Nations try to cool hot money
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A string of countries have edged towards imposing capital controls to stop short-term speculative inflows driving their currencies higher amid concerns about the...
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Peruviuan police: Gang killed people for their fat
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 20/11/2009
LIMA, Peru -- A gang in the remote Peruvian jungle has been killing people for their fat, police charged Thursday, draining it from their corpses and offering it on the black market for use in cosmetics. Medical experts expressed skepticism that a major market for fat might exist.
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Mexican once put up for oldest woman dies at 119
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
MEXICO CITY -- A Mexican once put forward for the title of world's oldest woman has died at 119, government officials said Thursday.
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Mexico City's transit improvements on track
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
MEXICO CITY -- Cash-strapped Mexico City is pressing ahead with new bus lines and bike lanes in 2010, buoyed by prestigious recognition for a world-class transit system that has reduced pollution in one of the globe's largest cities.
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Cuban Blogger Posts Interview With Obama
New York Times (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
In what seems like one step forward for freedom of expression on the island of Cuba, on Wednesday a blogger in Havana named Yoani Sanchez published President Barack Obama's replies to seven questions she put to him on relations between the two countries.
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1st monument at Guyana's Jonestown suicide site
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- It has taken more than 30 years, but the government of Guyana has erected a memorial plaque at the site of the Jonestown cult massacre, a dark episode the South American country had long sought to downplay.
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Brazil tax hits Asian currencies
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Asian currencies have come under pressure as a new Brazilian tax on equity investments sparks fears other countries will take measures to restrict capital flows
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Brazil court rules to extradite former Italian guerrilla
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Brazil's top court rules to extradite former Italian guerrilla Cesare Battisti on murder charges but leaves the final decision to President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who granted him refugee status early this year
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Mexico anti-abortion fight moves to federal level
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
MEXICO CITY -- Lawmakers in Veracruz made it Mexico's 17th state to pass legislation declaring life begins at conception, then adopted a proposal that requires Congress to consider amending the constitution to outlaw abortion.
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Vivendi's turbulent party picks up a guest in Brazil
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
There seems to be a party atmosphere at Vivendi these days - at least according to one veteran director who says sitting on the French entertainment and telecoms...
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Rights group hits out at Cuba
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Cuba has failed to improve human rights under Raúl Castro, its president, jailing scores of people for exercising basic freedoms and refusing to release many...
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Report criticises Cuban regime on human rights
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Cuba's regime has failed to improve its dire record on human rights under the leadership of Raúl Castro, imprisoning scores of people for exercising basic freedoms...
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Vivendi won't let a little hangover spoil a good party
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
There seems to be a party atmosphere at Vivendi these days - at least according to one veteran director who says of sitting on the French entertainment and telecoms...
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Recession hits Venezuela as neighbours recover
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
Venezuela has officially slid in to recession just as some of its neighbours, led by regional powerhouse Brazil, move well into recovery. The recession is the first to...
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Recession hits Venezuela
Financial Times (Free subscription) | 19/11/2009
As its neighbours recover, the country has posted a contraction in the third quarter of 4.5% year on year after a second quarter decline in economic activity of 2.4%. Inflation is forecast to exceed 26%