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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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VALPARAISO, Chile (Reuters) - Demand for diesel in Chile is skyrocketing as the energy-poor country enters the Southern Hemisphere winter amid cuts in natural gas imports from sole supplier Argentina. |
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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Lima . The archaeologist told National Geographic News that his team had discovered the human offerings while excavating one of the circular plazas found at Bandurria. "We don't know if the bodi... |
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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Peruvian archaeological site of Bandurria, thought to be one of the oldest urban settlements in the Americas. Human remains have been found at the site before. But only recently have scientists dis... |
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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The cease-and-desist order, which forced the bank to halt any supposed illegal activity, was issued in 2005 in relation to investigation of money laundering allegedly connected to the former dictato... |
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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Rio de Janeiro/Athens - Brazilian government and sports authorities celebrated Wednesday the International Olympic Committee decision which made Rio de Janeiro one of four final contenders to host the... |
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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Posted on: Wednesday, 4 June 2008, 09:00 CDT Canadian junior mining company, Network Exploration Ltd. (TSX-V: NET) (PINKSHEETS: NETYF), reported striking gold at the Company's 24 sq. km Caldera prope... |
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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ROME – Leaders at a summit on the world's food crisis quickly laid out their disagreements on a key issue: how much the rush for environmentally friendly biofuels is contributing to soaring pric... |
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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Willis recently hosted a conference of senior risk managers from the US oil and gas industry at its inaugural Global Risk Challenge seminar in Houston. They concentrated on finding out more about some... |
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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Authorities in Peru are to take measures to protect some of the last indigenous tribes to have avoided contact with the outside world. They have promised to stop loggers encroaching on their land nea... |
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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The luxurious lifestyle of a convict in northeastern Brazil has come to an abrupt end after police confiscated a plasma TV set, gym equipment, two pistols and cash worth $173,000 (€111,000) from his... |
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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SAO PAULO, Brazil - The luxurious lifestyle of a convict in northeastern Brazil has come to an abrupt end after police confiscated a plasma TV set, gym equipment, two pistols and cash worth $173,000 f... |
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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An ultra-Orthodox rabbi suspected of orchestrating one of the worst cases of systematic child abuse in Israel has turned himself in to Brazilian authorities, it was revealed on Wednesday.Elior Chen tu... |
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) - Brazil is cracking down on its growing deforestation problem by seizing livestock. The country's environment minister says they'll impound cattle caught grazing on illeg... |
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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Destruction of the Amazon rain forest appears to be on the upswing, and Brazil’s new environment minister has wasted no time in aiming at a villain: cattle. |
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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SAO PAULO, Brazil -- A shark ripped off the right hand of a teenager swimming along the coast of northeastern Brazil, fire department officials said Monday. |
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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BRASILIA, Brazil – Brazil will seek sanctions against the U.S. after winning a World Trade Organization ruling on cotton subsidies, a top Brazilian trade official said Tuesday. Roberto Azeved... |
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Wednesday, 04 June 2008 |
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A group of people attacked customs and military officials in a northern Bolivian town on Tuesday, news reports reaching here from the Bolivian capital La Paz said. The attack took place in Desaguadero... |
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