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• Seven rebels killed in bombing raid in Colombia

  
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  Bogota, Nov 29 (EFE) At least seven rebels were killed Saturday in the bombing of a rebel camp by the military in the jungles of the southeastern province of Guaviare, officials said.The insurgent base, located in a rural area near the town of Calamar, belonged to the First Front of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of ...
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• Brazil to spend $3.4 bn for amphibious armoured vehicles

  
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  Sao Paulo, Nov 28 (EFE) President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has authorised spending six billion reais ($3.43 billion) to finance construction of 2,285 amphibious armoured vehicles for the Brazilian army, officials said.Defence Minister Nelson Jobim said the new vehicle, the Guarani, will be built by Brazil in ...
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• Auto production rises in Spain

  
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  Madrid, Nov 27 (EFE) Production at automotive plants in Spain rose 5.7 percent last month, compared to October 2008, the National Automobile Manufacturers Association, or Anfac, said.Output during the month totalled 218,721 units, with private passenger vehicles accounting for 184,119 units, up 16.7 percent from ...
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• Brazil’s unemployment falls to 7.5 percent

  
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  Rio de Janeiro, Nov 27 (EFE) Brazil’s unemployment rate fell to 7.5 percent in October, the lowest level of the year, the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, or IBGE, said.The September unemployment rate, which was also down, had been 7.7 percent, the IBGE said Thursday.The lowest unemployment rate in ...
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• More like Che needed to fight injustice: Aleida Guevara

  
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  Algiers, Nov 27 (EFE) Aleida Guevara, the eldest daughter of legendary Cuban-Argentine guerrilla Ernesto “Che” Guevara, said that the world needs “many (like) Che” to fight the injustices against which her father fought and from which human beings still suffer “to an even greater extent”.Aleida, who is on ...
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• Honduran Supreme Court, TV station hit by blasts

  
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  Tegucigalpa, Nov 26 (EFE) Honduras’ Supreme Court’s building and Channel 10 television station’s office in Tegucigalpa were hit by blasts, but no one was injured, police said.A rocket-propelled grenade was fired at the court’s building, police spokesman Orlin Cerrato told reporters.The grenade caused “minor ...
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• Chavez says Latin America faces US threat

  
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  Caracas, Nov 23 (EFE) Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said the conciliatory discourse of his US counterpart, Barack Obama, has been just “a big story” and that an “imperial counterattack” is under way against Latin American development.“And Venezuela is the No.1 target on the imperial map on this ...
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• Mexico’s economy contracts 6.2 percent in third quarter

  
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  Mexico City, Nov 22 (EFE) Mexico’s gross domestic product fell by 6.2 percent in the third quarter relative to the same period of 2008, beating analysts’ expectations, authorities said.Inegi statistics institute said Friday that, excluding seasonal factors, the country’s GDP rose 2.93 percent in the ...
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• Large gold, silver mine inaugurated in Mexico

  
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  Mexico City, Nov 20 (EFE) Canada’s Agnico-Eagle Mines has inaugurated a large gold and silver mine in Mexico with an investment of $240 million, the Economy Secretariat said.The Pinos Altos mine is located in the northern town of Ocampo, in Chihuahua state, and is “one of the most important and modern mining ...
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• 119-year-old woman dies in Mexico

  
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  Colima (Mexico), Nov 20 (EFE) Ana Maria Perez Gonzalez, said to be one of the oldest women in the world, died here this week. She was 119.The spokesman for the state employees benefits agency in the western state of Colima, Jose Armando Naranjo, told EFE that Perez died Tuesday from “generalised septicemia, ...
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• Obama interacts with Cuban blogger

  
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  Havana, Nov 20 (EFE) US President Barack Omaba has assured Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez that Washington wants to see “increased respect for human rights and for political and economic freedoms” on the communist-ruled island, the blogger has said.In response to a written questionnaire Sanchez sent him, the US leader ...
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• Mexican island named after French explorer Cousteau

  
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  Mexico City, Nov 18 (EFE) Cerralvo, an uninhabited island in the Sea of Cortez, has been named after French explorer Jacques Cousteau, Mexican authorities said.The INEGI statistics institute said Tuesday that it will undertake steps to register the island’s name change in the National Registry of Geographical ...
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• Madonna in tears after huge donation offered

  
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  Sao Paulo, Nov 15 (EFE) US pop star Madonna broke into tears when Brazilian billionaire Eike Batista announced that he would donate $7 million for her welfare projects, a media report said.During a dinner at Batista’s home Thursday, the tycoon asked the singer how much money she collected and how much more she ...
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• Peru president rush back home as espionage row surfaces

  
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  Singapore, Nov 15 (EFE) Peruvian President Alan Garcia will cut short his visit to the Asia- Pacific Economic Cooperation summit here to deal with an espionage case back home allegedly involving Chile.Garcia said he cancelled his meeting with his Chilean counterpart Michelle Bachelet at the summit after the row. He ...
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• Ecuador, Colombia to restore ties

  
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  Bogota, Nov 14 (EFE) Quito and Bogota have named charges d’affaires to restore diplomatic ties severed last year following an attack on a Colombian rebel base in Ecuador.Colombia has named Ricardo Montenegro as its envoy to Ecuador, while Quito has named Andres Teran as charge d’affaires in Bogota.Colombian ...
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• Iberia, British Airways agree on merger

  
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  Madrid, Nov 13 (EFE) Spain’s largest airline Iberia and British Airways (BA) have agreed on a merger, the companies said in a joint statement Thursday.The deal will be completed in late 2010 and make the alliance the world’s third-largest airline group by revenue. The companies signed a MoU (Memorandum of ...
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• Counties rush aid to El Salvador, as flood toll rises to 157

  
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  San Salvador, Nov 12 (EFE) Relief materials from different countries and aid organisations have begun to arrive for the flood affected people in El Salvador, as the toll has risen to 157 following a devastating storm last weekend.Officials said 58 people are still missing days after Hurricane Ida hit the ...
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• Israel urges Brazil to join Mideast peace efforts

  
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  Brasilia, Nov 12 (EFE) Visiting Israeli President Shimon Peres has urged his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to join the Middle East peace process.“Come, President, and light the light of peace in the Middle East,” Peres told Lula during a joint press conference here Wednesday after a closed-door ...
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• Jindal to export 80,000 tonnes of Bolivian iron ore

  
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  La Paz, Nov 12 (EFE) India’s Jindal Steel and Power Limited will export 80,000 tonnes of iron ore every month from its plant at El Mutun in eastern Bolivia, the company said.Arvind Sharma, director of the firm’s Bolivian unit, said Tuesday the company is currently implementing the first phase of its production ...
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• 130 killed in El Salvador floods, mudslides (Lead)

  
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  San Salvador, Nov 9 (EFE) At least 130 people have been killed in floods and mudslides caused by Hurricane Ida in El Salvador, officials said Monday.Interior Minister Humberto Centeno said 49 children were among the dead.The hurricane wrecked havoc after it made landfall in the country Sunday.Emergency chief Jorge ...
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