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Brazil confirms Azevedo to be new WTO chief
(file photo) Brazilian diplomat Roberto Carvalho de Azevedo has been elected the new director-general of the World Trade Organization (WTO), Brazilian authorities announced Tuesday. The WTO is expected to make the official announcement Wednesday, but Brazil's Foreign Ministry confirmed Azebedo's victory in the election, taking at least 93 votes, more than the 80 necessary to win. ...
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Revision of Mental Illness Guide Stirs Debate
A long-anticipated revision of an official diagnostic guide to mental illness, known as the DSM-5, was released this week. While the new manual is being welcomed by some doctors as reflecting advancements in the understanding and diagnosis of mental disorders, critics say its definitions of psychiatric conditions are based too much on symptoms and too little on the biological causes of mental ...
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In Peru Harper finally gets a shot at his long-desired foreign policy
Prime Minister Stephen Harper is greeted by Peruvian President Ollanta Humala at Government Palace in Lima on May 22, 2013. (SEAN KILPATRICK/THE CANADIAN ...
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Argentina calling Chinese firms
China, Argentina vow to enhance ties " (China Daily, May 11) Argentina can substantially increase the output of its agricultural products such as soybeans, corn, wheat and other food grains. Besides, it is already a major producer of beef and dairy products. Chinese companies should, therefore, think of starting large-scale joint ventures to produce non-genetically modified soybeans, ...
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Peru Canada leaders agree to boost economic ties
Peruvian President Ollanta Humala and visiting Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper on Wednesday agreed to strengthen bilateral economic relations following ...
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British PM London Killing Appears to be Terrorism
British Prime Minister David Cameron says the daylight killing of a man on a south London street near an army barracks appears to be a terrorist ...
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Canada sets new aid for Peru linked to mining
LIMA, Peru -; Canada's prime minister has announced a new package of development aid for Peru that environmentalists are viewing warily because it is closely tied to Canadian mining investments in the South American ...
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Venezuela toilet paper shortage ends with new toilet paper shipments
Toilet paper adorns the Auburn Oaks at Toomer's Corner Celebration on April 20, 2013 in Auburn, Alabama. Venezuela could have used some of this. (Mike Zarrilli/Getty ...
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Argentina Judicial Reform A Farewell to thee Rule of Law and the Separation of Powers.
By Rodolfo Arrate (*) - The Argentine poet Jorge Luis Borges famously declared: "Democracy is an abuse of statistics". Observing the evolution of the political regime in Argentina nowadays, the poet’s sentence may well have turned into a ...
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Cars made in Brazil are deadly
The cars roll endlessly off the local assembly lines of the industry's biggest automakers, more than 10,000 a day, into the eager hands of Brazil's new middle class. The shiny new Fords, Fiats, and Chevrolets tell the tale of an economy in full bloom that now boasts the fourth largest auto market in the world. What happens once those vehicles hit the streets, however, is shaping up ...
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US Officially Acknowledges Drone Strike Killings
The U.S. Justice Department has formally acknowledged that the United States has killed four American citizens in drone strikes in Yemen and Pakistan since ...
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Italian Judge Orders Criminal Trial for Costa Concordia Captain
An Italian judge has ordered the captain of the capsized cruise ship Costa Concordia to stand trial for the deaths of 32 passengers. Captain Francesco Schettino has been charged with manslaughter, causing a shipwreck, and abandoning ship before all the passengers were safe. He faces up to 20 years in prison if convicted. The Costa Concordia struck rocks and capsized off the coast of ...
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Calls Grow For An End to Sexual Assaults in US Military
THE PENTAGON -- A recent Pentagon report says the number of sexual assaults among people in the military continues to grow. The estimated number of incidents, ranging from groping to rape, increased by 37 percent last year. Both men and women were victims. This is prompting them, and activists, to push for deep changes in the US military. More women are on active military duty than ever ...
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Peru’s President Orders Environmental Clean Up in Amazon Oil Region
The Peruvian government has declared an environmental emergency and ordered the oil company Plusptetol to clean up a swath of Amazonian jungle in the Pastaza River basin that's home to a number of native groups. (Photo: Alianza ...
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Puerto Ricos Culebra awaits new hospital school
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -; Puerto Rico's tiny island of Culebra has been forever dependent on the U.S. territory for food, jobs and health care, but the territory's governor is cutting some of those ...
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Little done in Brazil to improve safety after fire
FILE - In this Jan. 27, 2013 file photo, firefighters work to douse a fire at the Kiss Club in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil. Relatives of the victims of the nightclub fire that earlier this year killed 242 people in southern Brazil, said on Wednesday, May 22, 2013 that little has been done to improve the safety of public gathering places since the tragedy. (AP Photo/Agencia ...
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Puerto Rico legislator targets parents of dropouts
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico -; A legislator in Puerto Rico has submitted a bill that would increase fines and jail time for parents whose children skip classes or drop out of ...
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Argentine leader raises cash handouts 35 percent
Higher prices for its multiple sclerosis drug Rebif helped German pharmaceutical and high-tech materials company Merck KGaA post a 54 percent rise in first-quarter ...
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Santos announced Colombia’s new housing minister
Until now, Henao held the position of Deputy Minister of Housing. The official will replace outgoing Minister German Vargas, which he also did during the administration of former President Alvaro Uribe when Vargas resigned prematurely to run for president in the 2010 elections. According to the president, the change of minister was not ';a goodbye but rather a see you later,'; to ...
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Argentinas Qom Indians ask President Fernandez for help getting ancestral lands returned
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina - Argentina's Qom Indians have asked President Cristina Fernandez for help in recovering some of their ancestral land. Justices met with Qom leader Felix Diaz and other tribal members but the governor of Formosa province, Gildo Insfran, was a no-show at the conciliation hearing, sending lower-level functionaries instead. The Qom refuse to move from land around the ...
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Iraqi Police Gunmen Kill at Least 12 in Baghdad Brothel
Civilians gather at the scene of a car bomb attack in Kamaliyah neighborhood, a predominantly Shiite area of eastern Baghdad, Iraq, Monday, May 20, ...
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Opposition Groups Call for Swaziland Election Boycott
King of Swaziland Mswati III (Front) and one of his 13 wives disembark from a plane after arriving at Katunayake International airport in Colombo, Sri Lanka, August 13, 2012. ...
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Transitional Justice Elusive in Arab Spring Nations
Egyptian riot police take up positions outside the building where former president Hosni Mubarak is being tried in connection with the killing of Arab Spring ...
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Argentine Indians ask president for their lands
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina -; Argentina's Qom Indians have asked President Cristina Fernandez for help in recovering some of their ancestral ...
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New Paraguay leaders promise more free milk
ASUNCION, Paraguay -; Paraguay exports enough soy, wheat and corn to feed 80 million people, more than 10 times its population, and its rivers provide abundant fresh water. But 14 percent of its children suffer chronic malnutrition, and many others lack clean drinking ...
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Shipping Wars: Uruguay and Argentina face off over rival port expansion plans
Argentina and Uruguay both want to be the shipping hubs of South America, or southern South America at least, and both are planning to considerably expand their port infrastructure in Buenos Aires and Montevideo respectively, which is leading to considerable diplomatic strain.
Argentina is a regional power in South America, the country is considered one of the more developed nations on the continent on-par with Uruguay (on paper at least, with a similar per capita income and Human Development Index rating) although the country occupies a majority of the continent with Brazil and presides over a massive coastline. Read more
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