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Source: Washington Post

Aleppo :: Syria | updated 2011-08-17 21:50:10 -0700 | political-news

Speaking to journalists in Brazil, his last stop in a South America tour that included Colombia, Argentina and Uruguay, Ban called on Syria's president to stop killing people and told reporters that he'd urged Assad to engage in inclusive dialogue...
Credibility Views: 114 |  News Stories: 1 | Blog Posts: 0 | 2 | 23 | 0
 
Source: BBC

Perth :: Australia | updated 2011-08-18 04:25:23 -0700 | business-news

In areas near the volcano in Chile, about 4,000 people have been evacuated from their homes.
Credibility Views: 117 |  News Stories: 6 | Blog Posts: 0 | 0 | 7 | 0
 
Source: Leader Post Online

Perth :: Australia | updated 2011-08-18 04:26:29 -0700 | political-news

A huge ash cloud from a Chilean volcano wreaked more havoc on international air travel Tuesday, forcing passengers on two continents including the head of the United Nations to ditch stranded aircraft for travel by boat or overland. The eruption...
Credibility Views: 179 |  News Stories: 25 | Blog Posts: 0 | 2 | 24 | 0
 
Source: BBC

Trujillo :: Venezuela | updated 2011-08-16 05:33:56 -0700 | political-news

Venezuela orders energy saving after recent blackouts Venezuela is dependent on hydro-electricity for much of its power Big electricity users in Venezuela have been told to cut consumption or face increased charges. Consumers who save energy will be in line...
Credibility Views: 101 |  News Stories: 1 | Blog Posts: 0 | 0 | 4 | 0
 
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Lima :: Peru | updated 2013-03-24 06:54:24 -0700 | green-news

Peru’s government has approved a moratorium on the importation of genetically altered organisms. The moratorium will ban transgenic seeds from the country for 10 years.They stand in contrast to Brazil that has been making motions to speed up the acceptance...
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Source: Macleans

São Paulo :: Brazil | updated 2011-08-09 04:10:46 -0700 | political-news

Brazilian officials say an elite police unit has arrived in northern Brazil to help local law enforcement combat violence aimed at anti-logging and land rights activists in the Amazon rain forest. The Para state government says 60 officers arrived Wednesday...
Credibility Views: 95 |  News Stories: 1 | Blog Posts: 0 | 0 | 2 | 0
 
Source: Epoch Times

Montevideo :: Uruguay | updated 2011-08-09 04:11:13 -0700 | business-news

According to a statement from the Uruguay navy, officers on a routine ocean patrol came across a large number of dead penguins and alerted environmental authorities. Officials are now attempting to establish whether the cause of death is due to...
Credibility Views: 102 |  News Stories: 1 | Blog Posts: 0 | 1 | 7 | 0
 
Source: CNN Blog

Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2011-08-08 18:30:10 -0700 | technology-news

U.S. ants defending against their invading Argentine counterparts may have found a deterrent to the fast-spreading colonies: weapons of mass destruction. Stanford University sophomores conducted a research project that suggests that winter ants have been using a form of chemical warfare...
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Source: Seattle Times

Miami :: FL :: USA | updated 2011-08-08 06:41:05 -0700 | political-news

People walk through a flooded market during rains caused by the remains of Hurricane Tomas which largely spared Haiti on November 5. The storm caused damage throughout the country and led to the evacuations of thousands of individuals from vulnerable...
Credibility Views: 83 |  News Stories: 2 | Blog Posts: 0 | 1 | 2 | 0
 
Source: The Globe & Mail

Buenos Aires :: Argentina | updated 2011-08-07 18:51:44 -0700 | travel-news

Danish Siddiqui /Reuters) Ashfaq, 10, carries his two-year-old brother Farhaan through a flooded pathway in a Mumbai, India, slum. (Huang Shilin/Xinhua/AP) Vehicles have been swept away by flood waters in Wangmo County, southwest China's Guizhou Province. (Omar Sobhani/Reuters) Afghan boys...
Credibility Views: 124 |  News Stories: 5 | Blog Posts: 0 | 7 | 0 | 0
 
Source: Bermuda Sun

Saint George :: Bermuda | updated 2011-08-04 20:14:05 -0700 | business-news

The Bermuda Environmental Energy Sustainable Group claims if it builds a waste to energy plant the following will happen: Government will generate annual savings of $21 million from its budget plus $118 million in savings from capital expenditure for upgrades...
Credibility Views: 130 |  News Stories: 1 | Blog Posts: 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
 
Source: Newyork Times

São Paulo :: Brazil | updated 2011-08-04 20:24:12 -0700 | political-news

Brazil Brazil 's environmental agency gave final approval on Wednesday for a giant hydroelectric power plant in the Amazon rain forest that has been at the center of a protracted battle between the government and environmentalists over the fate of...
Credibility Views: 123 |  News Stories: 1 | Blog Posts: 0 | 0 | 0 | 0
 
Source: The Age

Tegucigalpa :: Honduras | updated 2011-08-01 04:13:02 -0700 | travel-news

Along the southeastern United States, which counted itself lucky in 2010 with no major hurricanes making landfall, some 37 million people -- living in coastal areas between the Gulf state of Texas and North Carolina, halfway up the US East...
Credibility Views: 132 |  News Stories: 1 | Blog Posts: 0 | 1 | 9 | 0
 
Source: Fox

Port au Prince :: Haiti | updated 2011-09-11 20:52:25 -0700 | travel-news

A woman walks down a devastated street in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, a week after powerful 7.0-magnitude earthquake struck. Far fewer people died or were left homeless by last year's devastating earthquake than claimed by Haitian leaders, a report commissioned by the...
Credibility Views: 126 |  News Stories: 3 | Blog Posts: 0 | 3 | 15 | 0

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