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  • Venezuela to Boost Domestic Natural Gas Production

    Caracas, Jun 20 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuelan oil industry works to boost the production of natural gas, in order to extend the local consumption and exports of that resource. According to the state-run company Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA), plans include increasing production at the oil field Perla in about 300 million cubic meters per day, by the end of 2014. The aforementioned field, ...

  • Venezuela - Venezuelan court stops judge from using social media

    On June 15, 2013, Marilda Ros, head judge at a Caracas court, issued a precautionary measure prohibiting Mara Lourdes Afiuni (a judge who was jailed pending a criminal suit) from speaking to the national and international media and expressing herself on social media. This prohibition was issued within the framework of the decision of granting her parole on account of health difficulties. Jos ...

  • Venezuela reports more H1N1 cases

    A total of 1,538 cases of infection with influenza A (H1N1) virus were reported across Venezuela by June 8, the Ministry of Health said Wednesday.The latest number marked an increase of 430 cases from the last official report, issued on June 12.The cases mainly concentrated in Venezuela's coastal and western states and districts, with Merida state leading with 867 cases and followed by ...

  • 10 injured in police-farmer clash in Colombia

    At least 10 people were injured Wednesday in a clash between farmers and police officers in northeast Colombia, a local police official said.Five police officers were among the injured in the Ocana-Costa Atlantica Highway clash that began at 6 am local time (1100 GMT), said Col. Eliecer Camacho, commander of the police department of the northeast Norte de Santander state.Riot police were sent to ...

  • Venezuela plane missing since 2008 found

    Venezuelan authorities announced Wednesday the undersea wreckage of a small plane that disappeared in 2008 with 14 people on board has been found.Foreign Ministry press chief Jorge Galindo said the wreckage of the missing plane was found six miles (nine kilometers) off Los Roques archipelago at a depth of around 3,000 feet (900 meters).According to the Twitter posted by Attorney General Luisa ...

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X-Men: The Last Stand

X-Men: The Last Stand

I have a theory--probably not a very good one, but a theory nonetheless--as to why many critics and viewers have so much trouble taking director Brett Ratner seriously. Its his name. Think about the great director-icons of the cinema, and they invariably have impressive-sounding nam ... ...

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  • Peru Colombia agree to promote bilateral projects

    Authorities of both Peru and Colombia have agreed to promote bilateral development and cooperation projects till 2015, announced Luis Olivera, director of the Peruvian International Cooperation Agency (PICA), Wednesday.The agreement was reached at the seventh Meeting of the Peru- Colombia Joint Committee on Technical and Scientific Cooperation here Wednesday, Olivera said in a statement posted ...

  • Armed masked invaders torch buses building at Venezuela university amid funding protests

    CARACAS, Venezuela - A group of masked assailants has attacked a leading university in the Venezuelan capital, torching two buses and seriously damaging its rectory building. Amalio Belmonte is secretary-general of the Central University of Venezuela. He says about 20 people invaded the campus and shot firearms into the air Wednesday afternoon. Belmonte says they set one bus on fire near the ...

  • Venezuela Wreckage of plane that disappeared in 2008 located off Caribbean archipelago

    CARACAS, Venezuela - Venezuelan authorities say the undersea wreckage of a small plane that disappeared five years ago with 14 people aboard has been found. Attorney General Luisa Ortega Diaz is announcing via Twitter the discovery of the aircraft with the ID code YV2081. The plane went missing Jan. 4, 2008. Aboard were five Venezuelans including the pilot and copilot, eight Italians and one ...

  • Venezuela Plane that disappeared in 08 found

    Directorate General Civil Aviation (DGCA) officers inspect the plane crash site on May 23, 2010 in Mangalore. An Air India Express Boeing 737-800 series aircraft arriving from Dubai, with 166 people onboard, overshot the runway on landing in Mangalore and crashed into a forest. Airline officials say 8 survivors have been rescued with 158 others dead. (Prashanth Vishwanathan, Getty ...

  • Andres Oppenheimer Carter will irk both sides in Venezuela

    When I interviewed former President Jimmy Carter on a wide range of issues a few days ago, I was especially interested in his views about Venezuela’s 2-month-old political crisis.In the past, Carter, whose Carter Center is known among other things for its international election monitoring missions, has drawn the fury of Venezuelan oppositionists by giving his blessing to several elections ...

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