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Cruise ship stranded in Antarctic

Buenos Aires :: Argentina | about 3 hours ago | No category

Source: BBC

Admiral Daniel Martin said the Panama-registered ship, the Ushuaia, was leaking fuel and that a "minimal amount of water" was coming in. He told local TV that none of the passengers had been hurt and the ship was not in...

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Ecuador renews default threats

Quito :: Ecuador | about 11 hours ago | No category

Source: Merced Sun-Star

Ecuador's finance minister is insisting the nation will not pay off foreign debts it considers illegal, with a $30.6 million payment due on Dec...A presidential commission is recommending Ecuador default on almost 40 percent of its $10 billion foreign debt,...

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Stimulus package lifts Argentine stocks higher

São Paulo :: Brazil | about 5 hours ago | Business News

Source: Belleville News-Democrat

Argentine stocks rose on the government's announcement of an economic stimulus package, while other Latin American markets were flat in midday trading Thursday. Argentina's benchmark Merval increased 2 percent to 990 in late trading, while Brazil's Ibovespa index was nearly...

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Tread carefully, warns CDB President

Bridgetown :: Barbados | about 9 hours ago | Business News

Source: CANA Caribbean News

Barbados , CMC – The region’s leading banker Wednesday urged Caribbean countries to adopt carefully worked-out precautionary policies, as they brace for more fallout from the current global financial crisis. Addressing a regional seminar here, President of the Caribbean...

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The Nation: Trading Partners

Bogotá :: Colombia | about 3 hours ago | Political News

Source: Androscoggin News

During the campaign, Barack Obama promised to break the cycle by establishing policies and appointing officials who favor, if not quite the fair trade agenda advocated by labor, farm and environmental groups, at least a more balanced approach...Obama has chosen...

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7 Must-Read Stock Blogs

David :: Panama | about 7 hours ago | Business News

Source: The Motley Fool

The SEC is a bunch of toothless buffoons Quite the bold statement, eh?...As the title implies, Deej doesn't think that the SEC went far enough with the new rules. But of course, my summary couldn't do Deej's post justice, so...

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Fernandez to speak on the global crisis on Monday

Maracaibo :: Venezuela | about 5 hours ago | No category

Source: Dominican Today

From: United States as my friends Luther and Kingfish would say " this guy am one speechifying MF". Written by: Juango , 4 Dec 2008 8:34 AM From: Dominican Republic Who cares? LF has never spoken the truth thus far,...

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Fernandez inaugurates public works in the Northwest

Dajabón :: Dominican Republic | about 5 hours ago | Political News

Source: Dominican Today

Dominican Republic.- President Leonel Fernandez yesterday inaugurated a sports building, the highways Santiago de la Cruz-Buena Vista-Loma de Cabrera and the streets of the community of Partido, at a cost of RD$341 million. The Head of State arrived in Santiago...

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Times of India: International panel calls killings in Bolivia a ...

La Paz :: Bolivia | about 7 hours ago | No category

Source: Androscoggin News

Twenty indigenous people were killed in a politically charged "massacre" in September in Bolivia's restive Pando region, an international investigative panel said Wednesday. President Evo Morales, who is Bolivia's first indigenous president. Mattarolo said that so far the deaths of...

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Hundreds of honor killings in Turkey

Sincé :: Colombia | about 12 hours ago | Political News

Source: Inquirer.net

Honor killings have claimed the lives of nearly 350 men and women in Turkey since 2001, a report said Thursday. Drawing on data from completed court cases, a study by Inonu University in Malatya, eastern Turkey, found that 344 murders...

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