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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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Brazil announces 13 bln USD budget cut for 2013
The budget cut aims to help the government achieve the primary surplus goal, which was established at 155.9 billion reais (76 billion U.S. dollars) for the year under review, which represents 3.2 percent of Brazil's GDP, Planning and Budget Minister Miriam Belchior ...
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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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Political Participation by Indigenous Latin Americans Low
Thursday, 23 May 2013, 10:31 am Press Release: UN News Political Participation by Indigenous Peoples in Latin America Still Low - UN ReportNew York, May 22 2013 - Indigenous peoples in Latin America have undergone an unprecedented mobilization in the past 20 years, but political participation, particularly among women, is still low, the United Nations said in a new report released ...
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A Design Collective Creates Its Own Economy In El Salvador
The Carrot Concept is a multi-disciplinary design collective of artists, architects, and entrepreneurs in El Salvador. They launched their first collection during this past weekend's New York Design ...
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Puerto Rico legislator seeks to reduce dropout rates through increased fines jail time
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 school. Angel Munoz Suarez says fines up to $5,000 and a 12-month jail sentence are needed to reduce dropout and absenteeism rates in the U.S. territory. He also says welfare benefits should be cut as punishment. Munoz says in a ...
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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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In bloc-happy Latin America the Pacific Alliance hopes to stand out
More information PACIFIC ALLIANCE Its members Mexico, Colombia, Peru and Chile: • Represent 36 percent of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean • Represent 35 percent of the GDP of the region • Had average GDP growth of 5 percent in 2012 • Would be the world’s 8th largest economy • Represent 50 percent of all Latin American and Caribbean trade • ...
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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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Brazil fighting the good fight?
Brazil’s recent victory in a trade dispute with the US, which was resolved through the WTO is a victory, not just for the biggest economy in South America, but also for developing nations around the world, showing that the mechanisms of the WTO can be used to further their interests – although it will take years of fighting and unrelenting effort…
Brazil’s ongoing dispute with the United States over the subsidizing of cotton for producers in the US, looks like it may soon be resolved, as Brazil recently indicated it would hold off on slapping a range of 102 US goods with sanctions, if the US agreed to certain measures put forth by the South American country. Read more
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