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1 hr ago | Salon.com

Argentina's Kirchner leaves ICU after surgery

Former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner was out of intensive care Tuesday after emergency surgery on an important artery feeding blood to his brain.

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Related Topix: Argentina, World News

5 hrs ago | FOX6Now.com - WITI

Chile's new technocrats: In Sebastian Pinera's cabinet,...

President-elect Sebastian Pinera named a Cabinet of technocrats Tuesday to run his government, calling more on political independents than members of the Chilean conservative parties that made him their standard-bearer. Among the 22 ministers joining Pinera when his four-year term begins in March, 13 earned postgraduate degrees outside Chile, most ...

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Related Topix: Chile, World News

Tue Feb 09, 2010

Salon.com

Uruguay floods prompt more than 5,000 to evacuate

Flooding in Uruguay has swamped roads and homes, forced thousands to evacuate and cut power and water service.

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Related Topix: Uruguay, World News,

KSL-TV Salt Lake City

Beyonce, Alicia Keys shoot music video in Rio slum

Grammy Award-winning singers Beyonce and Alicia Keys are filming a music video in a Rio de Janeiro slum.

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Related Topix: World News, Brazil

WisInfo

Amazon a surprising place for travelers

In November and December, Don and Kathleen Hasenohrl of Pittsville took a cruise out of Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

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Related Topix: Fort Lauderdale Metro, Miami Metro, World News, Brazil, Entomology, Science, Home Gardening, Home

AlertNet

Haiti studies Colombian town seen as model for quake rebuilding

Haiti's interior minister on Monday toured a Colombian town rebuilt after a huge 1999 tremor as his own country considered plans to reconstruct its wrecked capital city after last month's devastating earthquake.

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Related Topix: Haiti, World News, Central America, Colombia, Earthquake, Natural Disasters

NEWS.com.au

Shot alligator had body in its mouth

AN alligator that killed an 11-year-old girl who was bathing in a creek was shot dead by searchers with the girl still in its jaws.

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Related Topix: Brazil, World News

Mon Feb 08, 2010

Dear Kitty. Some blog

Galapagos sea lions move to Peru

A colony of sea lions endemic to the Galapagos Islands have moved 1,500km away, a Peru-based organisation which monitors the aquatic mammals has said.

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Related Topix: Ecuador, World News, Peru

Global Post

Chile safeguards its food export success

Beware crossing Chile's borders in possession of forbidden fruit. As passengers flying into the Santiago airport cannot fail to notice, the government has embarked on an aggressive campaign to tell travelers that it means business when it comes to protecting Chilean food exports.

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Related Topix: Chile, World News, Agriculture, Science

AlertNet

PREVIEW-South American countries seek unity to help Haiti

South American leaders deeply divided by political differences may take a break from their usual recriminations on Tuesday when they meet to discuss the continent's response to the crisis in quake-shattered Haiti.

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Related Topix: Haiti, World News, Central America, Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, Ecuador, Hugo Chavez, Rafael Correa

People's Daily Online

Chinese, Colombian leaders exchange greetings on 30th anniversary of diplomatic ties

Chinese President Hu Jintao on Sunday exchanged congratulatory messages with his Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe Velez to mark the 30th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries.

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Related Topix: World News, China, Asia, Colombia, Hu Jintao

The Cyprus Weekly

Smarter farming key to saving Amazon rainforest ...

Walking on a dusty field of cut rice that was once rainforest, researcher Flavio Wruck explains how farming, the Amazon's biggest killer, can be turned into its best defender.

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Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, World News, Brazil, Global Warming

Sun Feb 07, 2010

The Sydney Morning Herald

Row erupts over young girl's selection as Carnival queen

Samba queen controversy Seven-year-old competing to be Rio's sexy samba queen at this year's Carnival is stirring up controversy.

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Related Topix: Brazil, World News, Travel

Reuters

Argentine ex-President to have emergency surgery

Former Argentine President Nestor Kirchner, husband of President Cristina Fernandez and one of her top advisors, was hospitalized for emergency surgery on his carotid artery on Sunday, a government medical official said.

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Related Topix: Argentina, World News

StartupJournal

South American Sublimity

Close MASTERPIECE FEBRUARY 6, 2010 South American Sublimity Church's monumental 'Heart of the Andes' By BARRYMORE LAURENCE SCHERER Metropolitan Museum of Art New York For all their powerful visual drama, many of the iconic landscapes of the American painter Frederic Edwin Church are relatively small in size and were originally intended for private ...

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Related Topix: New York, World News, Colombia, Painting, Arts

The State

Bolivia tackles gender equality in government

After reinventing Bolivia's government to reflect the country's multi-ethnic, Indian majority, President Evo Morales is championing gender parity at the highest levels of government.

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Related Topix: Life, Interracial,Multiracial, Multiethnic, and Multicultural, Chile, World News, Michelle Bachelet

Falkland Islands News Network

Falklands Summary of Executive Council Meeting 28 January 10

The Task status report was discussed briefly. Members felt that the Road Traffic Bill needed to have further periods of public consultation and debate given that it had been dormant for some time now.

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Related Topix: Falkland Islands, World News

Sat Feb 06, 2010

Canada.com

Warm to scenic Chile and Santiagoa s capital attractions

The Chilean capital of Santiago has plenty of historic sights for the visitor. Photograph by: Radzfoto, via Flickr What's it like to live in a far-off place most of us see only on a vacation? Foreign Correspondence is an interview with someone who lives in a spot you may want to visit.

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Related Topix: Chile, World News, Chile Travel, Travel, US Travel, Wine, Drink, California

C-Health

Brazil gov't handing out 55 million free condoms for Carnival parties

Revelers celebrate during the Ceu na Terra parade in Rio de Janeiro, Saturday, Feb.

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Related Topix: Brazil, World News,

Falkland Islands News Network

Report of an Executive Council meeting held on 3 February 10

Report of an Executive Council meeting held on 3 February 2010 at Government House at 10:00 am.

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