Archive for the ‘Americas’ Category
Toyota has been enjoying much success in the US. So much successful, in fact, that they are expected to take over the spot occupied currently by General Motors as the worlds largest car manufacturer. The company has been selling cars which has broken record after record ...
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By VOA News 19 May 2006Venezuelan officials say they are considering buying fighter jets from Russia, days after Washington banned arms sales to the South American nation.In an interview with Russian media Friday, Venezuelan Ambassador to Russia Alexis Navarro Rojas said Caracas may purchase Russian Su-35s to replace its fleet ...
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By VOA News 28 June 2006Peru's outgoing parliament has voted to approve a free trade agreement with the United States.Six legislators chose not to participate in Wednesday's vote, which followed hours of debate and a brief protest by elected lawmakers who will take their seats later this year. The protesters ...
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By Jela De Franceschi Washington, D.C.05 July 2006A major exercise in the Cape Verde Islands successfully tested the readiness of NATO's cutting-edge Rapid Response Force to carry out missions anywhere required on short notice. The exercise -- Steadfast Jaguar -- was also a bid by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization ...
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The success of the reality show Americas Next Top Model has sprouted more than twenty adaptations all over the world. With nearly the same show structure, format and substance, generally all Top Model shows bring forth a variety of attractive model wannabes and showcases their journey week ...
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By VOA News 02 August 2006The Bahamas has issued a hurricane watch Wednesday for the Turks and Caicos islands and southeastern Bahamas, as Tropical Storm Chris continues its path through the Caribbean. U.S. forecasters say Tropical Storm Chris could become a hurricane later Wednesday or early Thursday.The National Hurricane Center ...
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By Lisa Ferdinando Miami05 August 2006Cubans exiles in Miami are welcoming the Bush administration's latest call for democracy in Cuba. For the past two days, the Bush administration has released statements reaffirming its strong support for a democratic government change in Cuba.The latest came Friday from U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza ...
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By VOA News 11 May 2006Pope Benedict XVI has told Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez that he is concerned about religious reforms in the largely Catholic nation.The pontiff and Mr. Chavez met at the Vatican Thursday.A Vatican spokesman says Pope Benedict was worried about a proposal to ban teaching religion in ...
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By VOA News 16 May 2006Russia has signed a trade deal with Colombia, moving Moscow one step closer to joining the World Trade Organization.Russian Economy Minister German Gref and Colombia's Trade Minister Jorge Humberto Botero signed the deal Tuesday in Moscow. The agreement allows Colombia easier access to Russian markets ...
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By VOA News 17 June 2006Bahamian health officials are screening inmates at an immigration detention center in Nassau as the government seeks to contain a malaria outbreak on the southern island of Great Exuma.Fourteen cases of the potentially fatal disease have been confirmed in Great Exuma, south of Nassau. Officials ...
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By VOA News 13 June 2006U.S. forecasters say the hurricane warning for tropical storm Alberto has been downgraded as it nears Florida's gulf coast.The U.S. weather center says at mid-morning local time, Alberto is about 80 kilometers southeast of Tallahassee, Florida. The storm is expected to continue to move over ...
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Americas Next Top Model seventh season winner CariDee English represented the National Psoriasis Foundation at a congressional briefing on June 11th in Washington, D.C. The briefing, which was held in support of the Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis Research, Cure and Care Act, had more than a hundred ...
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By VOA News 21 June 2006Argentine President Nestor Kirchner has met with Spanish King Juan Carlos, in a bid to strengthen ties between the two nations.The two met Wednesday at the king's residence in Madrid and were to have lunch with the royal family afterward. A palace spokesman said they ...
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By Bennie McCann As an extension of the southern Appalachian Mountains, you'll find over 800 square miles that cover the North Carolina and Tennessee border known as the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. President Franklin D. Roosevelt dedicated this national park on September 2, 1940, for ...
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By VOA News 05 August 2006An Argentine court has sentenced a former police officer to 25 years in prison for human rights violations during the country's military dictatorship.The Buenos Aires court Friday sentenced Julio Simon for the 1978 abductions of Jose Poblete, Gertrudis Hlaczik and their eight-month-old daughter, Claudia. The ...
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By Pearse Lynch Nairobi11 July 2006Kenya's capital, Nairobi, suffers from some of the worst traffic congestion in the world. Kenya has received help for the problem from South America.Less than one-tenth of Nairobi's three million citizens own cars. Yet traffic is a serious problem. Every morning and evening, during peak ...
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By VOA News 13 June 2006Cuba has denied U.S. charges it deliberately cut off power to the United States' diplomatic office Havana.In a statement carried by the Communist Party daily Granma, the government of President Fidel Castro said it categorically denies that there was any premeditated electricity cuts. It blamed ...
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By VOA News 09 June 2006The United States is offering a reward of up to $5 million for information leading to the capture of a reputed Mexican drug cartel leader.The U.S. ambassador to Mexico, Antonio Garza, said in a statement Thursday that Jorge Eduardo Costilla Sanchez is charged with 12 ...
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It was recently reported that America 's Next Top Model Cycle 9 resident bad girl Bianca Golden graced the runway last Friday in a show for Project Runway's designer, Chris March. Many were surprised to see the ANTM alum there, as she didn't even make it to ...
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By Michael Bowman White House20 May 2006President Bush says it is time for Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform. Mr. Bush devoted his weekly radio address to the subject, which has provoked intense debate and massive demonstrations across the country, and revealed rifts within the president's Republican Party.It is a ...
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By VOA News 22 June 2006Authorities in Haiti say a Canadian missionary has been kidnapped and that his captors are threatening to kill him unless a $45,000 ransom is paid.Officials say Ed Hughes was abducted earlier this week from an orphanage he heads just north of the capital, Port-au-Prince. One ...
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By VOA News 22 May 2006Former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori says he is considering running for the country's presidency in 2011.Fujimori was released from a Chilean jail Thursday pending action on an extradition request from Peru. He is wanted in Peru on charges of sanctioning the murder of 25 people, ...
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By VOA News 15 June 2006Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez says his government will purchase 24 new Russian Sukhoi fighter jets this year to replace a fleet of U.S.-made F-16s.President Chavez made the announcement Wednesday in a speech before hundreds of soldiers at a military base in Caracas. Mr. Chavez also ...
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Let's face it: we don't like predictable TV shows, much more predictable reality shows. That has been the case for America 's Next Top Model, as the show has gotten pretty boring in the last three cycles. In fact, the trend is about to continue through next ...
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By Vronique LaCapra Washington, DC03 July 2007You may think you already know all there is to know about penguins. After all, according to Hollywood, they march, they dance, and they even surf, right? OK, maybe not. But there actually is a lot more we can learn about these popular birds, ...
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