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The 2000-year dormant Chaiten volcano blasted ash some 20 miles into the Andean sky on Tuesday. As a result, the government ordered the evacuation of everyone living within a 30-mile radius of it. The military, navy and police helped to the evacuation process of thousands of people living in the neighbourhood of the volcano’s base.
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 Bolivians will hold a vote of confidence in the rule of
their President Evo Morales, BBC News reports. Leftist Morales, who has more
than two years to run as leader, agreed to hold the referendum after the
opposition-run upper house of parliament backed it.
Citizens of Bolivia
will vote within 90 days on whether Morales, his...
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 Severe storms hit the Southeast on Thursday, damaging houses and shopping areas in at least four states. Some northeast Mississippi counties and areas of northwest Alabama were under tornado warnings until midafternoon Thursday. One person was killed and three were injured by a tornado which hit North Carolina, authorities said. A strong...
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 The 2000-year dormant Chaiten volcano blasted ash some 20 miles into the Andean sky on Tuesday. As a result, the government ordered the evacuation of everyone living within a 30-mile radius of it. The military, navy and police helped to the evacuation process of thousands of people living in the neighbourhood of the volcano’s base....
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 Former Roman Catholic bishop Fernando Lugo won Paraguay’s
presidential election, ending more than six decades of one-party rule by the
Colorado Party (CP). His victory is historic in the country, as CP held power
even longer than the communist regimes of Cuba,
North Korea and China.
“The humble citizens are the ones...
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 New Cuban President’s Raul Castro recent reforms in order to
improve access to consumer products are “cynical” since most of the people do
not afford them, U.S.
officials say. U.S. Commerce Secretary Carlos Gutierrez told Reuters that “It's
somewhat cynical that some time in the future they will have the right to buy a
cell phone,...
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The rescue teams announced Friday that the aircraft carrying
46 passengers from the provincial city of Merida,
to Simon Bolivar
International Airport
near Caracas, crashed in the Andean mountains of
western Venezuela
and that there are no survivors.
The French-made ATR 42-300 aircraft lost contact with air
traffic towers 30...
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An ATR 42-300 plane, belonging to
Santa Barbara Airlines, with 46 passengers on board is missing after it took
off Thursday, at 4:59 p. m. local time from the Venezuelan city of Merida, heading to Simon
Bolivar International
Airport, near Caracas.
According to AFP, the plane has
allegedly crashed in the Coyado del...
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 After 50 years of tenure, Fidel Castro has
announced his resignation as Cuba’s
president. The newspaper Granma, the official publication of the Cuban
Communist Party, quotes Fidel Castro as saying he is not interested in another
term as president. Castro’s health problems are well known, especially after
the intestinal surgery he...
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 Hundreds of thousands of
Colombians marched Monday in Colombia
and in many other countries asking the Marxist FARC rebels to stop kidnapping
people and release those it holds. The demonstrators were wearing white
T-shirts saying "No more FARC" and "No more kidnapping."
It is the largest protest ever against the...
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 The suspense of Fidel Castro's political future is set to be solved on
February 24, when the new Cuban National Assembly holds its first
meeting after Sunday's elections.
The 31 members of the communist country's Council of State, whose
president is also Cuba's head of state and government, are set to be
chosen from among...
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 “Reprise,” A Story of Friendship and Art
Directed by the young Norwegian filmmaker Joachim Trier, “Reprise” tells the story of two young aspiring writers. Philip (Anders Danielsen Lie) and Erik (Espen...
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Bolivia To Hold Confidence Vote
Bolivians will hold a vote of confidence in the rule of
their President Evo Morales, BBC News reports. Leftist Morales, who has more
than two years to run as leader,...
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Today is Wednesday, May 14
, the 135th day of 2008 with 231 to follow. The moon is waxing. The morning stars are Venus, Neptune, Uranus and Jupiter. The evening stars are Mars, Mercury 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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