lived 1,600 years ago and the discovery may be
of great use in solving the mysteries regarding Peru's ancient Moche culture, the
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 Brazilian police cracked down on drug dealers in poor neighbourhoods of Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, at least 18 being killed in the ensuing gunbattles.Brazilian authorities decided it was time to root out drug trafficking in one of the country’s largest cities, putting on an impressive display of force, as a number of 1,300 security...
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 Incumbent Nestor Kirchner remains the strongest candidate ahead of the Argentine presidential elections in October, but he has recently shown signs of a weakness that he had managed to avoid since being elected in 2003.
"The right wing established a beachhead in the capital," the left-wing daily Pagina 12 said...
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 A powerful earthquake rattled Guatemala and parts of El Salvador Wednesday sending terrified residents rushing into the streets for safety and causing traffic chaos in Guatemala City.Land slides were reported in the southwest province of Escuintla and phone service was interrupted in some areas According to the U.S. Geological Survey the...
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 The President of Cuba, Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, better known as Fidel Castro, appeared healthier on Sunday in the first television footage of the Cuban leader aired in Cuba in four months. His health appears to be improving after a long recovery from several operations.The new video showed Castro during a meeting on Saturday afternoon...
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 The leftist leader of Venezuela Hugo Chavez replaced the opposition television station RCTV, the country’s oldest television, after midnight on Sunday with a state station promoting President Hugo Chavez's socialist revolution.Chavez refused to renew the station’s license, accusing the channel of "subversive" activities.RCTV...
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 Rain poured down on Cuba
over the weekend, causing massive flooding in the eastern regions of the
country and killing two people, the media informed on Monday.
Hundreds of buildings were damaged and more than three
thousand people were evacuated from the affected areas. The search for stranded
persons continue, as two workers were...
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 The President of Cuba, Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz, better known as Fidel Castro, says his health is finally improving after a long recovery from several operations. Castro released a lenghty article, the 11th written communique signed by Castro in recent weeks, mainly focused on food production.The comments about his health were part of...
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 Mexico is terrified by the bloodbath caused by the war between authorities and drug lords, 22 people being killed Wednesday in the north. A police station in Cananea, located in the northern Mexican state of Sonora was attacked by a group of armed individuals. Seven policemen and six civilians were kidnapped, the authorities informed....
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 During his visit in Brazil Pope Benedict XVI spoke about the stringent problem of Roman Catholics joining different sects in Latin America. The pope said this is a consequence of “the lack of an evangelization completely centered on Christ and his Church.”The pontiff blamed the issue on the lack of proper learning and veiledly accused...
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 The Sovereign of the Vatican City State continued his visit in Brazil and met with the country’s president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and later attended a rally in Sao Paolo.After a short meeting with the president, Pope Benedict held a speech at the Sao Paolo stadium, where approximately 40,000 young people gathered to listen to the...
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 Archaeologists Dig Up Pre-Incan Tomb
A team of archaeologists has uncovered the undamaged antique
tomb of a pre-Incan leader who lived 1,600 years ago and the discovery may be
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Today is Thursday, June 5
the 157th day of 2008 with 209 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Jupiter, Neptune and Uranus. The evening stars are Mercury, Mars and...
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 General Petraeus Set for Central Command
It appears that U. S. President George W. Bush’s favorite
general has been handed the task of winning the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan
as well as confronting the...
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 A culinary journey through Crete
Almost as soon as you set foot on the southern Mediterranean island of Crete the poignant smell of oregano, wild flowers and wild teas tickles your senses while the...
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