| Turkey, Qatar, Brazil, Idb Among Top Darfur Donors In Egypt An international donors conference in Egyptian capital Cairo raised 850 million USD for projects on water, health care, housing, education and rural development in Darfur, Sudan. The one-day... | |
| Venezuela's Chavez Rules Out Internet Controls CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) -- Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denied that the government plans to impose controls on the Internet, saying Sunday that his administration aims to increase Web access... |
| Six Die In Light Plane Crash In Venezuela Caracas - A small plane crashed in a residential area in an eastern Venezuela city, leaving six people dead, according to local radio stations. The plane crashed in a densely populated poor... |
| Argentina: Independiente Remain On Top Independiente consolidated their position at the top of the Argentinian Clausura standings with a 2-0 win over Rosario Central.The league leaders left it late to claim all the points, with Lucas... |
| Mexican Students Killed In Soldiers' Bungle Two men killed in a shootout between soldiers and gunmen near a prestigious university in this northern Mexican city were graduate students, not suspected drug traffickers, officials said. The... |
| Taiwan Refuses To Be Dragged Into China-ecuador Row Taipei - Taiwan said Monday it will not offer Ecuador a loan which is being denied by China.Vice Foreign Minister David Lin said Taipei had not received any request for a loan and has no plans to... |
| Light Plane Crashes In Venezuela, Killing Three People gather around the scene where a L-39C plane crashed at a slum 300 meters away from the international airport Antonio Jose de Sucre in Cumana, capital of Venezuelan state of Sucre, March 21,... |
| Venezuela Punishes 80 Firms For Power Use By Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) -- Venezuela announced on Sunday 24-hour power cutoffs for dozens of companies that have failed to reduce usage in the first punitive measures of a... |
| Venezuela's Chavez, Says 'i'm Pro-internet' By Andrew Cawthorne CARACAS, Venezuela (Reuters) -- President Hugo Chavez denied on Sunday that he planned to censor or limit the Internet in Venezuela, saying on the contrary Web use had shot up... |
| Guyana's Health Minister Expresses Concern Over Malaria Prevalence GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana’s Health Minister Dr Leslie Ramsammy on Saturday expressed concern over the malaria situation here despite the many efforts of the government. He said, even though... |
| Guyana's Home Affairs Minister Says He Should Be The Ppp Presidential Candidate GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- Guyana’s Home Affairs Minister Clement Rohee has declared that he should be chosen as the presidential candidate for the ruling People’s Progressive Party /Civic... |
| Guyana's First Casino Opens GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The Princess Hotel in Guyana on Friday evening opened the country’s first in-house casino, while President Bharrat Jagdeo decried the fact that Guyanese will not be... |
| Venezuela Punishes 80 Firms For Big Power Use CARACAS: Venezuela announced on Sunday 24-hour power cutoffs for 80 firms that have failed to reduce electricity usage in the first punitive measures of a nationwide drive to save energy amid an... |
| Cali Derby Ends Undecided While Once Caldas Impress Sunday's derby of Cali between Deportivo and America ended in a 1-1 draw, while Once Caldas left a great impression in a 5-1 win over Pereira. Deportivo Cali and arch rivals America were both... |
| Government Abolishes Lithium Company Business & Economy On March 20th President Evo Morales decided to repeal Supreme Decree 444 which created a new state-owned company EBRE to extract Lithium from the Salar de Uyuni in the Potosí... |
| Independiente, Godoy Cruz Keep Pace In Argentina Godoy Cruz maintained the pace, staying two points behind Independiente at the top of the Clausura. (GSM) - Independiente maintained their two-point lead over Godoy Cruz on Sunday in the Clausura... |
| Surfing Alpaca Raises Eyebrows In Peru Lima - A surfing alpaca stirred controversy Friday in Peru, as animal rights activists accused its coach of mistreating it by making it ride waves. Coach Domingo Pianezzi, a former rowing champion... |
| Tourist Bus Crash Kills 16, Injures 42 In Colombia At least 16 people were killed and 42 injured in a major traffic accident some 50 km from the Colombian capital Bogota, the country's Caracol TV said on Monday. A tourist bus en route from Bogota to... |
| [03/21] Venezuela's Chavez Rules Out Internet Controls CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez denied that the government plans to impose controls on the Internet, saying Sunday that his administration aims to increase Web access... |
| Colombia To Blame For Crime In Venezuela: Chavez The increase in murders and kidnappings in Venezuela is to blame on Colombia and paramilitary fighters coming from that country, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said on Sunday. "A large part of the... |
| Colombia Too Far Behind On Labor And Human Rights: Us Union A free trade agreement (FTA) between Colombia and the United States is continued to be held up because Colombia is not updating its labor laws and shows no improvement in its human and labor rights... |
| Venezuela's Chavez Denies Plans To Control Internet, Backtracks On Talk About Regulations CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is denying that his government plans to impose controls over the Internet. Chavez recently raised concerns of a forthcoming crackdown on Web... |
| Venezuela's Chavez: "i'm Pro-internet" CARACAS (Reuters) - President Hugo Chavez denied on Sunday that he planned to censor or limit the Internet in Venezuela, saying on the contrary Web use had shot up more than nine fold during his... |
| Death Toll Central Colombia Bus Accident Raised To 16 Authorities raised the number of people killed in a bus crash just outside Colombian capital Bogota to sixteen. 42 people are reported... |
| Venezuela Announces Power Penalties Venezuela has said it will cut the power for a 24-hour period to 80 firms that have failed to meet electricity usage reduction targets. Caracas announced the measures on Sunday as part of a... |
| Brazil's Rousseff To Quit Gov't For Presidential Bid One of the two leading candidates for Brazil's presidential election in October, Dilma Rousseff, will leave her job as top cabinet minister on March 31, to launch her campaign, local media said... |
| Venezuela Fines Firms For "excessive" Power Use Venezuela announced on Sunday 24-hour power cutoffs for 80 firms that have failed to reduce electricity usage in the first measures of a nationwide drive to save energy amid an electricity crisis.... |
| Central Colombia Road Tragedy Kills 9 At least nine people died and another twenty were left injured on Sunday morning when two buses collided 15 miles south west of Bogota. A local police commander told radio station Caracol that the... |
| Iadb Grants Colombia $844 Million Loan The Inter-American Development Bank on Saturday agreed to lend Colombia $844 million to invest in several government programs. According to Colombian Finance Minister Oscar Ivan Zuluaga, the money... |
| Newspaper Publisher Shot Dead In Colombia Clodomiro Castilla, 49, publisher of El Pulso del Tiempo newspaper was shot dead as he sat reading on his balcony in the city of Monteria, local newspaper Meridiano de Cordoba reported. Castilla was... |
| Brazil Unveils Major Budget Cuts (MENAFN) The Brazilian Planning Ministry announced that the government will cut the budget for 2010 by $12.24 billion to make up for tax decreases, marking the highest budget cut since President Luiz... |
| Brazil's Petrobras Reports 31% Jump In Q1 Profits (MENAFN) Petroleo Brasileiro SA (Petrobras), Brazil's state-controlled oil company, said that fourth-quarter profit rose 31 percent on higher crude prices and production, adding that it will spend... |
