Tag: america
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December 21, 2009 10:02 AM EST --
BRASILIA, Brazil (AP) — Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is criticizing the United States for failing to commit to concrete carbon-emissions reductions at the U.N. climate conference . . .
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December 21, 2009 05:03 PM EST --
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City lawmakers approve gay marriage, first in Latin America to do so
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December 21, 2009 05:03 PM EST --
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico City lawmakers have become the first in Latin America to legalize gay marriage.
City legislators passed the bill 39-20 on Monday with five lawmakers absent.
Gay marriage . . .
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December 21, 2009 02:03 PM EST --
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A New Jersey father hoped a Supreme Court justice would give him custody of his 9-year-old son Monday, in time to celebrate the holidays together in the United States.
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December 21, 2009 05:46 PM EST --
I was just watching a program on TV when the program interviewed a person. His statement sent a chill down my spine when I realized the importance of his claim.
2012 : Startling New Secrets on SyFy . . .
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December 21, 2009 10:16 AM EST --
Until the United States Senate and House begin to realize that this is The United States of America and not The United State of Florida, United State of Maryland, United State of Georgia or the United . . .
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December 21, 2009 01:01 AM EST --
EDITOR'S NOTE — AP reporter Elliot Spagat followed Tijuana's new public safety chief, Julian Leyzaola, for eight months as he launches the city's most aggressive police reform to date, in the middle . . .
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December 20, 2009 10:02 PM EST --
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that the world's tallest waterfall has been called Angel Falls too long and should revert to its original indigenous name instead of commemorating . . .
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December 21, 2009 10:02 PM EST --
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — The Inter-American Court of Human Rights condemned Guatemala for failing to seek justice in the 1982 massacre of more than 200 villagers during the country's civil war, . . .
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December 21, 2009 10:02 PM EST --
BOGOTA (AP) — Colombia's defense chief joked Monday that Venezuelan troops might have mistaken Santa's sleigh for a spy plane, dismissing accusations by President Hugo Chavez about drones flying . . .
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December 21, 2009 02:44 PM EST --
Over the past several years, I have been doing a lot of surveys from home. It seems that almost all the surveys I complete ask me if I have any or all of these home appliances below.
Now, . . .
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December 20, 2009 10:02 PM EST --
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba has promoted revolutionary commander Ramiro Valdes and comptroller Gladys Bejerano to vice presidents of its supreme governing body, the Council of State.
Valdes is a former . . .
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December 21, 2009 02:02 AM EST --
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Bus driver Mynor Gonzalez ignored the threats: "200 quetzales a week, or we'll kill you."
He knew drivers who didn't pay the roughly $24 "protection" fee had been murdered, . . .
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December 21, 2009 06:03 PM EST --
Right now as of the last Rasmussen Report and Poll, the push by Reid and Obama to get the disastrous Health Care Reform bill passed, has continued to keep the President’s poll the lowest of any . . .
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December 20, 2009 08:02 PM EST --
CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — President Hugo Chavez launched a federal police force on Sunday that he hopes will change the overwhelmingly negative image most Venezuelans have of their public security . . .
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December 18, 2009 11:16 AM EST --
The Happiest States in America 2009 list is released. Find out the Happiest States in America here to see if you live in one. As a New Yorker, I discovered (though I gotta disagree) . . .
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December 21, 2009 06:03 PM EST --
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Supreme Court ruling that could reunite a New Jersey father with his young son after a five-year custody battle was delayed for a day by the chief justice, an official said . . .
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December 20, 2009 09:02 PM EST --
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Rio man publicly confessed to pushing dozens of needles into his 2-year-old stepson, saying Sunday he intended to kill the boy out of spite for his wife and didn't think . . .
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December 20, 2009 05:02 PM EST --
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A U.S. man fighting for custody of his son in Brazil says if he wins his case, he will allow the boy's Brazilian family visitation.
David Goldman tells The Associated Press . . .
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December 21, 2009 02:01 AM EST --
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A New Jersey father has his hopes pinned on Brazil's chief justice, praying he will regain custody of his son after a five-year court battle in time to spend the holidays with . . .
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