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For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Mexico Star.com http://www.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/10/id/1f5f6572907d15fb/ en-us Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:47:17 -0500 Sun, 05 Feb 2012 18:47:17 -0500 30 State-controlled energy giant Petrobras announced the discovery of an oil and natural gas accumulation in the Solimoes basin of Brazil's Amazon region. http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203245909/cs/1/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 02:30:07 -0500 IANS http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203245909/cs/1/ FILE - This Dec. 11, 2011 file photo, shows Panama's former strongman Manuel Noriega gesturing while being carried in a wheelchair by a police officer inside El Renacer prison, on the outskirts ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203256586/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:53:51 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203256586/ According to the cited guerrilla, Timochenko "is in Venezuela, in the state of Zulia to be exact, near the Colombian border, north of the Oro river, east of a town called El Cruce and south of ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203256661/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 16:43:17 -0500 Colombia Reports http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203256661/ The Brazilian government has deployed the army in the northeastern state of Bahia where a police strike has sparked a wave of violence. Official figures suggest the murder rate has more than ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203255401/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:47:31 -0500 BBC http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203255401/ The Ministry of Defence have released footage of Flight Lieutenant Wales as he checks and then pilots a SAR helicopter as he begins his tour of duty in the disputed ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203254476/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:52:50 -0500 The Telegraph http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203254476/ A Nukak Maku child in San Jos del Guaviare, Colombia: the nomadic community has been driven out of its territory by Farc guerillas. Photograph: William ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203254201/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:41:40 -0500 The Guardian http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203254201/ International matches in Sao Paulo, Brazil, this month will prepare the SA women's football team for the Cyprus Women's Cup, according to Banyana Banyana coach Joseph ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203254474/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:22:06 -0500 IOL http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203254474/ Seven oil companies have notified the Brazilian Petroleum, Natural Gas and Biofuels Agency (ANP) that they have already discovered signs of hydrocarbon resources so far this year. Among ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203254145/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:06:26 -0500 Nasdaq http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203254145/ Published Date: December 29, 2011 BUENOS AIRES: Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner has been diagnosed with thyroid cancer and will undergo surgery next week, two months after being ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203254305/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:54:36 -0500 Kuwait Times http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203254305/ BOGOTA, Jan. 25 (Xinhua) -- Colombian National Police Wednesday destroyed 17 cocaine processing laboratories, seized 692 kg of basic cocaine and arrested 10 people in an anti-drug trafficking ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203254475/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:41:35 -0500 SINA http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203254475/ Brazilian media report 78 people have been murdered in and around the northeastern city of Salvador since the start of a state police strike there five days ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203252996/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:23:08 -0500 Richmond Times-Dispatch http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203252996/ Quito, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) The designation of Ecuador to lead the Economic Secretariat of the Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of our America (ALBA) is seen as a recognition of the work of the ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203253352/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 12:14:49 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203253352/ La Paz, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) The torrential rains in Bolivia have affected in recent days about 6,000 families, especially in the departments of La Paz, Oruro, Chuquisaca, Cochabamba and Potosi, ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203252016/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:34:45 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203252016/ STANLEY: Prince William has begun a tour of duty as a search and rescue pilot in the Falkland Islands, further heating already simmering diplomatic tensions between Argentina and ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203252014/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 10:01:52 -0500 The Daily Telegraph http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203252014/ (http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/new.php?n=24050)LIMA, PERU, January 9 (CNA) .- The Population Research Institute in Latin America criticized Peru's Ministry for Women's Affairs for ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203252015/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 09:34:10 -0500 EWTN http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203252015/ Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and other leaders in the left-leaning ALBA bloc have backed Argentina in its long-running dispute with Britain over the Falkland Islands.Argentine foreign minister ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203249670/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 06:53:40 -0500 Breaking News.ie http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203249670/ RIO DE JANEIRO, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- Brazil has allocated 900,000 reais (about 514,000 U.S. dollars) Monday in fresh aid to the country's northern states Acre and Amazonas, which have thousands ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203247838/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:19:58 -0500 SINA http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203247838/ LIMA, Jan. 30 (Xinhua) -- At least 123 people were injured in an earthquake measuring 6.2 on the Richter on Monday which shook the southern Peruvian department of Ica, the National Civil Defense ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203247839/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 04:19:54 -0500 SINA http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203247839/ is alive and well in contemporary Cajamarca, in the form of the US-based Newmont mining corporation, an outfit with a slick PR machine and a very dirty environmental and human rights track record. ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203246015/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:30:32 -0500 Green Left Online http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203246015/ Venezuela on Saturday hosted a meeting of the eight-nation Bolivarian Alliance bloc, or ALBA, amid global economic troubles. During the weekend talks, President Hugo Chavez urged leaders of the ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203246021/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:30:08 -0500 Global Times http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203246021/ Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez mounted a lavish celebration on Saturday to mark the 20th anniversary of the failed coup that helped launch his political career, as opposition leaders slammed the ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203246279/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 03:01:27 -0500 IBTimes http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203246279/ Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Saturday that international sanctions on Iran are impeding some of his country's business deals with Tehran. The U.S. and European governments have ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203244717/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:53:57 -0500 Ya Libnan http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203244717/ Montvideo, Feb 5 (Prensa Latina) The ruling Broad Front (FA) of Uruguay celebrates the 41st anniversary of its foundation on Sunday with a festive day including an intervention by its chairman, ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203244943/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:46:32 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203244943/ Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez, left, and Cuba's President Raul Castro shake hands during the welcome ceremony for a summit by the eight-nation Bolivarian Alliance bloc, or ALBA, at ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203244944/ Sun, 05 Feb 2012 01:16:10 -0500 San Francisco Chronicle http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203244944/ Ilhus, in the South of Bahia state, Brazil is a ghost city. It never was that busy at night, but now nobody is in the streets. The hot weather and the dust are the only things around. Itabuna is the ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203243760/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:17:51 -0500 Brazzil http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203243760/ Haiti and the neighboring Dominican Republic could be in for a period of periodic powerful earthquakes, according to a scientific study released ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203242179/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 22:07:09 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203242179/ Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez told a group of his international allies on Saturday that countries in the left-leaning ALBA bloc should work together to strengthen their economies to withstand ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203242250/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:52:32 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203242250/ Tax-exile Spurs owner Joe Lewis's fortune, partly from currency trades in 1992 which helped push the pound out of the ERM and cost the Treasury 3.3bn. Spurs, controlled by offshore Enic, are ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203238953/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 18:21:56 -0500 The Guardian http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203238953/ BUENOS AIRES, Feb 4 (Reuters) - Long reviled in Argentina for leading Britain to war over the Falkland Islands, Margaret Thatcher's portrayal as a vulnerable, elderly woman suffering from ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203237292/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 16:37:40 -0500 West Australian http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203237292/ Seventeen Cubans fleeing their country were detained in the Cayman Islands after their wooden sailboat ran aground in the Caribbean territory, according to a Cayman government ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203235403/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:14:52 -0500 The Miami Herald http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203235403/ Venezuela Colombian rebel commander "Julian Conrado" who was detained in Venezuela in May has been taken to a military hospital because of health problems, Venezuelan authorities said ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203235672/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:02:49 -0500 Colombia Reports http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203235672/ Colombian Authorities Arrested An Italian Businessman Friday For Allegedly Laundering Money For Drug Trafficking Organizations. Colombian authorities arrested an Italian businessman Friday for ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203235673/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:02:46 -0500 Colombia Reports http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203235673/ Colombia 's ladies tennis team crashed out of the Fed Cup, after defeat to Argentina in the Americas Group One play-off Saturday. Both Colombian players lost their singles matches, with ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203235674/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:02:43 -0500 Colombia Reports http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203235674/ Farc Attacks Colombian authorities said Saturday they have seized and deactivated over a dozen explosives in the southwest of the country where over the past week several ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203235675/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:02:41 -0500 Colombia Reports http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203235675/ SAO PAULO — The murder rate in Brazil's northeastern state of Bahia has soared during a state police strike that has entered its fourth day. The state's Public Safety Department ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203235187/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 14:01:32 -0500 The Seattle Times http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203235187/ PERU, Ind. (AP) - Performers at Peru's Amateur Circus won't just need skill this year. They'll need some cold, hard cash if they want to show off their talents. The Circus City ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203235669/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 13:43:51 -0500 WISH TV8 http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203235669/ The government of Guyana has ordered a police investigation into the finances of the Guyana Cricket Board, saying it wants to fight corruption and end bickering between rival ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203233393/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:04:31 -0500 SBS http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203233393/ Quito, Feb 4 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorian Vice President Lenin Moreno said his candidacy for the Nobel Peace Prize for 2012 should be considered a nomination for the 14 million people in his country ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203233875/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:02:48 -0500 Prensa Latina http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203233875/ Argentina said it doesn't seek another war over the Falkland Islands, and accused Britain of militarizing their sovereignty dispute by announcing Tuesday that it is sending an advanced warship ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203233873/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:58:57 -0500 Miami Herald http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203233873/ The resignations of seven Brazilian cabinet ministers over corruption charges since President Dilma Rousseff took office is the tip of an endemic problem which experts say hobbles the country's ... http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203233871/ Sat, 04 Feb 2012 11:07:51 -0500 Yahoo!7 News http://story.mexicostar.com/index.php/ct/9/cid/1f5f6572907d15fb/id/203233871/