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• Russia, China, US occupy special place in Kazakh foreign policy: Nazarbayev

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 739
  Astana (Kazakhstan), Dec. 28 (ANI): Kazakhstan President Nursultan Nazarbayev has said that China, Russia and the United States will continue to occupy a special place in the country’s foreign policy.Interacting with diplomats at the Akorda Palace last week, President Nazarbayev said that apart from these three ...
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• Pew Research: Americans view cell phones, email and the internet as the best thing about the 00s

  
  PhoneArea.net — Authority: 156
  Pew Research conducted a survey on 1504 Americans earlier this month, asking them what they thought about the current decade that is coming to a close, previous decades, and their expectations of the 2010s. Most viewed the 90s and the 80s as the best decades America has ever experienced, and the 00s as the worst. ...
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• Latin America – Violence drops in U.S. cities neighboring Mexico (USA Today)

  
  Global News Blog Headlines — Authority: 535
  Violence drops in U.S. cities neighboring Mexico (USA Today) Intensified U.S. efforts to prevent the violence from spilling across the border are succeeding, according to federal data and officials. Former Brazil coach Scolari claims Juve snub (ESPN Soccernet) Luiz Felipe Scolari claims he has turned down an offer to ...
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• MICROCAPITAL BRIEF: Grupo Fortaleza Places $17.9m Closed-End Fund on Bolivian Stock Exchange to Finance Small Microfinance Institutions (MFIs)

  
  MicroCapital.org — Authority: 143
  Grupo Fortaleza, a Bolivian financial services company that caters to small and medium enterprises (SMEs), has placed a BOB 125 million (USD 17.9 million) closed-end fund on the Bolivian stock exchange (Bolsa Boliviana de Valores) with the purpose of financing small microfinance institutions (MFIs). Managed by ...
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• Downtown Santiago

  
  young voices — Authority: 424
  On a recent trip to Chile, I visited La Moneda Presidential Palace, the seat of the President of the Republic of Chile in the capitol of Santiago. Check out the photos from my visit. And for more on President Michelle Bachelet, check out my post about Chiles first woman president . Get the flash player here: ...
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• The Real Question: How Much Gets Through?

  
  PoliBlog: A Rough Draft of my Thoughts — Authority: 139
  Via the LAHT:  Colombia Seizes Nearly 1 Ton of Cocaine Bound for Europe.The drugs were bound for Spain and Belgium.The story notes “Drug enforcement agents have seized 123.5 tons of cocaine this year".” addthis_url = http%3A%2F%2Fwww.poliblogger.com%2F%3Fp%3D17460; addthis_title = ...
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• El Navegante de la Amazonía

  
  Bilingual Librarian — Authority: 120
  Between mid November and mid December the boat “ El Navegante de la Amazonía ” navigated along the Amazon and Putumayo rivers in Colombia offering training in the use of computers and the web. This project was developed by Colombia’s Ministry of Technology and aims at helping people in this part of the country ...
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• Gay Marriage Approved in Mexico City

  
  TrendPK.com — Authority: 166
  Gay Marriage Approved :- Mexico City lawmakers on Monday made the city the first in Latin America to legalize same-sex marriage, a change that will give homosexual couples more rights, including allowing them to adopt children. The bill passed the capital’s local assembly 39-20 to the cheers of supporters who ...
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• Honduras Coup, Act VI, Day 27

  
  Mercury Rising ?? — Authority: 435
  In La Jornada , Zelaya says that discoveries of petroleum in the Caribbean, which he had agreed to partner with Venezuela in exploring, were one of the causes of the coup. Nicholas Kristof discovers poor people in Honduras. Miguel Ángel Moratinos Cuyabué , president of the EU, says that Spain won’t ...
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• Mexico: Analyzing the Effect of Gay Marriage in Mexico City

  
  Gay Marriage Watch — Authority: 147
  Gay and lesbians couples can now legally marry and adopt children in Mexico City, after a historic but not necessarily surprising vote in the legislative assembly. The Distrito Federal’s governing representative body is dominated by the leftist PRD, or Democratic Revolutionary Party, and for weeks word had ...
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• Coltan in Venezuela : Chavez Putting Chips on War?

  
  BuzzFlash.net: published — Authority: 462
  Tantalum from coltan, an extremely valuable mineral, is used in consumer electronics products. Coltan is said to have helped finance the conflict that has led to an estimated 5.4 million death in the Congo. President Hugo Chávez recently announced the discovery of a giant coltan field near Venezuela’s border with ...
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• Christmas Day Parade, la Antigua, Guatemala

  
  Watch your favorite videos on the internet. — Authority: 178
  One of many random Christmas Day parades on the streets of la Antigua, Guatemala. This one was all children dancing, behind a truck playing loud dance music. Cartoon character homemade costumes I spotted included Marvin the Martian, Shrek, and every Looney Tunes and Disney persona imaginable. Both kids and bystanders ...
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• Latin America – Argentina’s economy may grow in 2010 (Reuters via Yahoo! News)

  
  Global News Blog Headlines — Authority: 535
  Argentina’s economy may grow in 2010 (Reuters via Yahoo! News) Argentina’s economy could grow up to 7 percent in 2010 as the worst of the global financial crisis eases, Economy Minister Amado Boudou was quoted as saying in a local paper on Saturday. Brazil Aims to Prevent Land Grabs in Amazon (New York Times) In ...
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• A Woman President: I Can Dream, Cant I?

  
  young voices — Authority: 424
  Ah. We came so close. So close to having a woman in the White House as President of the United States. For anyone who was excited about the idea of universal healthcare and of being able to hear the words "Madam President," Hillary Clinton was the first real chance. But alas, the country got its first ...
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• Honduras Coup, Act VI, Day 26

  
  Mercury Rising ?? — Authority: 435
  (Image from Navidad Golpista/Navidad Siniestra at Vos el Soberano.  Micheletti drives a tank in the back of which are Adolfo Facusse, General Vasquez, Cardinal Rodriguez and other “gifts”, while dictator-elect Lobo Sosa as an elf balances on one of the runners. The reindeer are people like the Pretend Minister of ...
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• Answers to 26 Esomar Questions to help research buyers of online samples

  
  Insights Qualitativos 2.0 — Authority: 138
  These questions will help market researchers consider issues which influence whether an online sampling approach is fit for purpose in relation to a particular set of objectives; for example whether an online sample will be sufficiently representative and unbiased. They will help the researcher ensure that they ...
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• Curacao Is U.S. Spy Base Against Venezuela

  
  Question Everything — Authority: 139
  Global Research / Radio NetherlandsDutch Socialist MP Harry van Bommel has claimed that US spy planes are using an airbase on the Netherlands Antilles island of Curaçao.Mr Van Bommel has asked Foreign Minister Maxime Verhagen whether he is aware that a Boeing RC-135 aircraft has been making regular reconnaissance ...
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• News Round-Up: American Imperialism Around the World

  
  Hope2012 — Authority: 121
  US Military Actions Overseas: 1798 – 2008   - compiled by Congressional Research Service for Congress, 2009 With the infrequent exception of year off now and again, we have been at war continuously since 1798. Timelines 2000-2010: US, Europe, Latin America, Africa & Asia A History of CIA Atrocities   ...
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• Latin America – Mexico’s Drug War Brings More Carnage To Border (NPR)

  
  Global News Blog Headlines — Authority: 535
  Mexico’s Drug War Brings More Carnage To Border (NPR) Almost 2,600 people have been killed in Juarez this year, making it the hemisphere’s murder capital. Will 2010 Be the Year the World Ends — for Mexico? (Time.com via Yahoo! News) The populace is anxious about the bicentennial of the founding of the country ...
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• Honduras Coup, Act VI, Day 25

  
  Mercury Rising ?? — Authority: 435
  (Hillary with the dictator-elect of Honduras. Image from Cathy Ceibe at TR-Honduras) Sociologist Julio Navarro says that Honduras has been a laboratory in testing public opinion to a coup. The leaders of the coup knew that their actions would not be interfered with because the Pentagon was behind them. ...
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