Reporter murdered in Mexico
April 30th, 2012 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS
Veracruz (Mexico), April 30 (IANS/EFE) The body of Regina Martinez, the Proceso magazine correspondent in the eastern Mexican state of Veracruz, was found in her house. She had been strangled ... Read more...
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Portuguese Duarte appointed as Gabon coach
April 29th, 2012 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
Libreville (Gabon), April 29 (IANS) The Gabonese Football Federation confirmed that Portuguese Paulo Duarte will replace Gernot Rohr as head coach of Gabon.The 43-year-old, who signed a two-year contract Saturday, ... Read more...
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Honduras prison fire: President vows full investigation
February 16th, 2012 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
Tegucigalpa, Feb 16 (IANS/EFE) The fire that killed more than 300 inmates at the Comayagua prison farm in central Honduras will be investigated with full transparency and "international observation", President ... Read more...
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Journalist, two family members murdered in Mexico
June 21st, 2011 - 12:17 pm ICT by IANS
Veracruz (Mexico), June 21 (IANS/EFE) Journalist Miguel Angel Lopez Velasco, who covered security issues, was gunned down along with his wife and son in Veracruz, a port city on Mexico's ... Read more...
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Mexico says it n-plant is safe
March 18th, 2011 - 11:28 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, March 18 (IANS/EFE) Mexican officials inspected the country's only nuclear power plant following the nuclear crisis in Japan. They said the facility was safe.The Laguna Verde nuclear plant ... Read more...
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Mexican judge hands down country’s first life sentence
December 23rd, 2010 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), Dec 23 (IANS/EFE) A judge in the northern state of Chihuahua imposed Mexico's first sentence of life in prison, the state Attorney General's Office said.Alfredo Cruz Guzman, 18, found ... Read more...
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UAE’s Sheikha Fatima named UN goodwill ambassador
October 15th, 2010 - 9:56 pm ICT by IANS
Rome, Oct 15 (IANS/WAM) The UAE's Sheikha Fatima bint Mubarak, chairperson of the NGO General Women Union, was Friday named extraordinary goodwill ambassador of the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO).FAO ... Read more...
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Oceans can feed the human race
December 2nd, 2009 - 4:37 pm ICT by IANS
London, Dec 2 (IANS) Oceans could become a source of more human food if steps are taken to expand and improve marine aquaculture, says a new study.
As the world's population continues ... Read more...
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Oceans would be able to feed growing world population in future
December 2nd, 2009 - 2:17 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, December 2 (ANI): In a new study, scientists have determined that the oceans could become the source of food for the increasing human population in the future if steps are taken ... Read more...
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Missionary accused of molesting boys arrested
October 22nd, 2009 - 2:42 pm ICT by IANS
Santo Domingo, Oct 22 (EFE) A Canadian missionary accused of sexually abusing dozens of boys in neighbouring Haiti was arrested in the northern Dominican province of Puerto Plata, authorities said.
Joao Jose Correira ... Read more...
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ANC gets two-thirds of vote in South Africa
April 24th, 2009 - 6:56 pm ICT by IANS
Pretoria, April 24 (IANS) The African National Congress (ANC) Friday secured more than two-thirds of the vote as vote-counting neared completion in South Africa's general elections, BuaNews reported.
The ANC currently has ... Read more...
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Looks could often decide your creditworthiness, study shows
March 13th, 2009 - 5:02 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 13 (IANS) Your looks often could determine whether you are deemed trustworthy or not by financial lenders, according to new research.
The paper, by Jefferson Duarte of Rice University and ... Read more...
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Your looks can affect your chances of getting a loan
March 13th, 2009 - 12:11 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, March 13 (ANI): Your looks may play a significant role in getting your loans sanctioned, if U.S. researchers are to be believed.
Jefferson Duarte at Rice Universitys Jones Graduate School ... Read more...
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Russia wins Olympic heavyweight boxing gold
August 24th, 2008 - 4:41 am ICT by IANS
Moscow, Aug 24 (RIA Novosti) Russia's Rakhim Chakhkiev Saturday bagged the Olympic heavyweight boxing gold after defeating world champion Clemente Russo of Italy in the final.His win has secured Russia's first boxing ... Read more...
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Former bishop wins election in Paraguay
April 21st, 2008 - 11:08 am ICT by admin
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Asuncion (Paraguay), April 21 (DPA) Centre-left candidate Fernando Lugo, a former Roman Catholic bishop, won a historic election Sunday in Paraguay, according to exit poll results released after the end of voting. ... Read more...
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