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UPDATE 1-Peru protesters push to stop $5 billion Newmont mine
Mon Jun 17, 2013 7:21pm EDT By Mitra Taj PEROL LAKE, Peru, June 17 (Reuters) - Thousands of opponents of a $5 billion gold project of Newmont Mining circled a lake high in the Andes on Monday, vowing to stop the company from eventually draining it to make way for Peru's most expensive mine. Lake Perol is one of several lakes that would eventually be displaced to mine ore from the Conga ...
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Brazil warns against soccer protests
Brazil warned on Monday that it will not allow ongoing nationwide protests against higher public transportation fares and the use of public funds to disrupt international football tournaments."We will not allow any of these demonstrations to disrupt the events which we have pledged to host - the Confederations Cup and (next year's) World Cup," Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo ...
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Ecuador firm on Assange asylum
Wikileaks founder Julian Assange addresses members of the media and supporters from the window of the Ecuadorian embassy in Knightsbridge, west London on Dec. 20, 2012. (Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images) Ecuador on Monday defended its protection of Julian Assange after holding fruitless talks with Britain, resulting in no change to the fugitive's asylum ...
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Hours After Supreme Court Strikes Down Voter Suppression Law Senator Introduces Bill To Overturn Decision
struck down an Arizona voter suppression law in a surprise move Monday, but one Republican senator is already trying to work around that decision. Conservative Justice Antonin Scalia wrote the 7-2 opinion in ...
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Protests build in Brazil as discontent spreads
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Tens of thousands of demonstrators marched through the streets of Brazil's biggest cities on Monday in a growing protest that is tapping into widespread anger at poor public services, police violence and government corruption. The marches, organized mostly through snowballing social media campaigns, blocked streets and halted traffic in more than a half-dozen cities, ...
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Latinamerica and Mercosur priorities of Brazil foreign policy ratifies Rousseff
President Dilma Rousseff ratified Latinamerica and Mercosur as Brazil’s foreign policy priorities, but at the same time emphasizing the ‘excellent relations’ with the United States and the European ...
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US Selects 8 New Astronauts
NASA says half the appointees are women, making this the highest percentage of female astronauts in one class. They all were chosen from more than 6,000 applications in a selection process that lasted a year and a-half. NASA administrator Charles Bolden said Monday the group will help to lay the groundwork for missions to an asteroid and to Mars in the coming decades. The new astronauts ...
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Assad Warns Europe Will Pay the Price for Arming Rebels
Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is warning Europe it will "pay the price" if it arms the rebels fighting to drive him from power. Assad told Germany's Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung newspaper that giving the rebels weapons would "export" terrorists to Europe. He said fighters in Syria would gain combat experience and return to Europe with extremist ideologies. The ...
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Most US Retailers Choose Not to Sign Bangladesh Factory Accord
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Ecuador would examine Snowden asylum claim
Ecuador says it would consider any asylum claim by US leaker Edward Snowden meaning he could one day potentially join Julian Assange in Latin ...
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Colombia will not reach adjusted 4.5 economic growth target Reuters poll
According to experts consulted by the news agency, this year’s growth is most likely to be the same as last year. The Colombian government started off the year expecting the country’s growth domestic product (GDP) to grow 4.8% but was forced to lower its expectation to 4.4% or 4.5% last week citing disappointing Q1 growth as ...
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Peru More Demonstrations Against Conga Mining Project
Yanacocha mine Peru (photo: Wikipedia) Hundreds of Peruvian farmers are demonstrating today in Cajamarca, Northern Peru, against the start of construction of ...
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Obama Putin disagree on Syria at icy G8 talks in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland US president Barack Obama has sparred with Russia's Vladimir Putin over how to end the war in Syria during an icy encounter at a G8 summit where divisions over the conflict eclipsed the rest of the ...
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FIFA Confederations Cup Preview Brazil v Mexico
Hosts Brazil will be looking to secure a FIFA Confederations Cup semi-final spot with a win over Mexico in their meeting on Wednesday.After their opening victory over Japan, Brazil know that victory in their Group A clash in Fortaleza will guarantee a place in the last four with a game to ...
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Tropical depression forms off the coast of Belize system to bring heavy rains
MIAMI - A tropical depression has formed off the coast of Belize and forecasters say it is expected to bring as much as five inches of rain to parts of Belize, Guatemala and northern Honduras. The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the Atlantic season's second tropical depression formed Monday. The depression has winds of 35 mph (56 kph). Some weakening is expected after the ...
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Worse Not Better For Brazil ETFs
ETFs , or a group of similar funds, too much. We try to be fair, equal-opportunity critics and givers of complements. Brazil ETFs such as the group's marquee name, the iShares MSCI Brazil Capped Index Fund ...
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Family Mandela is Doing Very Well
The daughter of former South African president Nelson Mandela says he is "doing very well" as he recovers in the hospital from a lung ...
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Irans Rowhani Promises New Era
Iran's newly elected president is giving a glimpse into what he says may lie ahead for relations between Tehran and the rest of the world. Cleric Hassan Rowhani spoke at a news conference Monday, during which he promised to follow a path of moderation. President-elect Hassan Rowhani took to the podium to make clear his victory represents a new era, hinting at a new start with world ...
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Hope for Change in Iran Tempered With Caution
LONDON -- Analysts are tamping down hopes of major changes in Iran, after the surprise election of relatively moderate candidate Hassan Rowhani as president. Supporters of the new president-elect marched through the streets of Tehran to celebrate. Rowhani’s election on the first ballot, with more than 50 percent of the vote, surprised many experts. On Monday, Rowhani told a news ...
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AU Says Africa Should Move Toward Prosperity
GENEVA -- A top African Union official says Africa has everything it needs to move toward a prosperous future and to become a leading player in global affairs. AU Commission Chairperson Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma says Africa has many hurdles to overcome, but she remains optimistic that the continent is up to the task. The African Union is celebrating its 50th anniversary. AU Commission ...
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Obama Putin Meet on Syrian Conflict
U.S. President Barack Obama (L) meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin during the G8 Summit at Lough Erne in Enniskillen, Northern Ireland, June 17, ...
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Not Just Iranians Involved in AMIA Case in Argentina
Buenos Aires, Jun 17 (Prensa Latina) Argentine President Cristina Fernandez requested to accuse the Iranians involved in the terrorist attack against the Israeli-Argentinian Mutual Association (AMIA) as the Agentinians accused of covering up. The president expressed her opinions about the case, which is still unsolved by justice after 19 years of the deadly attack, in her Twitter account, in ...
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Teachers sentenced for assisting in sexual abuse of pupils
The Supreme Court ruled the teachers guilty of assisting an unidentified man, in the acts of sexual abuse of pupils of their school. According to the court, the women were not merewitnesses of abuse. The three teachers ...
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Brazils Poor Pay World Cup Penalty
Editor's Note: This is an expanded edition to the piece that appears in the July issue of The Progressive. On June 15, the opening day of the Confederations Cup in Brazl -- a warmup to the World Cup -- thousands protested across the country against the amount of money being spent to host these mega-events. With signs that said "We don't need the World Cup" and "We need ...
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After Euro Balotelli confirms worth in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO - If last year's European Championship was the moment Mario Balotelli revealed himself to a global audience, this year's Confederations Cup is shaping up as confirmation that he is a force to be reckoned with on the international stage.And if Italy appeared hesitant at times to heap too much pressure on Balotelli in Poland and Ukraine, that's no longer an issue.The ...
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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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