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LIBYA News, Aug 28, 2011


Libya: rebels demand return of Gaddafi's family - live updates
The Guardian
I hope they don't offer them permanent shelter or I can forsee Algeria's and Libya'sfuture foreign relations not be exactly brilliant. So what crimes is Gaddafi's wife supposed to have committed? If simply being the wife of a putative war criminal or ...
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The Guardian
Libya: Lockerbie bomber Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi maintains innocence
Telegraph.co.uk
Abdelbaset Ali al-Megrahi, the only man convicted over the Lockerbie bombing, maintained his innocence as recently as three years ago, according to a letter seen inLibya's intelligence headquarters. In a private letter from Megrahi, he told Abdullah ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Physicians for Human Rights: Libya Troops Held Civilians as Human Shields
Fox News
AP NEW YORK – Libyan troops loyal to Muammar Qaddafi forced civilians to act as human shields, perching children on tanks to deter NATO attacks, human rights investigators said. It was part of a pattern of rapes, slayings, "disappearances" and other ...
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Liberated inmates tell of 'dark age' under Gadhafi
The Associated Press
TRIPOLI, Libya (AP) — When Said Abdullah arrived in Libya's notorious Abu Salim prison in 1996, he said he was "welcomed with blows and torture" for membership in an Islamist group. He was held in a small cell with 12 others, no mattresses and one ...
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The Associated Press
Hunt for Gadhafi: Saddam all over again?
Boston Herald
Gadhafi's wife and three of his children fled Libya to neighboring Algeria on Monday. But the Obama administration said it has no indication Gadhafi has left the country. As US forces learned in the massive, monthslong manhunt for Iraqi dictator Saddam ...
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Libya rebels demand return of Kadhafi family
Bangkok Post
Moamer Kadhafi's wife and three children fled to Algeria, as rebels closed in on his hometown of Sirte and said the longtime strongman still posed a danger to Libya and the world. Rebel fighters pray on the last day of the fasting month of Ramadan on ...
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Libya Rebels Advance On Gaddafi's Home Town
Sky News
Rebel forces are converging on Colonel Gaddafi's home town of Sirte, intent on seizing the formerLibyan leader's last bastion of support. To view this content you need Flash and Javascript enabled in your browser. Please download Flash from the Adobe ...
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AU Commission Chief Says Gadhafi Forces Must Accept Defeat
Voice of America
August 29, 2011 AU Commission Chief Says Gadhafi Forces Must Accept Defeat Peter Heinlein | Addis Ababa, Ethiopia African Union Commission chief Jean Ping says loyalists of Moammar Gadhafi in Libya must accept defeat and stop fighting. ...
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Five Steps To Building A Post-Gaddafi Libya
Sky News
Looking at the evolving situation in Libya, I find it difficult to avoid comparing it to a range of similar conflict and post-conflict zones that I have been involved with in the past. While no conflict, or reconstruction effort in the aftermath, ...
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Sky News
Anxious Libyan families await news of loved ones
AFP
BENGHAZI, Libya — The ship docks in Libya's rebel bastion of Benghazi and families rush to greet it, anxiously asking the disembarking passengers if they know the whereabouts of their missing loved ones. "Is he in a prison in Tripoli? ...
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AFP
Foreign Office diplomats set up in Libyan capital
BBC News
British diplomats have arrived in Tripoli as part of the government's plan to increase its presence in the Libyan capital. The small Foreign Office team will prepare for the arrival of more diplomats, but no date has been set for reopening the British ...
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BBC News
Newspaper review: Libya urged to give up siege suspect
BBC News
Several newspapers call for Libya's new rulers to change their decision not to give up the man suspected of killing Pc Yvonne Fletcher in 1984. Many papers play with their headlines on Hurricane Irene, which swept through New York on Saturday. ...
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BBC News
America's Secret Libya War
Daily Beast
The US military has spent about $1 billion on Libya's revolution, and secretly helped NATO with everything from munitions to surveillance aircraft. John Barry provides an exclusive look at Obama's emerging “covert intervention” strategy. ...
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Daily Beast
LIBYA: Moammar Kadafi's son Khamis reportedly killed in airstrike
Los Angeles Times
Khamis Kadafi, the youngest son of longtime Libyan leader Moammar Kadafi, has been killed in a NATO airstrike, Sky News reported. The British network said a man claiming to be Khamis Kadafi's bodyguard said the younger Kadafi was in a Toyota Land ...
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Libya rebels seek return of fleeing Kadhafi kin
The West Australian
TRIPOLI (AFP) - Libya's rebels were on Tuesday seeking the return from Algeria of Moamer Kadhafi's wife and three children, while hunting down the longtime Libyanstrongman and closing in on his hometown Sirte. "We'd like those persons to come back," ...
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The West Australian
COLUMN: Libyan insurgency has not yet proven it will govern better than Gadhafi
Oklahoma Daily
Moammar Gadhafi's rule of Libya is quickly drawing to an end. Dissident forces have routed Gadhafi loyalists along the Tunisian border and throughout most of Tripoli. On its surface, the LibyanRevolution looks like an all-too-rare instance of freedom ...
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30/08/2011From 'contact group' to 'friends of Libya'
Expatica France
The international contact group on Libya is due to gather in Paris on Thursday, with French President Nicolas Sarkozy proposing to turn it into a gathering of the "Friends of Libya." The informal group comprises 28 countries and seven international ...
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Pinoys in Libya urged to avail themselves of repatriation program
Sun.Star
DEPARTMENT of Foreign Affairs (DFA) Undersecretary Rafael Seguis, who is currently in Libya, is making a last-ditch effort to convince Filipinos there to leave the strife-torn country and board the third International Organization for Migration ...
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Italy's Eni says signs memorandum with Libyan NTC
Platts
Italy's Eni and the Libyan National Transitional Council Monday signed a memorandum "that strengthens cooperation in Libya between the parties," Eni said. "Under the terms of the memorandum, Eni and NTC are committed to creating the conditions for a ...
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Migrants in Libya camp claim rape
Aljazeera.net
They had lived in Libya for two years and came to the port in June. Like hundreds of other migrants from Nigeria, Chad, Senegal and other impoverished African countries, they had fled to the camp to escape NATO bombings and impending street battles. ...
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Two ships loaded with humanitarian aid on their way to Tripoli
Malta Independent Online
“Since the situation in Libya goes from bad to worse, the owners of the company have decided to use the ship to transport humanitarian aid to Libya after liaising with NATO. “Five crew, Indonesian and African nationals, and six Libyan volunteers are on ...
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'Premature' for firms to go back into Libya
China Daily
By Ding Qingfen and Li Jiabao (China Daily) BEIJING - Even as an increasing number of countries recognize the National Transitional Council (NTC) as Libya's new government and some Chinese companies consider a return to the market, it's still too risky ...
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China Daily
Recognition of Libyan govt: You goofed, David West carpets Jonathan
Daily Sun
Tam David West has deplored Nigeria's recognition of the Transitional Government formed by rebels in Libya, describing it as rash and embarrassing. The ex-minister said President Goodluck Jonathan goofed and embarrassed Nigeria with his hasty ...
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The girl who killed for Gaddafi, Nisreen Mansour al Forgani recruited to kill ...
NEWS.com.au
"There were about 1000 girls from all over Libya," Nisreen recalls of their training camp in Tripoli. The recruits were instructed in the use of firearms, and Nisreen was trained as a sniper. Several female former bodyguards of Muammar Gaddafi claim ...
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Europe's bid to free Libya assets hits snag
Channel News Asia
UNITED NATIONS: China has held up moves by Britain, France and Germany to get a UN sanctions committee to release five billion dollars of frozen Libyan assets to buy emergency aid, diplomats said Monday. The United States had to threaten to seek a full ...
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Libya: Tripoli hit by blackouts amid sabotage fears
Telegraph.co.uk
It is a battle Libya's new rulers do not appear to be winning. "We can meet less than 60 per cent of our demand," said Abdurahman Algiali, the operations manager in the control room for western Libya. "There has been a lot of damage to the transmission ...
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Telegraph.co.uk
Nonaligned in the Arab Spring
Hindustan Times (blog)
Exports have risen nearly 30% since the height of the Arab Spring, with arms worth £30.5 million sold to countries such as Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, Egypt and Saudi Arabia between February and June this year. The figure for the same period in 2010 was ...
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Three UK doctors who went out ot Libya on mercy mission
Mirror.co.uk
by Martin Fricker, Daily Mirror 30/08/2011 MILLIONS of people have watched Libya'srevolution... but just seeing the events on TV wasn't enough for some. Three doctors – born and brought up in Tripoli – decided to leave Britain and spend their summer ...
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Mirror.co.uk
Niger to Protect Citizens from Libyan Conflict Spillover, Says Official
Voice of America
August 29, 2011 Niger to Protect Citizens from Libyan Conflict Spillover, Says Official Peter Clottey A leading member of Niger's ruling Party for Democracy and Socialism (PNDS-Tarayya) says the government is stepping up efforts to combat any security ...
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Gadhafi's wife, 3 children flee to Algeria
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
By BEN HUBBARD and HADEEL AL-SHALCHI AP TRIPOLI, Libya - Moammar Gadhafi's wife and three of his children fled Libya to neighboring Algeria on Monday, firm evidence that the longtime leader has lost his grip on the country. ...
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Leaked: UN's Plan for Post-Gadhafi Libya -- News from Antiwar.com
By Jason Ditz
The differences between the two plans may eventually be the source of some tension between NATO and the UN, which both have different visions of how they will run Libya. Given the UN's belief that NATO is still free to operate as it wants, ...
News From Antiwar.com
Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 30, 2011 « Stop ...
By richardrozoff
Updates on Libyan war/Stop NATO news: August 30, 2011. August 30, 2011 richardrozoff Leave a comment Go to comments. ==== NTC: NATO Ensured Victory, Must Stay In Libya. Obama Doctrine: U.S. Libyan War Tactics Model For Syria, ...
Stop NATO
Libya rebels demand Algeria return Gaddafi's family - News - Mail ...
Libya's rebels accused neighbouring Algeria of an act of aggression for admitting the fleeing wife of Muammar Gaddafi and three of his children.
Mail & Guardian News Feed
Libyan Lockerbie bomber near death, family says - Army News ...
By The Associated Press
TRIPOLI, Libya — The former Libyan intelligence officer convicted in the 1988 Lockerbie plane bombing is close to death and slipping in and out of consciousness, his family said Monday, a week after the regime that protected him was ousted ...
Army Times - News
Gadhafi's wife, 3 children flee Libya - Home » Other Sections ...
Throughout the six-month Libyan uprising, rebels have accused Algeria of providing Gadhafi with mercenaries to repress the revolt. Over the weekend, the Egyptian news agency MENA, quoting unidentified rebel fighters, reported that six ...
philstar.com - Breaking News
Libyan rebels ask NATO continue assistance - Marine Corps News ...
TRIPOLI, Libya — Libyan rebel leaders asked NATO on Monday to keep up pressure on elements of Moammar Gadhafi's regime and to protect those struggling to restore electricity and water to the battle-scarred capital of Tripoli.
Marine Corps Times - News
PHR: Libya troops held civilians as human shields | The Associated ...
By The Associated Press
Libyan troops loyal to Moammar Gadhafi forced civilians to act as human shields, perching children on tanks to deter NATO attacks, human rights investigators said. It was part of a pattern of rapes, slayings, "disappearances" and other war ...
Examiner AP RSS
AU head: Libya rebels may be killing black workers - World news
Libyan rebels may be indiscriminately killing black people because they have confused innocent migrant workers with mercenaries,...
Mail.com: US
Gaza Terror Groups Acquire Weapons from Libya | New Middle East ...
By admin
Another Israeli official told the news agency that “thousands” of the weapons had reached Gaza in recent months but did not provide figures on how many had originated in Libya. Smuggling of weapons meant for Gaza terror groups is a major ...
New Middle East News
Anxious Libyan families await news of loved ones
The ship docks in Libya's rebel bastion of Benghazi and families rush to greet it, anxiously asking.
Ottawa Citizen - News
Iran invites Libya rebel chief to Tehran: statement | Pakistan Today ...
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NATO admits UK and France may have troops in Libya | Set You ...
By Renata
In an interview with the EUobserver website, an unnamed NATO official admitted Britain and France may have deployed troops in Libya, but said that it would be “unfair to call them NATO forces.” In comments carried by state news channel ...
Set You Free News
Family members of Libyan leader Gaddafi flee to Algeria | Breaking ...
By BNO News
ALGIERS (BNO NEWS) -- The wife and several children of Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi fled into neighboring Algeria on Monday morning, the Algerian government confirmed. Gaddafi's wife, Safia, his pregnant daughter, Aisha, his sons ...
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XE.com - WRAPUP 1-Libya rebels demand Algeria return Gaddafi ...
Libya's rebels accused neighbouring Algeria of an act of aggression for admitting the fleeing wife of Muammar Gaddafi and three of his children, but the whereabouts of the former strongman himself remain a mystery a week after his ...
XE Forex News
Guest post: re-inventing Libya's economy | beyondbrics | News and ...
By beyondbrics
The leadership of Libya will oppose any permanent boots on the ground (at least at first, bases can come later) and the ability of the western allies to sway the actions of the Transitional Council (TNC) will diminish once Qaddafi's forces are ...
beyondbrics
Libya S.O.S.: Battle for Libya: news 21. August 2011. Tripoli under fire
Battle for Libya: news 21. August 2011. Tripoli under fire. The Brother Leader Gaddafi (Qadhafi, Kadhafi) with his uniform and kalashnikof - in Tripoli [Al ...
libyasos.blogspot.com/.../battle-for-libya-news-21-august-201...
Libya News Presenter waves gun Live On Air - YouTube
FULL VIDEO:: at this link: http://tiny.cc/hex24 RT Lizze Phelan libya news, Libya Zawiya rebels Libya, violence Libya unrest, Libya protests Lybia Moammar, G...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=49XEx7YvwN0&feature...
Markets in Positive Territory on Libya News - Fox Business Video ...
Markets in Positive Territory on Libya News. Aug 22, 2011. - 0:57 -. FBN's Stuart Varney breaks down the stories moving the markets to start ...
video.foxbusiness.com/.../markets-in-positive-territory-on-liby...
Battle for Libya: news 23. August 2011. :: www.uruknet.info ...
Tripoli is still under Libyan govt control: to rename Green Square is an unacceptable political act by google ?? Google-maps has already renamed the Green ...
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TV LIBYA NEWS FROM TRIBUNAL - Ustream
TV LIBYA NEWS FROM TRIBUNAL @ USTREAM: TV LIBYA NEWS FROM INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL TO AGRASIVE IN LIBYA OH WORD NEWS COM ...
www.ustream.tv/channel/tv-libya-news-from-tribunal

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LATIN AMERICA News, Aug 28, 2011


Venezuelan rockers are back with new album
Fox News
San Juan – Venezuela's Caramelos de Cianuro are back with a new, self-titled album showing that after more than 20 years, their rock still competes with the more strictly Latin American sounds like salsa and reggaeton. The band still has its fans in a ...
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Trey Hardee and now Ashton Eaton are the latest, greatest USA decathletes
The Register-Guard
By David Monti DAEGU, South Korea — Next year marks the 100th anniversary of the decathlon, the 10-discipline, two-day track and field event which many believe is the greatest overall test of athleticism. The Olympic decathlon champion has been dubbed ...
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London insurance broker opens Latin HQ in Miami
Bizjournals.com
Willis of Florida becomes the latest blue-chip tenant to take space at 1450 Brickell, joining JPMorgan Chase , BNY/Mellon, American Express , law firm Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod, commercial real estate services firm Holiday Fenoglio Fowler, ...
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CORRECT: Brazil Currency Market Stronger On Surplus Target
Wall Street Journal
... setting up Latin America's largest economy to weather any financial storm brewing overseas. Finance Minister Guido Mantega announced the latest measures, which include an increase in the country's primary budget surplus to slightly more than 3% of ...
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Consumers more worried about economy than climate
Independent Online
Nielsen's latest global online environment and sustainability survey showed that 69 percent of 25000 Internet users in 51 countries were concerned about climate change in 2011, slightly up from 66 percent in a similar poll in 2009, but down from 72 ...
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Independent Online
What can Liverpool fans expect from Uruguayan defender Sebastian Coates?
MirrorFootball.co.uk (blog)
In early 2009 he made his first-team debut and helped the club win the league title in his debut season, as well as playing in both the South American Youth Championships and the Under-20 World Cup of the same year. Young talent in South America will ...
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KHD Wins Order for 5000 t/d Kiln Line in Brazil
PR Newswire (press release)
With the completion of this project which is located in Lagoa Santa-Vespasiano, Brazil, the plant will be the largest single cement plant in Brazil and one of the largest in South America. COMFLEX® raw grinding system incorporating a KHD RPS18 Roller ...
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Thousands attend all-night memorial for Costa Rican musician Fidel Gamboa
Tico Times
Courtesy of Malpaís Following a long career in traditional Latin American folk and jazz, Gamboa's latest musical endeavor, and his most successful, was a band named after a pristine piece of Pacific coastline on the southern Nicoya Peninsula. ...
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Tico Times
Obama Derangement Syndrome: Hurricane Irene Edition
Media Matters for America
[Media Matters, 1/21/11] Obama Derangement Syndrome: Latin America Jobs Trip. In March, the right-wing media attacked Obama's long-planned jobs trip to Latin Americaas a "vacation," even though the trip was focused on economic opportunities for the US...
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Media Matters for America
Liverpool Transfer Rumours: Poulsen and Insua Latest Reds to Leave Anfield
Bleacher Report
As for Insua, his presence became something of a surplus once Jose Enrique arrived from Newcastle United and was only to be pushed out further by fellow South American Sebastian Coates, who is expected to join the Reds this week. ...
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Bleacher Report
At Last, a Label Goes Digital
New York Times
Putumayo had its beginnings in 1975, when Mr. Storper, a freshly minted Latin American studies graduate, opened a handicrafts shop in Manhattan that grew into a clothing line supplying hundreds of boutiques. (The store became so popular that it was ...
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Eco-labelled fish not always sustainably sourced
Practical Fishkeeping
One sample showed a genetic variance only found on the other side of the world, with others traced to South American waters and some had never been sampled before in genetic surveys. "The simplest explanation for this result is that other species plus ...
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Practical Fishkeeping
Welcome to Our New STEM Resource Center
U.S. News & World Report (blog)
Here, you'll find the latest news, opinions and thoughts about science, technology, engineering and math education. America lags behind countries such as China, Finland, and South Korea in developing top math and science minds. In 2009, American ...
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Mexico arrests 5 in deadly casino torching
msnbc.com
Monterrey, the state capital of Nuevo Leon, was once seen as a paragon of economic development inLatin America. But the escalating violence has sparked concerns that both the city and the country are losing the fight against organized crime. ...
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Girls Rule
Pollstar (blog)
They've already performed well-publicized showcases in Los Angeles, Shanghai and Paris, and hinted that South America is also in their sights. As yet, no K-pop act has made the full crossover into general pop stardom in the West. ...
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ViewSonic Enhances Connectivity With DisplayPort Interface on New Graphics and ...
MarketWatch (press release)
The VG2732m-LED and VP2765-LED will both be available next week in North and Latin Americafor respective ESPs of $429 and $579. For more information on ViewSonic's products, please visit ViewSonic.com or follow ViewSonic on Facebook, ...
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Review: In Search of the Kinkajou
Melbounre Times Weekly
The kinkajou may be a nocturnal rainforest mammal found in South America, but this obscure critter is also the star of Melbourne artist Nior's latest show. The renowned painter and street artist's third solo exhibition, In Search of the Kinkajou, ...
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Board delaysJasmine debate
San Antonio Express
During public comment, nine out of 10 speakers praised Jasmine's work and ardently defended her, including bond committee members and two people who said they said were members of the League of United Latin American Citizens. ...
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The Guided and the Misguided
The Claremont Institute
The year was 1930, and Chicago's business elite was worried about the impact of the Depression on the city's large working-class population, which included many recent immigrants from Europe and the American South. So when two Chicago companies (one a ...
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Fitch Affirms Bladex's IDR at 'BBB'; Outlook Stable
MarketWatch (press release)
Bladex may expect some support from its main shareholders (central banks of Latin America) should it be required. However, given the dilution of ownership, Fitch believes support may be difficult to coordinate and cannot be relied on. ...
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Brazil Foreign Trade Balance May Slip Into Deficit In 2012 -AEB
NASDAQ
The latest central bank weekly survey of economists shows the median of expectations for the surplus halving next year to $12 billion, from $23 billion this year. But the possibility of a deficit is growing in people's minds. Bret Rosen, Latin American ...
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Reclusive sect's rape gang used cattle sedative in reign of terror
Sydney Morning Herald
After fleeing religious persecution in Europe in the 19th century, the Mennonites settled first in the United States but spread to South America, where up to 40000 Mennonites live today in agrarian colonies in Paraguay and Bolivia.
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Sydney Morning Herald
Three more teams qualify for London 2012 Olympic dressage
Insidethegames.biz
The next event for direct team qualification is the Pan American Games, which are being held in Guadalajara, Mexico from October 14 to 29, with the two best placed teams from Olympic Groups D representing North American and E from Central and South ...
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Foreclosures Still Affect Fla. Real Estate
The Ledger
That last point is important because the ritzy digs on Brickell Key are prime targets for South American and European buyers as well as multinational companies. "Most folks think of real estate as being linear," Berndt said. "That is, if the market's ...
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KZN coast mining fears
Independent Online
If mining went ahead, it would be the first underwater mining venture for heavy minerals off the South African coast, although similar mining is done off the Australian andSouth American coasts. The company does not have any record or experience in ...
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Independent Online
Malpaís frontman Fidel Gamboa dies of a heart attack at 50
Tico Times
Following a long career in traditional Latin American folk and jazz, Gamboa's latestmusical endeavor, and his most successful, was a band named after a pristine piece of Pacific coastline on the southern Nicoya Peninsula. Malpaís was formed in 1999 ...
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Tico Times

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