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Coca cultivation in Latin America PDF Print E-mail
Americas
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Wednesday, 20 June 2007
Areas of coca cultivation grew in Peru and Bolivia last year but decreased in Colombia, a report by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime said. 
Last Updated ( Friday, 29 June 2007 )
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Exam cheat sparks security scare PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 20 June 2007
A student sparked a terror alert in Bulgaria after he borrowed a secret service in-ear radio from his government agent father for cheating in his exams.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 26 June 2007 )
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Peru's maritime disputes with Chile PDF Print E-mail
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Wednesday, 20 June 2007
Peruvian President Alan Garcia announced to take its dispute over maritime boundary with Chile to The International Court of Justice in The Hague. This move may cause a crack in the bilateral relation between the otherwise friendly countries.
Last Updated ( Friday, 29 June 2007 )
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Laos’s coup defendants plead not guilty PDF Print E-mail
World
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Wednesday, 20 June 2007
Ten people accused of plotting to overthrow the communist government of Laos were pleaded not guilty by an US court. Last week, a grand jury accused Vang Pao, a 77 year old ex-general in the Royal Army of Laos and nine other members of California's Hmong community.
Last Updated ( Friday, 29 June 2007 )
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Job seeker rejected due to 'racist dog' PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 19 June 2007
A Nigerian job applicant was refused a job because the Belgian owner of the firm thinks that his dog was racist and would bite non-whites.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 26 June 2007 )
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US authority returns 412 artifacts to Peru PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 19 June 2007
The US government recently returned 412 pre-Colombian artifacts to Peruvian officials that were taken illegally from the Andean nation.
Last Updated ( Friday, 29 June 2007 )
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Sao Paulo's police arrested 2,400 criminals PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Sao Paulo's police recently arrested more than 2,400 people in a major anti-crime operation involving thousands of policemen. 18,217 civilian policemen, about 800 criminal experts from the Crime Institute, plus scores of military policemen took part in operation. They came down upon various auto part stores, airports, ports, hotels and restaurants through an intensive effort.
Last Updated ( Friday, 29 June 2007 )
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Indian airlines industry growing PDF Print E-mail
South Asia
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Tuesday, 19 June 2007
India has an expanding economy. With the rising incomes and a large population of young people eager to travel, airlines are taking aggressive strategies to attract them for higher revenue.
Last Updated ( Friday, 29 June 2007 )
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Moms can compete for Miss Spain contest PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 19 June 2007
Authorities of the ‘Miss Spain beauty contest’ changed their rules. Now the contest allows mothers to compete. This move is contrary to the decision of February 2007 to dethrone a 22-year-old beauty queen after it emerged that she had a child.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 26 June 2007 )
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Three-legged dog saves family from fire PDF Print E-mail
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Tuesday, 19 June 2007
In Darling Downs, Queensland, a three-legged dog saved a family from a house under fire. Fire had taken hold of the 100-year-old timber house in Dalby but the family has not aware of the incident.
Last Updated ( Tuesday, 26 June 2007 )
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