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Russia Delivers First Lada Cars to Venezuela
MOSCOW, May 20 (RIA Novosti) - Russia has delivered a first batch of 450 Lada cars to Venezuela, said Sergei Goreslavsky, head of Russian Technologies (Rostec) high-tech state corporation's international economic cooperation department. Russia's biggest automaker AvtoVAZ, which is part of Rostec, agreed a deal with Venezuela in April 2010 for construction of a Lada assembly plant ...
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Joint Vatican City State and Argentina Stamps Presented to Pontiff
Stamps Dedicated to Beginning of Pope Francis PontificateBy Junno Arocho EstevesVATICAN CITY, April 30, 2013 (Zenit.org) - Pope Francis was presented with the stamps issued jointly between the Vatican City State and Argentina, which are dedicated to the beginning of his pontificate. The presentation was made this morning in the Library of the Vatican Apostolic Palace.The four stamps in the set, ...
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Burmese Presidents White House Visit a Reward for Reforms
President Barack Obama's invitation to his Burmese counterpart to meet at the White House marks a rapid diplomatic boost for Thein Sein, whom the United States removed from a blacklist of foreign officials denied entry to the country only last year. Mr. Obama also rewarded Burma's reform efforts by making the first visit to that nation by a sitting U.S. president last ...
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More Regional Troops Going to Central African Republic
An armored vehicle of of the Congolese army, part of the Central African Multinational Force is parked in front of a bank in central Bangui on April 3, ...
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Global Water is Under Threat
Scientists say a new geologic epoch has begun whereby humans are causing major damage to global water systems. They warn of a planetary transformation comparable to the retreat of the glaciers more than 11-thousand years ago. Scientists are meeting in Bonn, Germany this week (5/21-24) to discuss what can be done about it. to De Capua report on Anthropocene epoch While some still ...
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Bundesbank Chief Says France Must Take Deficit Cuts Seriously
Germany's federal reserve Bundesbank President Jens Weidmann stands beside the door of a giant safe as he poses for a photograph at the money museum next to the Bundesbank headquarters, in Frankfurt, Germany, May 17, ...
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Egyptian Political Leader Expresses Support for Bolivarian Venezuela
Cairo, May 20 (Prensa Latina) The leader of the Popular Egyptian Current Party (Nasserist), Hamdeen Sabahi, expressed his support for the Bolivarian Government of President Nicolas Maduro, during an interview with the Venezuelan ambassador here, Juan Antonio Hernandez. Former presidential candidate Sabahi said he was satisfied with the meeting and expressed his solidarity with the Government and ...
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‘Right hand’ of FARC leader killed in northern Colombia Army
The alleged right-hand man of the FARC’s supreme leader ';Timochenko'; has been killed in the northern Catatumbo region, Colombia’s military ...
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REUTERS SUMMIT-Colombia pins energy hopes on shale oil discoveries
Mon May 20, 2013 12:26pm EDT * For other news from Reuters Latin America Investment Summit, click here * Oil reserves at 6.9 years, but increasing slightly * End of war with FARC would help oil industry * Foreign investment falling from record By Helen Murphy and Luis Jaime Acosta BOGOTA, May 20 (Reuters) - With Colombia's oil reserves stretching to less than seven years, its biggest ...
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Former Pakistani Ruler Musharraf Granted Bail
ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN -- A Pakistani court on Monday granted bail to former army chief and president Pervez Musharraf who has been under house arrest on charges of failing to provide adequate security for former prime minister Benazir Bhutto before her 2007 assassination. Musharraf, who took power in a 1999 coup, returned to Pakistan in March to contest a May 11 general election after nearly ...
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Chinese Incinerators Spark Public Protests
Protests against incinerators have taken place in China over the past few years. This 2009 protest was against a planned large garbage incinerator in Guangzhou, ...
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Chinese Premier in India Discusses Borders Trade
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and his visiting Chinese counterpart have agreed to resolve a border dispute and other tensions, as Premier Li Keqiang continues his first trip abroad since taking ...
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Shakespeares sonnets come to life in new app
By Natasha BakerTORONTO (Reuters) - A new app launched on Monday aims to bring William Shakespeare's sonnets to the masses with the help of short films starring stage actors performing them in front of New York landmarks.The Sonnet Project is a free app for the iPhone and iPad that showcases the bard's poetry through films of up to two minutes and performances by Tony-Award winning ...
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Venezuela taking steps to revive diplomatic ties
CARACAS // Venezuela has made a rare diplomatic overture to the United States, suggesting it could be time for better ties. The designation of an acting head of Venezuela's diplomatic mission in the US shows the Opec nation's desire to restore full diplomatic relations, the foreign minister said on Sunday. Disputes between Caracas and Washington were common during the 14-year rule of ...
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Colombia registers 10-year low in kidnappings NGO
Anti-kidnapping NGO Pais Libre said Sunday 58 people were kidnapped in Colombia during the first three months of 2013, indicating a 40% decrease compared to the same period last year and the lowest figure registered in Colombia since ...
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‘Marked differences’ separate Uribe and Colombia’s former police chief
Alvaro Uribe 's after the latter claimed to be "sad" his former police chief has joined the political reelection campaign of his political rival, ...
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Russia Peru to Sign MiG-29 Jet Upgrade Deal
Russia and Peru will sign a contract to upgrade Lima's fleet of Mikoyan MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters by the end of May, Konstantin Biryulin, deputy head of Russia’s Federal Military-Technical Cooperation Service, said on Monday. Belarus sold around twenty of the fighter jets to Peru in 1997. According to defenseindustrydaily.com, Peru signed a contract in 2008 for Russia's UAC MiG to ...
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EMERGING MARKETS-Brazil stocks sink following weak earnings
* Brazilian companies posted avg 12.3 pct drop in Q1 income * Expiration of share options leaves Bovespa volatile * Brazil Bovespa falls 0.76 pct, Mexico IPC down 0.38 pct By Danielle Assalve SAO PAULO, May 20 (Reuters) - Brazilian stocks dropped on Monday as investors reevaluated their positions in local shares following a disappointing first-quarter earnings season. Mexico's IPC index ...
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China Resumes Cyber Attacks on US Firm Says
A U.S. computer security firm says the Chinese military has resumed cyber attacks on American companies after a hiatus. Mandiant, which accused China of cyber attacks in a February report, says a Chinese army unit recently broke into the computer systems of more than 100 companies to steal trade secrets. It says the attacks started again just days after Chinese officials told Secretary of ...
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Yahoo buying Tumblr for $1.1-billion vows won’t ‘screw it up’
This Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012, photo, shows a sign in front of Yahoo! headquarters in Sunnyvale, Calif., Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2012. (Marcio Jose Sanchez/The Associated ...
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Colombia’s indigenous call on FARC leader to talk face to face
In an open letter to Timochenko, the indigenous respond to the FARC leader’s assertion that the indigenous and his rebel group ';reach understandings that will allow us satisfactorily to advance towards our mutual goals of peace and social ...
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Rumors Spark Brazil Bank Run
Rumors that Brazil's social security fund called Bolsa Familia was to be cancelled led thousands of people to rush to withdraw money from a Brazilian bank over the weekend. Customers lined up at ATMs at dozens of bank branches of Caixa Economica Federal, a government-owned bank, which pays the social security subsidy on Saturday and Sunday. "The bank branches themselves aren't ...
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Egyptian army boosts forces in Sinai after kidnapping
View Photo Reuters/Reuters - Egyptian policemen shout slogans from the gates of the main Egyptian crossing point into the Gaza Strip, which has been closed for the third day, in Rafah city, about 350 km (217 miles) ...
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Pakistans MQM denounces Imran Khan in Karachi protest
1 of 2. Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer-turned-politician and chairman of political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), addresses his supporters after his visit to the mausoleum of Mohammad Ali Jinnah, founder and first governor-general of Pakistan, during an election campaign in Karachi May 7, ...
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Lopez unit Canadian firm to develop geothermal areas in Chile Peru
Energy Development Corp. (EDC), the country's largest geothermal resources firm, signed a joint-venture agreement with Canada-based Alterra Power Corp. for the joint development of four geothermal concession areas in Chile and Peru. In a disclosure to the Philippine Stock Exchange Monday, EDC said the joint-venture agreement covered the Mariposa project in Chile and three other prospective ...
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