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PHS grad seeks books written in Spa.....
Betsy Curry, a 2003 graduate of Parkersburg High School, is trying to help South American children by collecting books written in Spanish.
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Farmington woman off to Paraguay in Peace Corps posting
Anybody speak Guarani, or know where someone can get a decent cup of terere in this town? These are the questions one might expect to be asked by a visitor to Farmington from the South American country of Paraguay, and by 2013, Nicole Levesque will be able to assist.
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Paraguay's Lugo sees last paternity claim dissolve
Elizabeth Edwards stood faithfully by her husband even after she learned he had an affair on the campaign trail while she battled cancer.
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Paraguay's Lugo sees last paternity claim dissolve
ASUNCION, Paraguay a " President Fernando Lugo's headaches over multiple paternity claims stemming from when he was a Roman Catholic bishop are apparently clearing up.Hortensia Damiana Moran, one of three women who came forward last year and accused Lugo of fathering their children, withdrew her request for a DNA test on Tuesday, according to the ...
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Latin American Communities Hold Holocaust Remembrance Events
Latin American Communities Hold Holocaust Remembrance Events Several communities across Latin America commemorated the 65th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz concentration camp with Holocaust remembrance events hosted by Ba nai Ba rith on Jan.
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PARAGUAY: Afro-Descendants Affirm Their Identity
ASUNCION, Jan 28, 2010 - Black communities have for the most part remained out of sight and out of mind in Paraguay, but now they are organising and claiming equal economic and social rights, while building an Afro-Paraguayan identity.
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AMSTERDAM a ' Miep Gies, the office secretary who defied the Nazi occupiers to hide Anne Frank and her family for two years and saved the teenager's diary, died Monday, the Anne Frank Museum said.
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Paraguayan Kidnap Victims' Family Donates Cattle
The brother of a wealthy rancher abducted in northern Paraguay said Monday that his family is giving 30 cattle to the poor on orders from the kidnappers.
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Alerts on Coup Plan against Paraguay''s President
Asuncion, Jan 10 The United Space Popular Congress described the Congress and the Judicial Power as enemies of the people and declared itself on alert before a plan against Fernando Lugo''s government, highlighted on Sunday press media.
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National Archives and Records Administration PARAGUAY U.S. Information Agency. ARC Identifier 47001 / Local Identifier 306.137. Documentary: On the people, culture, industry and agriculture of Paraguay.
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Paraguay president has prostate surgery
Paraguayan officials say President Fernando Lugo has undergone a successful prostate surgery and will be recovering for several days.
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West Hartford: Kingswood-Oxford Welcomes Two Students From Tobati, Paraguay
Submitted by Sonya Adams on 2010-01-07.   Chris Troianello Visitors to Kingswood-Oxford from Paraguay, Ever Dario Aguayo and Matias E. Ortega Esquivel, second from right, eat lunch with K-O students Jordan Barlow, Chris Macca and Jake Van Loon.
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Havana January 5, 2010 Coup plot exposed in Paraguay ASUNCION, January 4. - Paraguayan parliamentary deputy DesirA©e Masi today accused former general Lino Oviedo of orchestrating plans for a coup d'A©tat against the government of Fernando Lugo, PL reports.
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Paraguay Denounces Plans to Stage a Coup
Asuncion, Jan 4 Paraguayan deputy Desire Masi accused the former general Lino Oviedo of orchestrating a plan against the government of president Fernando Lugo.
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Today is Tuesday, Jan. 5, the 5th day of 2010. There are 360 days...
Today is Tuesday, Jan. 5, the 5th day of 2010. There are 360 days left in the year.
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Paraguay, Venezuela Face Off Over Mercosur
Conservative Paraguayan congress looks to block Venezuela's entry into regional economic group.
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Drug dealer arrested in Paraguay
Policemen escort drug dealer Jarvis Chimenes Pavao to custody in Asuncion, capital of Paraguay, Dec.
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Asuncion, Dec 25 Free Health Care in Public Health begins today its application in Paraguay after the disposition of Fernando Lugo''s administration.
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PARAGUAY: Bottled Water Scare Exposes Threat to Groundwater
It all started with a warning on the quality of bottled water in Paraguay. But concern has now spread about the extent of pollution of the country's underground water reserves.
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Paraguay Recalls Find of Terror Files
Asuncion, Dec 22 Several Paraguayan institutions headed by the Judicial Power will mark, on Tuesday, the 17 years of the find of the Terror Files, which contain information on human rights violations during the Alfredo Stroessner dictatorship .
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