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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
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The Frei Caneca Penitentiary Complex, Brazil's oldest prison built in 1850, has been demolished to make way for the construction of 2,500 public housing units, the official Agencia Brasil news agency reported. |
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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
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Jorge Ramirez seemed like an amiable technician-turned cab owner who might be meeting an Indian for the first time in his life. 'From India?' he asked and before I could answer yes, he added, 'Shah Rukh Khan?' Before I could answer even that, he popped in a CD in his cab's player that belted out 'Kabhi Khushi Kabhie Gham.' |
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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
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SAO PAULO — Will Power made a late move to take the lead from Ryan Hunter-Reay to win the rain-shortened IndyCar Series season opener on the streets of this Brazilian city Sunday. The Australia... |
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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
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SANTIAGO (Reuters) - About 80 percent of Chile had power restored just after midnight on Monday, as electricity supplies returned to normal after a blackout hit much of the country, Interior Minister ... |
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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
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Chile this evening. It is presumed to have been caused by a fault in the Chilean Sistema Interconectado Central (Central Interconnected System). Power was cut off between |
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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
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Sebastián Piñera , was due to be sworn in. This earthquake comes several days after a heavy 8.8 magnitude earthquake shook the country, the strongest one in almost half a century. According to the |
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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
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Santiago - A massive power outage that plunged most of Chile into darkness on Sunday was caused by a short circuit in a 500- kilowatt transformer, officials said. The blackout was not directly related... |
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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
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March 14 (Bloomberg) -- The power cut that struck Chile today affected about 80 percent of the population in a 2,000- kilometer stretch of the territory, the National Emergency Office today. |
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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
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(Reuters) - A blackout affecting much of Chile is due to a problem with a 500 kilowatt transformer, Interior Minister Rodrigo Hinzpeter told local media on Sunday. |
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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
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Newly installed Chilean President Sebastian Pinera estimated it would cost nearly $30 billion to rebuild the nation after last month's devastating quake. (AAP) Newly installed Chilean President Seba... |
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Monday, 15 March 2010 |
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SAO PAULO, Brazil -- If the IZOD IndyCar Series' first trip to Brazil was meant to be an adventure, it certainly exceeded those expectations. A slick concrete racing surface entering the first turn th... |
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Sunday, 14 March 2010 |
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SAO PAULO — Marco Andretti escaped injury after being involved in a scary accident at the start of the Sao Paulo Indy 300 on Sunday. The car of Brazil's Mario Moraes span and crashed on the bac... |
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Sunday, 14 March 2010 |
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LA PAZ, Bolivia Bolivia is dropping its bid to host the Miss Universe pageant because it would cost more than anticipated. President Evo Morales has lobbied foreign leaders to help him br... |
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Sunday, 14 March 2010 |
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(MENAFN) The Brazilian government said that the country's gross domestic product (GDP) fell by 0.2 percent in 2009 despite growth recorded in three consecutive quarters during the year, Reuters report... |
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Sunday, 14 March 2010 |
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Nike Middle East and Sun and Sand Sports today unveiled the Brazilian National Team kit which will be worn by the world's leading players including Robinho who will take pitch in South Africa this sum... |
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Sunday, 14 March 2010 |
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The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) is providing emergency education and water services for 1 million Chilean children and their families in the wake of the powerful earthquake that struck the... |
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Sunday, 14 March 2010 |
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article compared the low earthquake death toll in Chile to Haiti, and cited conservative economist Milton Friedman as the saviour of the Chilean people. |
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Sunday, 14 March 2010 |
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A Bolivian social program that prevents the deaths of two mothers a day from complications related to pregnancy and childbirth is making headway despite administrative difficulties. |
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Sunday, 14 March 2010 |
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Published Date: March 14, 2010 SANTIAGO: Chile may need to spend twice as much as Haiti to recover from its devastating quake and tsunami, but it doesn't have the same desperate need for internationa... |
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Sunday, 14 March 2010 |
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Until two weeks ago, the only earthquake North Oldham High School Spanish teacher Erin Grace had experienced was a minor one in Louisville in April 2008. She thought the shaking was from a train passi... |
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