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Ukraine Gays Hold First March Protected by Police
KYIV -- About 100 Ukrainian gay rights activists held the country's first gay rally Saturday, helped by police who arrested 13 people for trying to break up the march. The activists walked for about 250 meters along Prospekt Peremohy (Victory Avenue) in the capital, Kyiv, while Orthodox Christian activists nearby chanted slogans denouncing them. "Ukraine is not America. Kyiv is ...
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Police shootout in Kemp Road
Several days after two men were shot dead on Kemp Road, residents of the area were sent scrambling again yesterday morning after gunfire erupted. This time, police and an armed robbery suspect exchanged fire. Police said the suspect was shot in his legs. The shootout happened just before a planned police walkabout in the area in response to the double murder on Whit Monday. Superintendent ...
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Two charged with holiday murders
Carlon Rolle, 28 (center) was led into court yesterday charged with two counts of murder, attempted murder and weapons possession. PHOTOS: AHVIA J. ...
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Melvin Maycock Sr. denied bail
The alleged head of the Caribbean arm of an international drug smuggling gang was yesterday refused bail pending a challenge of an extradition order. Senior Justice Jon Isaacs denied bail for Melvin Maycock Sr. on the grounds that he would reoffend if released. Maycock is serving time in connection with a 1,150 pound marijuana seizure committed while police were looking to pick him up on an ...
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Police defend action in cruise ship matter
Relatives of an 11-year-old girl who was allegedly molested aboard a Disney Dream cruise last August indicated to Bahamian authorities they did not want to pursue criminal charges, Superintendent Paul Rolle said yesterday. Rolle's comments came as several international media houses highlighted the incident this week with Florida authorities suggesting they lost their chance to pursue the ...
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Drainage system ‘maxed out’
The majority of drainage wells in Pinewood Gardens were either severely clogged or simply did not do what they were intended to during the torrential rain that flooded that area this week, Ministry of Works officials said yesterday. Dexter Williams, senior engineer responsible for drainage, said there was not much more the ministry could have done to alleviate flooding in the low-lying ...
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Women recall horror of double murder
Urban Renewal, in collaboration with several church organizations, led a team through Kemp Road yesterday as they conducted a walkabout after a double murder and several shootings occurred in the area earlier this week. Pictured from left, Pastor Dale Rahming, Bishop Walter Hanchell and Urban Renewal Director Superintendent Stephen Dean. PHOTOS: AHVIA J. ...
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On Now ArteBA Argentina’s Premier Art Fair
Share/Bookmark Much has been said about the role of international art fairs, as chequebooks and doors are flung wide open to some of the most revered art collections in the world. Celebrating its 22nd anniversary, ArteBA- Argentina’s premier contemporary art fair - has become an integral part to the nascent commerce of the Latin-American art scene, welcoming collectors, dealers, and ...
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Kerry US Working with AU to Reduce SudanSouth Sudan Violence
ADDIS ABABA -- U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry says he is working with the African Union to end violence along the border between Sudan and South Sudan. America’s top diplomat met separately with Sudanese Foreign Minister Ali Ahmed Karti on the sidelines of the African Union summit in Ethiopia. Kerry says Sudan and South Sudan "are in a very delicate place right now" and it ...
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Obama Calls on Americans to Remember Military Families
As Americans observe Memorial Day weekend, U.S. President Barack Obama is calling on his fellow citizens to remember the men and women who have given their lives in service to the country, and to remember the military families who make sacrifices of their own. In his weekly address Saturday, Obama noted that members of the U.S. military often risk their lives without seeking the limelight or ...
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As border tightens some U.S.-Mexico neighbors reach across the fence
NACO, Mexico (Reuters) - Mexican activist Maria Elena Borquez takes up a paintbrush and daubs a bright splotch of color on the rusted steel fence separating the small Mexican town of Naco from a neighboring town in the United ...
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Assault on Qusair Intensifies Ahead of Hezbollah Speech
Syrian anti-government activists say Syrian troops have launched the heaviest barrage of gunfire yet in a week-long battle to re-take the strategic town of Qusair from rebel ...
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11 Dead in Philippines Clash
Authorities in the southern Philippines say at least 11 people have been killed in a clash between government troops and a Muslim militant gang. Military spokesman Brigadier General Domingo Tutaan said seven Philippine marines and at least four members of the al-Qaida-linked Abu Sayyaf group died early Saturday in a firefight on the outskirts of Patikul town on the island of Jolo. Tutaan ...
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Latin American economic bloc removes some tariffs
A Latin American economic bloc that includes Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Chile has agreed to remove tariffs on 90 percent of the products traded among members."We have established a deadline by June 30 to write the agreement's document and afterwards each country's Congress should approve it," Chilean President Sebastian Pinera told reporters Friday after the seventh Pacific ...
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ArteBA 2013 art fair kicks off in Argentina
A visitor attends the "ArteBA 2013" art fair, in Buenos Aires, capital of Argentina, on May 24, 2013. The fair is the most important contemporary art show in Argentina, with 82 galleries from Latin America, the US and Europe displaying 500 artists' works, according to the organizers. (Xinhua/Martin ...
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Triumphant comeback seals victory over Puerto Rico
Guangdong province, May 23, 2013. The Chinese women's volleyball team overcame a late start Thursday night and fought back to defeat Puerto Rico 3-2 during a ...
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Nasscom team to explore IT opportunities in Latin America
The National Association of Software and Services Companies (Nasscom) is leading a delegation of IT companies to Latin America from May 26 to May ...
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Early Spring 2013 Ushers in Yoga Retreats To Maui Bali and El Salvador
The Travel Yogi, specialist in international yoga retreats and yoga adventures, announces late winter/early spring yoga programs in Bali, Maui and El Salvador. "We are gearing up for a banner 2013 season," says Jennifer Hoodevik, founder and director. "We are riding the wave of an industry experiencing tremendous growth and we are responding." According to July 2012 ...
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Argentine president to visit Brazil
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will meet on Friday her Argentine counterpart Cristina Kirchner for talks on enhanced bilateral cooperation, Brazilian authorities said Wednesday.The Brazil-Argentina Business Council created during Rousseff's visit to Argentina on Jan. 31 will meet for the first time in Brasilia on Friday, a statement released Wednesday by the Brazilian Foreign Ministry, ...
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Guatemala extradites ex-president to US
GUATEMALA has extradited ex-president Alfonso Portillo to the United States to face charges of laundering $US70 million ($A72.19 million). "Farewell, people of Guatemala," Portillo, 61, said after describing his plane trip under the escort of US agents as a "kidnapping" and accusing the Guatemalan government of breaking the law. "They have acted illegally against me from the ...
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International Fund for Animal Welfare Penguin Stranding Mystery in Brazil Prompts Rescue Attempt
Penguin Stranding Mystery in Brazil Prompts Rescue Attempt YARMOUTH PORT - August 7 - More than 1000 juvenile Magellanic penguins have washed-up either dead or dying along the Brazilian coast and as far north as Natal in Rio Grande do Norte, 3000 km north of Sao Paulo. IFAW (International Fund for Animal ...
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RFK Center Releases Documents Outlining US Actions to Block Life-saving Funds to Haiti
RFK Memorial Center for Human Rights and 2002 RFK Award recipient, Loune Viaud of Zamni Lasante, release U.S. Department of Treasury documents revealing that the U.S. and the Inter-American Development Bank deliberately obstructed $146 million in approved IDB financing. WASHINGTON - August 4 - The Robert F. Kennedy Memorial Center for Human Rights and Zamni Lasante released internal U.S. ...
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Chilean president copper giant Codelco to remain state-owned
Chilean President Sebastian Pinera said Thursday the country's copper giant Codelco will remain state-owned in a bid to ease fears that the company will be privatized.Codelco, the world's largest copper-producing company, "belongs to all Chileans," and any attempt to privatize it was to be ruled out, Pinera said.The president's declaration came after rumors that the ...
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Sandy kills 6 in Haiti 11 in Cuba causes losses in Dominican Republic
MEXICO CITY, Oct. 25 (Xinhua) -- Hurricane Sandy on Thursday claimed 6 lives in Haiti and 11 lives in Cuba, in addition to causing material losses in the Dominican Republic and Cuba, according to the reports. The category 2 hurricane on the five-rung Saffir-Simpson scale killed six people in Haiti's southern and southwestern regions, where torrential rains caused rivers to overflow, ...
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Fidel Castro votes in Cuba municipal elections
Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Sunday exercised his right to vote in the election of delegates to the People's Power municipal assemblies. Fidel Castro cast his ballot in the electrol district 13 in downtown Havana, where he has voted since 1976. Some 341 people voted in the polling station. Over 8.5 million eligible Cubans out of the 11.2-million population are expected to ...
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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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