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2009
10.31

Assistant Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Washington, Tom Shannon, said Friday that a settlement in Thursday night was a great achievement for Honduras and for democracy in Latin America, and a triumph of dialogue over violence . The agreement effectively (…) opens the way to resolve the current crisis in Honduras and the international community can support the elections in Honduras on 29 November, said Shannon reporters in Washington. Shannon, who helped broker the deal, said the Government de facto acknowledged that Honduras should have elections with the support of the international community, since the absence of recognition could deepen the political crisis and return its foreign relations even more problematic. Honduras has been diplomatically isolated since Zelaya was overthrown by soldiers on June 28 and forced to leave the country a plane. Zelaya angered several areas of the country to become socialist ally of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez. Critics also accused him of seeking to extend the presidential term limits, which he denies. Implementation of the political agreement, which calls for the formation of a national unity government and a commission to ensure that elections are fair and transparent, is complicated, according to Shannon.

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2009
10.30

According to the state agency ABI, the minister of Hydrocarbons, ÓscarCoca said that this intention was expressed by the hydrocarbon sector autoridadesargentinas at a meeting hacetres weeks. explained that it planned to increase the diameter of a pipeline extension 40kilometros to realize the increase in the Argentinian market enviosde gas. Once this is resolved, the Bolivian gas will go to Argentina. In any case, these 14 million will start coming next year desdeel yes or yes he said. He clarified that the ultimate goal is to reach 27.7 million cubic Demetres long term, as provided one acuerdoentre both countries. Oil companies operating in the country have asked alEjecutivo extreme efforts to ensure the Argentine market parael natural gas produced in the country, especially given the drop in lademanda Brazil.

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2009
10.29

We are protesting and we have been clear that quorum cuandose agenda set in both (by) the policy as debancada leaders, law declaring invalid the court decision, said Aefe the Liberal parliamentary leader, Ramon Gonzalez. arrived at Parliament today the 38 Sandinista deputies, nuevemenos the minimum to open meeting, testified before the full lalegisladora Sandinista Alba Palacios, second secretary delCongreso. Block opposition, composed LiberalConstitucionalista Party (PLC), Nicaraguan Democratic Caucus (BDN), the Nicaraguan Liberal Alliance (ALN) and the Sandinista Renovation Movement (MRS) and four independents, numbering 49 members, arrived here but were not recorded, diaseguido per second, so it appeared as absent. Five deputies and allies of the Sandinistas came to independientesno Chamber. presented the opposition bloc yesterday with the Secretary of theGeneral a bill to declare void a ruling Sandinistas emitidopor judges of the Constitutional Chamber of the CSJel October 19. The ruling declared inapplicable section 147 of Magnaque Charter prevents continual reelection of a president and limited to two terms maximum elnumero and was dictated by seisjueces expeditiously Sandinistas, after replacing three judges consuplentes opponents allied to the Government.

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2009
10.28

Two British tourists – the couple Paul and Rachel Chandler, who traveled on a yacht near the coast of the Horn of Africa, seized by Somali pirates.

According to The View , according to the publication of Guardian , sailors makes the transition from the Seychelles Islands in Tanzania, on Friday on board triggered an emergency beacon, but so far the rescuers who went looking for a boat from the Seychelles, could not find any boat, or couple to Chandler.

Guardian quoted the statement of one of the pirates operating in the Indian Ocean: The British couple is in our hands. We captured them when they traveled on the Indian Ocean, – said the pirate, noting that the tourists are alive and well, and the amount of redemption will be announced later.

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2009
10.28

WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. President, Barack Obama, formally Tuesday renewed his country's sanctions against Sudan, under its strategy to maintain the pressure while providing incentives to the Khartoum government.

The extension of one year, Obama made official by a note sent to U.S. Congress, came after the announcement made this month on a new carrot and stick policy to end violence in Sudan's Darfur region and semi-autonomous south.

Obama, who during the U.S. presidential campaign urged to take a tougher stance on Khartoum, has justified the change saying that it is necessary to prevent the rich African country oil is added into chaos. After revealing a new strategy on 19 October, the Government has set targets to end war crimes in Darfur and ensure the implementation of a peace agreement 2005 between Khartoum and former southern rebels of Sudan, doors of national elections next year and in 2011 a referendum on secession in the South. Announcement of the new given policy on Sudan after months of speculation that Obama's special envoy in the country, Scott Gration, who argued for greater engagement with Khartoum faced skeptical members of the Government. The result, according to many analysts, was an agreement in which both sides gave.

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2009
10.28

Deputy Secretary of State Kurt Campbell said the patience and caution are the order of the day when addressing Pyongyang's calls for talks with Washington, North Korean leader expressed this month by a Chinese leader. We would be prepared for that in the right circumstances at some point, an interaction occurs that quickly leads to the six-party framework, he told a forum of experts in Washington. The multilateral talks include the two Koreas, China, Japan, Russia and the United States but have been stalled for six months by the resignation of Pyongyang. North Korea raised tensions when it conducted its second nuclear test in May. Campbell, who last week received a report on the visit of Premier Wen Jiabao to North Korea, said the government of President Barack Obama has not yet decided on whether or not to hold bilateral talks.

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2009
10.28

The black girl Melvinia, as described by its first owner in his will, was a slave. During his childhood belonged to David Patterson, a white man from South Carolina. When Patterson died in 1852 Melvinia was sent to Georgia, where he was taken over by the daughter of his late boss and her husband, Henry Shields. While still a teenager, was Melvinia pregnant by a white man whose identity remains a mystery, as recounted by the article published today in the NYT. During the presidential campaign, the family [Michelle Obama] discovered the existence of one great-great grandfather on the paternal side had been a slave in South Carolina, but the rest of the estate of Mrs. Obama were a mystery, the American newspaper. According to the article says This last tells the story of thousands of Americans, but it is surprising to have discovered these ancestors in the family of the first lady.

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2009
10.27

Pittsburgh (USA), Sept. 25 (EFE) .- The Pittsburgh dejefes summit of the G-20 concluded today with a clear win for estegrupo hardly known a year ago, now converted into Ace in leaving the business operation supervisor world. Presidents are fired from this third summit with algunoslogros behind, including a commitment to loscimientos for sustained growth and, above all, resolve the weaknesses that led to financieramundial crisis. So the G-20 leaders committed themselves to ending the excesses in the banking sector, given the record that his recklessness and lack of accountability led to the crisis. The statement adopted today attacking losdirectivos senior bank bonds, as recommended, must be set porobjetivos long-term and linked to the performance of the entity. However, it imposes limits on these bonds, as defendiaFrancia, opposed the United States. Another of the clear messages of the summit is that You have to avoid premature withdrawal of stimulus plans that have enmarcha countries to stimulate economic recovery, aunquese undertake to begin preparing an exit strategy when appropriate.

We pledge today to continue our vigorous respuestahasta that ensured a lasting recovery, said elcomunicado, in a message to reassure markets that laconstancia will not precipitously withdraw inyeccionde public resources.

At its meeting, the G-20 noted that the global economy hacomenzado to show signs of recovery, but insists that estoslogros should not lead to complacency and that there is still much to do to make the planet crecimientosostenible enjoy and balanced. Leading the daunting task of boosting reformasfinancieras placed from today the G-20, a group unknown until hacepoco and has become this meeting in the board of the global economy, a role quehasta now developed the most powerful nations. This movement in favor of G-20 (group with participation paisescomo Brazil China and India) shows how important CHANGEDNew global economic configuration, and the increasing weight of emerging lasnaciones. Barack Obama has been just one of the promoters of power latransferencia G – 8 (U.S., Japan, Germany, France, Britain, Canada, Italy and Russia) for the G-20, saleconvertido in the primary forum for cooperation economicainternacional.

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2009
10.27

Socrates said that the executive branch, staffed by parliamentary minority after four years with an absolute majority, also will struggle to maintain political stability through dialogue with other parties. The Socialists won the general elections of 27 September, but won 97 of the 230 seats in Parliament, far from the comfortable majority that during the last mandate allowed them to implement bold reforms. However, Socrates stood firm on his reform plan. Vote for the Portuguese was a vote of confidence in a reformist government and a strategy for modernizing the country , said during the ceremony of taking power. The reforms will be directed towards the sustainability of the welfare state and the defense of public interests, said In his first four years, Socrates adopted tax reforms, education, health, services public and social security, which earned him opposition from some sectors. In 2007 and 2008, budget deficits turned to Portuguese fall below 3 per cent of the Product Gross Domestic Establishing the European Union, down from 6.1 percent in 2005, but the global economic crisis has had consequences and this year is expected to exceed 5 percent, while unemployment is at its highest level in three decades.

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2009
10.26

One of six people in the world in the global financial crisis, unable to eat normally. The total number of hungry people in the world is more than one billion people. This is in Canberra, said executive director of the World Food Program, Josette Sheeran.

There will be a mistake to recognize that hunger is sweeping the earth. The food crisis is not over – said Dzh.Shiran that quoted by ITAR-TASS . – At the time as a global recession led to lower prices on the world's largest food markets, the cost of basic foods in developing countries has grown.

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