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Mexico faces foreign capital flight
February 13, 2009Mexico (Prensa Latina) A total of $50 billion of foreign capital invested in shares of Mexican companies and bonds of the federal government's internal debt, fled from the country in recent months, according to experts. According...
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February 13, 2009Italy: Protests continue vs. U.S. base Hundreds of protesters last week occupied a former airbase in Vicenza to block construction of a new U.S. base. They cut the surrounding fence and set up an encampment to...
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Bleak outlook for French employment
February 13, 2009With an increase of 45,000 in the number of unemployed in December 2008, the year closed with 216,000 more job-seekers than in 2007. Month after month, the trend is being confirmed : the number of unemployed...
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US and Russian satellites collide in first ever space crash
February 13, 2009Two communication satellites from the US and Russia collided in space on February 10, creating massive space debris that might pose a threat to the International Space Station, according to news released by the Associated Press...
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World figures demand freedom for Cuban Five
February 13, 2009HAVANA (Prensa Latina) More than 500 well known intellectuals and world figures have signed a letter to US President Barack Obama to demand immediate freedom for five Cuban antiterrorists unfairly jailed in the United States.
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