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Ecuador has introduced electricity rationing after a drought led to acute water shortages at the country's main hydro-electric power plant at Paute. There have already been blackouts in the capital, Quito, and the Pacific port...
A first hand account of what it is like to cover the UN climate change negotiations. By Louise Gray, Environment Correspondent Time was when saving the planet meant overcoming a dastardly villain or just wearing a tight pair of...
A report (The truth about European Union election observers in Venezuela, February 2, 2008) referred to “Rita, a Chilean-Italian diva never out of stilettos whose chief concern seems to be getting noticed”. These words were...
Alex McLeish is content with the efforts from Birmingham striker Christian Benitez even though he is still awaiting his first goal for Blues. But Blues boss admits the Ecuador international needs to break his scoring duck to...
Fabricio Coloccini has the best haircut in English football although he told Chief Sports Writer Luke Edwards why he would shave it all off if things start to go to plan at Newcastle United. IT is difficult to settle in English...
Paraguay Pres: Military Shake-up Gives Opportunities To Young Officers Dedicated To Democracy (AP) ASUNCION, Paraguay (AP) - Paraguay needed a military shake-up to create opportunities for young officers with a proven...
Mexican Prison Guard Arrested For Torture; Abuse Sparked Deadly Riots That Killed 2 Americans (AP) TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) - Mexican police caught a prison official who spent a year on the run from charges of killing a 19-year-old...
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) -- Eduardo Tuzzio scored a late goal to give Independiente a 1-0 win over Gimnasia La Plata in Friday's opening matches of Round 13 in the Argentine Apertura tournament. Argentinos Juniors drew 1-1...
SANTIAGO, Nov. 6 (Xinhua) -- The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a loan of 6.5 million U.S. dollars on Friday to build a 15.6-megawatt biomass power plant in Chile. The plant, which will use agricultural,...
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