Perenco's environmental consultancy buried evidence of Amazon tribe
Source: Guardian Unlimited
Lima :: Peru | updated 2012-05-16 05:08:04 -0700 | business-news
David Hill Spears left by an uncontacted tribe in the region where Anglo-French oil company Perenco is working in Peru. An environmental consultancy working for an oil company withheld evidence of an "uncontacted tribe" where the company is operating in...
Haiti quake victim's Mom 'aches' over BU tragedy
Source: Boston Herald
Port-au-Prince :: Haiti | updated 2012-05-15 21:32:11 -0700 | political-news
Haiti quake victim's Mom aches' over BU tragedy Text size B ritney Gengel was ready to take on the world when she headed to Haiti with more than a dozen college classmates and professors to help the poor. The 19-year-old...
Brazil's truth commission faces delicate task
Source: BBC
São Paulo :: Brazil | updated 2012-05-15 21:21:16 -0700 | political-news
More than 400 people were either killed or disappeared, while thousands were tortured. As the commission gathers for the first time, there is discomfort among some in Brazil's military over what they perceive as an attempt at revenge by an...
Natal attraction
Source: Boston Herald
Natal :: Brazil | updated 2012-05-15 21:03:50 -0700 | technology-news
Natal attraction Parents choosing to take childbirth classes online Text size L og in...Some parents-to-be are now opting to take an online childbirth class instead of the traditional hospital course. People are so busy, said Chris Just, director of prenatal...
(IMAGES) Colombia bomb blast kills 2 and 39 injuries
Posted by: shiela marie martinez
Bogotá :: Colombia | updated 2012-05-15 23:43:23 -0700 | disasters-news
Check out Photos!!! An attack to kill the former interior minister results to kill 2 people both are bodyguards and 39 people injured on Tuesday at the commercial district in Bogota. Fernando Londono the former interior minister now radio personality...
Op-Ed Contributor: Nuns on the Frontier
Source: International Herald Tribune
Panama City :: Panama | updated 2012-05-15 19:46:41 -0700 | allnews
Opinion THE recent Vatican edict that reproached American nuns for their liberal views on social and political issues has put a spotlight on the practices of these Roman Catholic sisters. While the current debate has focused on the nuns' progressive...
Boca Sanibeni Journal: Dam Project Would Displace Villages in Jungle Valley of Peru
Source: Newyork Times
Lima :: Peru | updated 2012-05-15 18:14:46 -0700 | political-news
Tomas Munita for The New York Times Victoria Kubirinketu, an Ashaninka woman, walked back to her village, holding a banana flower, after collecting bananas. More Photos » Tomas Munita for The New York Times Ashaninka children watching the Ene River...
To Slur, With Love: ‘Ironic Racism' is More Than Just Taki
Source: The New York Observer
Vice :: Peru | updated 2012-05-16 05:02:03 -0700 | political-news
Ironic Racism' is More Than Just Taki Foot-in-mouth epidemic unleashes a spate of hate! Mark Hammermeister) Two weeks ago, Phil Mushnick, a respected veteran sports writer for The New York Post , published a column about the Brooklyn Nets' new brand...
As Mitt Romney hits Florida, Democrats attack Bain Capital’s history of profits and layoffs
Source: Miami Herald
San Juan :: Puerto Rico | updated 2012-05-16 04:10:20 -0700 | political-news
As Mitt Romney hits Florida, Democrats attack Bain Capital's history of profits and layoffs Democrats are aiming to turn Romney's strength as a businessman into a vulnerability by reminding Floridians of the failed Dade Behring manufacturing firm in Miami....
Vishal Sikka, Anant Agarwal, Deepak Chopra, Tim Draper, Vinod Khosla, Aaron Levie, and More to Speak ...
Source: PR Newswire
Santa Clara :: Cuba | updated 2012-05-16 03:32:40 -0700 | business-news
To attend as press, please send an email to Shilpi@tie.org with your full name, telephone number and organization you represent...About TiE TiE is a global, not-for-profit, non-political, and non-religious organization dedicated to fostering entrepreneurs across its international network....
Barkley leaves 'em laughing
Source: Las Vegas Review-Journal / Sun
Kingston :: Jamaica | updated 2012-05-16 03:25:45 -0700 | sports-news
Charles Barkley makes a lot of predictions, so it's inevitable that some will blow up in his face...Barkley sits alongside former players Shaquille O'Neal and Kenny Smith and host Ernie Johnson on TNT's "Inside the NBA," a must-see show that...
Nations that adapt or die
Source: Mail and Guardian
São Paulo :: Brazil | updated 2012-05-16 03:07:41 -0700 | business-news
Developing nations such as Tunisia, Kazakhstan and Jordan are more likely to achieve sustained long-term growth than others, including the Brics nations of Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa. This is according to a new index that measures a...
SCIENCE IN PICS: Looking More Deeply at Centaurus A
Source: Epoch Times
Santiago :: Chile | updated 2012-05-16 03:05:02 -0700 | technology-news
May 16, 2012 The peculiar galaxy Centaurus A (NGC 5128) is pictured in this image taken with by the Wide Field Imager attached to the MPG/ESO 2.2-metre telescope at the La Silla Observatory in Chile. (ESO) The elliptical galaxy Centaurus...
Woolies executive defrauded $3.75m: crown
Source: The Age
Road Town :: British Virgin Islands | updated 2012-05-16 01:54:47 -0700 | political-news
David Wills was "one of the top 10 executives" of Woolworths Limited when he used his position to influence the awarding of contracts and unlawfully gained $3.75 million, crown prosecutor Sunil de Silva told the District Court in Sydney on...
Lizzy Raben lifts Cherry Creek over Columbine in 5A girls soccer
Source: Denver Post
Guatemala City :: Guatemala | updated 2012-05-15 21:50:24 -0700 | sports-news
Font Resize Creek senior midfielder Sara Feder, left, pushes Rebels midfielder Celina Roy off the ball in the first half Tuesday night...The junior at Cherry Creek returned from Guatemala this past weekend after spending 16 days helping the under-17 national...
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