Spanish firm cuts energy deal in Brazil
September 14th, 2012 - 12:39 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Sep 14 (IANS/EFE) Spanish wind energy firm Gamesa said Thursday it has signed an 843-million-reais ($417 million) contract in Brazil to supply 258 MW of generating capacity.The ... Read more...
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Actress Roselyn Sanchez brings joy to kids with cancer
August 31st, 2012 - 1:26 pm ICT by IANS
San Juan, Aug 31 (IANS/EFE) Puerto Rican actress Roselyn Sanchez Thursday visited a group of children suffering from cancer at the San Jorge Hospital in San Juan and symbolically gave ... Read more...
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Brazil importing Spanish defence technology
August 24th, 2012 - 12:09 pm ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, Aug 24 (IANS/EFE) Brazil has begun to import Spanish defence training technology, a media report said Thursday.Simulators from Tecnobit, S.L., will be installed in Brazil at two training ... Read more...
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Swine flu deaths rise to 133 in Brazil
July 25th, 2012 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, July 25 (IANS/EFE) Brazilian health authorities reported the deaths of 10 more people in the southern part of the country from the AH1N1 swine flu virus, bringing the ... Read more...
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14 dismembered bodies found in Mexico
June 9th, 2012 - 11:32 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, June 9 (IANS/EFE) At least 14 dismembered bodies were found in a truck abandoned in El Mante, a city in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas, authorities said.The ... Read more...
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Gilberto undergoes surgery on nose
April 1st, 2012 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, April 1 (IANS) Former Arsenal midfielder Gilberto Silva underwent surgery to correct his broken nose.Silva received a vicious elbow during his team's 4-0 win over Avenida ... Read more...
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Gremio’s Kleber to be out for five months
March 28th, 2012 - 4:59 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, March 28 (IANS) Brazilian football club Gremio's newest acquisition, midfielder Kleber, is set to be out for five months after undergoing surgery Tuesday.Kleber fractured the fibula in ... Read more...
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Toddler left on slain father’s body
March 20th, 2012 - 11:25 am ICT by IANS
San Juan, March 20 (IANS/EFE) An 18-month-old boy was left on the body of his father after hired killers gunned down the man Monday in a Puerto Rican town, the ... Read more...
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Gremio grab 4-1 win in state championship
March 19th, 2012 - 7:57 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, March 19 (IANS) Gremio slammed Veranopolis 4-1 in the third round of the Rio Grande do Sul state championship, also known as the Farroupilha Cup.Head coach Vanderlei ... Read more...
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Gremio eliminated from Brazilian state championship
February 27th, 2012 - 3:26 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 27 (IANS) Brazilian club Gremio's new head coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo suffered a disappointing loss as they were eliminated by Caxias in the semi-finals of the Rio ... Read more...
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Luxemburgo signs up to coach Gremio
February 22nd, 2012 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 22 (IANS) Brazilian club Gremio ended speculations as they announced the hiring of head coach Vanderlei Luxemburgo.The move came two days after the dismissal of Caio ... Read more...
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Bathers attacked by carnivorous fish in Brazil
February 21st, 2012 - 12:34 pm ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Feb 21 (IANS/EFE) At least 20 people suffered slight injuries on their toes and fingers when they were attacked by carnivorous fish as they were bathing in ... Read more...
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Brazil announces plan to boost exports
February 18th, 2012 - 12:00 pm ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, Feb 18 (IANS/EFE) President Dilma Rousseff said her government will do more to foster expanded output and exports with the aim of making Brazil more competitive."This year we ... Read more...
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Brazil leases airport to private consortium
November 29th, 2011 - 1:36 pm ICT by IANS
Rio De Janeiro, Nov 29 (IANS) President Dilma Rousseff signed a concession plan Monday that would allow private investments for the first time in airport construction and operation as Brazil ... Read more...
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20 die in Mexico prison fight
October 16th, 2011 - 11:35 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Oct 16 (IANS/EFE) A fight among inmates at a prison in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas Saturday left 20 dead and 12 injured, officials said.The state's Public ... Read more...
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Masked robbers strike at Puerto Rico casino
September 17th, 2011 - 12:28 pm ICT by IANS
San Juan, Sep 17 (IANS/EFE) Five heavily armed assailants wearing masks made off with over $85,000 from a casino in the northern coastal town of Rio Grande, Puerto Rican police ... Read more...
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Six mutilated bodies found in Mexico
September 12th, 2011 - 11:16 am ICT by IANS
Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), Sep 12 (IANS/EFE) The mutilated bodies of six people, including two women, were found in a Mexican city, prosecutors said.The incident took place in Ciudad Madera, a ... Read more...
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Five dead in Brazil air force plane crash
August 3rd, 2011 - 8:19 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, Aug 3 (IANS) A Brazilian Air Force plane crashed in the country's southern region, killing at least five people on board, Xinhua reported.The plane - a C-98A ... Read more...
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Ricky Martin to set up kids’s centres across Latin America
June 5th, 2011 - 10:10 am ICT by IANS
Rio Grande (Puerto Rico), June 5 (IANS/EFE) Pop star Ricky Martin has said he would expand institutions like his Child Development and Prevention Centre in Puerto Rico to the rest ... Read more...
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Mexican city fires 400 cops
May 20th, 2011 - 11:19 am ICT by IANS
Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), May 20 (IANS/EFE) Some 400 police officers in this Mexican city have been dismissed since last October on suspicion they had ties to organised crime, Mayor Hector ... Read more...
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Caesarean babies at greater risk of becoming fat
May 15th, 2011 - 10:18 am ICT by IANS
London, May 15 (IANS) Babies born by Caesarean section may be at greater risk of becoming obese later in life than those delivered naturally, according to experts.A report in the ... Read more...
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Air force pilot dies in Brazil plane crash
May 13th, 2011 - 10:35 am ICT by IANS
Sao Paulo, May 13 (IANS/EFE) An air force pilot died Thursday when his aircraft crashed in northeastern Brazil, said an air force spokesperson.The A-29 turboprop plane went down near Natal, ... Read more...
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Brazil rains: 8,000 left homeless
March 14th, 2011 - 10:29 am ICT by IANS
Brasilia, March 14 (IANS/EFE) Rains that battered Brazil's southern coast in the past week have left 8,000 people homeless and vast areas without electricity and potable water, officials said.The state ... Read more...
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Brazilian boxer shot dead by police
March 14th, 2011 - 9:55 am ICT by IANS
Brasilia, March 14 (IANS/EFE) A 17-year-old youth, considered one of the most promising boxers in Brazil, has been shot dead by a police officer after an argument, officials said.Tairone Silva ... Read more...
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25 die in Brazil accident
March 6th, 2011 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
Rio de Janeiro, March 6 (IANS/EFE) At least 25 people, including members of a bowling club, were killed in a collision between a truck and a bus in southern Brazil, ... Read more...
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Mexican city closes 2,000 streets
March 3rd, 2011 - 11:39 am ICT by IANS
Ciudad Juarez, March 3 (IANS/EFE) More than 2,000 streets have been closed in Mexico's Ciudad Juarez city, on the border with US' Texas state, to keep out gangs, an official ... Read more...
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Violence leaves 8,500 orphans in Mexican border city
February 25th, 2011 - 10:10 am ICT by IANS
Ciudad Juarez, Feb 25 (IANS/EFE) Over 7,000 killings in Ciudad Juarez in Mexico, bordering America's Texas state, in the past three years have left nearly 8,500 children orphaned, a senior state official ... Read more...
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Mexican border city officials seek ban on video game
February 24th, 2011 - 10:53 am ICT by IANS
Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), Feb 24 (IANS/EFE) The mayor of Ciudad Juarez city in Mexico has said he would ask that a video game set in this gritty border metropolis be banned.Action should ... Read more...
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Singer shot at during robbery in Mexican city
February 23rd, 2011 - 5:34 pm ICT by IANS
Ciudad Juarez (Mexico) Feb 23 (IANS/EFE) A member of popular musical band Caballo Dorado was shot by several men who robbed him in Ciudad Juarez city of Mexico, police said.Eduardo Gameros was ... Read more...
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Gunmen attack funeral procession in Mexican city
February 17th, 2011 - 12:04 pm ICT by IANS
Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), Feb 17 (IANS/EFE) Gunmen opened fire on the funeral procession for a teenager killed earlier this week in the northern Mexican city of Chihuahua, wounding a police officer, police ... Read more...
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Five bullet-riddled bodies found on Mexican highway
December 31st, 2010 - 11:51 am ICT by IANS
Ciudad Juarez (Mexico), Dec 31 (IANS/EFE) Five bullet-riddled bodies were found on a rural highway in the northern Mexican state of Chihuahua, officials said.Residents of the town of Sainapuchi notified police Wednesday ... Read more...
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41 Mexican guards to go on trial for jailbreak
December 29th, 2010 - 11:37 am ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Dec 29 (IANS/EFE) A Mexican judge decided to bring to trial 41 guards, among them seven women, posted to a penitentiary in the northern border city of Nuevo Laredo for ... Read more...
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Contract murders for just $40 in Mexican city
December 17th, 2010 - 1:20 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Dec 17 (IANS/EFE) Poor teenagers in Mexico's border city of Ciudad Juarez say they have carried out murders on behalf of drug cartels for sums as small as 500 pesos ... Read more...
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Woman police chief slain in Mexico
November 30th, 2010 - 11:55 am ICT by IANS
Chihuahua (Mexico), Nov 30 (IANS/EFE) The woman leading the police department in the northern Mexican town of Meoqui was shot dead while driving to work, authorities said.Hermila Garcia was named last month ... Read more...
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Brazil urged to probe murders of journalists
November 3rd, 2010 - 12:21 pm ICT by IANS
Paris, Nov 3 (IANS/EFE) Reporters Without Borders asked Tuesday for an investigation into the murders of three journalists that took place in the last two weeks.The owner and editor of the newspaper ... Read more...
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