Wednesday, 13 March 2013 20:02
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BRASILIA: A twin-engine plane crashed in the Brazilian Amazon state of Para, killing all nine passengers and the pilot, company officials said after finding the wreckage early Wednesday.The Embraer 821 aircraft belonged to Fretax, an "air taxi" company offering short-hop flights around the region.The plane's wreckage was discovered after the aircraft went missing late Tuesday in the vicinity of Monte Dourado, some 500 kilometers (300 miles) from the state capital of Belen.Passengers on the ill-fated ...
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ROME: Argentine President Cristina Kirchner said on Monday that she had asked her compatriot Pope Francis to intervene in the row between their country and Britain over the Falkland Islands."I asked his intervention to promote dialogue between the two sides," Kirchner told a news conference after meeting Francis ahead of his inaugural mass on Tuesday, noting that Pope John Paul II had mediated in a similar conflict between Argentina and Chile. Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2013 ...
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RIO DE JANEIRO: Landslides triggered by heavy rains have left 10 people dead over the past 24 hours in the Brazilian tourist town of Petropolis, whose historic center is under water, authorities said Monday.Among the victims are two civil defense officials who took part in rescue efforts in the town located 68 kilometers (42 miles) north of Rio, Sergio Simoes, the Rio state civil defense secretary, told Globo television.Simoes described the situation in Brazil's former ...
CARACAS: Late Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez was laid to rest at a military museum on Friday after an emotional final journey through the streets of Caracas watched by hundreds of thousands.After more than a week lying in state, Chavez's body was driven through the Venezuelan capital in a hearse, allowing his compatriots to bid a final farewell to the man who ruled the South American country for 14 years.Friends and family joined government and army ...
HAVANA: Cuban leader Raul Castro congratulated new Chinese President Xi Jinping on Thursday, citing the socialist ties between the longtime allies."I extend my warmest congratulations" to Xi, Castro said in a message read on state television. "We are convinced that under your leadership, this sister country will achieve new successes in building socialism."China is Cuba's second-largest trading partner after Venezuela, and a vital source of credit for the cash-strapped communist island.The Chinese parliament earlier named ...
CARACAS: For many Venezuelans, the late Hugo Chavez is deeply etched in their minds and souls. But plans for them to be able to view him in perpetuity may have gone awry.The process of embalming his remains specially so that he could be viewed like Lenin started too late, acting President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday.Scientists from around the world and countries like Russia and Germany have been summoned and the news is not good, Maduro ...
CARACAS: The campaign to succeed the late Hugo Chavez in Venezuela has officially begun and so has the mudslinging, good and thick.Nicolas Maduro, the hand-picked political heir of the bombastic populist and leftist firebrand who died last week of cancer, officially registered his candidacy for the April 14 election.So did his opponent, state governor Henrique Capriles, whom Chavez had defeated back in October to win another term, although Capriles gave him a better run for ...
