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Search for Guatemala mudslide victims called off

Nicaragua News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 20:16
GUATEMALA CITY (AFP) – Officials called off the search Tuesday for 15 people missing after deadly landslides in Guatemala, fearing fresh avalanches of mud after the heaviest rains in 60 years. ...
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Walmex under pressure after August sales report

Nicaragua News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 20:05
LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- Mexican stocks fell Tuesday, with shares of Wal-Mart de Mexico among session decliners after the retailing giant's monthly sales figures fell short of expectations. M...
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Death toll rises to 45 in Guatemala mudslides

Nicaragua News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 19:21
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) - Searchers on Monday pulled five more bodies from a mud-covered highway where back-to-back landslides buried bus passengers and then the people trying to save them. The deaths rai...
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XL Re names Rochaix to head Latin America unit

Nicaragua News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 19:20
NEW YORK (AP) -- Reinsurance company XL Re said Tuesday it has named Philippe Rochaix the new president and chief operating officer of XL Re Latin America Ltd.
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OAS to Support the Renewing of Identity Documents in Guatemala

Nicaragua News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 18:49
The Organization of American States (OAS) will support the process of renewing of national identity documents in Guatemala, carried out through the National Registry of Persons (RENAP). A request from...
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Japan beat Guatemala 2-1 in football friendly

Nicaragua News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 18:23
Japan´s forward forward Takayuki Morimoto (R) and Guatemala´s forward Johny Giron chase the ball during their international friendly match at Nagai Stadium in Osaka. Morimoto scored twice to lead Ja...
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Deadly mudslides in Guatemala as rainy season's storms batter region

Nicaragua News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 18:01
hope is fading to find any survivors trapped under mud in two separate slides on the same highway in north Guatemala (link with video by the BBC). Widespread flooding was also reported in southeaster...
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Japan beat Guatemala 2-1 in football friendly

Nicaragua News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 17:25
Japan´s forward forward Takayuki Morimoto (R) and Guatemala´s forward Johny Giron chase the ball during their international friendly match at Nagai Stadium in Osaka. Morimoto scored twice to lead Ja...
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Article in Christian Science Monitor full of misinformation!

Nicaragua News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 17:22
As with other articles about Nicaragua published by the US corporate press over the past three decades, it would take more words than the original article to debunk all the lies, innuendos, and disinf...
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Brazil, Mexico Stocks Rise As Global Data Brighten

Nicaragua News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 17:04
Mexican and Brazilian stocks climbed and the countries' currencies surged Wednesday, with investors opening September in the mood to take on risk following strong manufacturing reports from
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Japan beat Guatemala 2-1 in football friendly

Nicaragua News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 16:42
OSAKA, Japan (AFP) - Catania striker Takayuki Morimoto scored twice to lead Japan to a 2-1 victory over Guatemala on Tuesday and a second friendly win in four days.The Japanese, who avenged their loss...
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OAS Roundtable Discussion to Focus on Millennium Development Goals in Latin America and the Caribbean

Nicaragua News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 16:30
Regional experts on the issues of development, economics and health will meet at the Organization of American States (OAS) this Wednesday, September 8, to participate in a debate on a report by the Ec...
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Fresh rains claim nearly 50 lives in Guatemala, Mexico

Nicaragua News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 16:15
Major storms ravaging Guatemala and southern Mexico since the weekend have killed at least 48 people and caused damage worth hundreds of millions of dollars, officials said.In Mexico, at least three p...
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Guatemala Mudslide Deaths Rise, Rescue Hopes Dim

Nicaragua News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 16:09
Hopes of rescuing people buried beneath landslides in Guatemala have begun to fade. So far, 45 people have died from back-to-back mudslides, and many more people are still missing. A tropical depress...
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Rescuers search for victims of Guatemala landslides

Nicaragua News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 15:43
SOLOLA, Guatemala (AFP) – Rescuers quickened their efforts Tuesday to find victims from massive mud slides in southern Mexico and Guatemala, after the worst rainy season in 60 years claimed at l...
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Louisville mission ministers to local Hispanics

Nicaragua News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 15:43
Jeanette Lowery is the co-leader of La Esperanza Baptist Mission in Louisville. Jeanette is a native of Managua, Nicaragua. Here, she is shown teaching some of the children at La Esperanza.
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Japan defeats Guatemala 2-1 in friendly

Nicaragua News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 15:04
OSAKA — Takayuki Morimoto scored twice in the first half Tuesday to help Japan beat Guatemala 2-1 in a friendly. The Catania forward gave Japan the lead with a header in the 12th minute and ...
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Morimoto brace sinks Guatemala+

Nicaragua News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 14:55
OSAKA, Sept. 7 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Takayuki Morimoto added a couple of brushes to Japan's Italian Renaissance as the Serie A striker stroked a double in a controlling 2-1 victory over Guatemala on T...
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Vanderbilt's Latin America center gets $2 million

Nicaragua News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 13:49
Vanderbilt University's Center for Latin American Studies is getting a $2 million federal grant to improve graduate education and expand community outreach.
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Guatemala and Mexico fear more floods and mudslides

Nicaragua News - Tue, 09/07/2010 - 13:14
Rescue workers in Guatemala are hoping to resume their search for victims of a massive landslide after rain and darkness forced them to stop. Funerals have been held for those whose bodies have been ...
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