Guyana cricket officials say the National Stadium at Providence is nearly ready to host two One-day Internationals between Pakistan and the West Indies from this weekend. Pakistan and the West Indies meet Sunday and Tuesday at Providence in the first two of a five-match series. Guyana has not hosted international matches in close to two years as a result of the dispute between Guyana Cricket ...
Venezuela says yet to hear from whistleblower Snowden on asylum offer
Venezuelan foreign minister Elias Jaua reportedly said that NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden is yet to reply to the asylum offer. According to Fox News, Jaua said that the government has had no contact with Snowden who is still holed up at Moscow airport's transit area. Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro had offered 'humanitarian asylum' to Snowden who has been charged with violation of the ...
Cuba has 74 PCs for every 1000 inhabitants
Cuba in 2012 had 74 personal computers for every 1,000 inhabitants, according to an index released Thursday by the National Statistics Office, or ONE, showing the slow growth of the sector. The ONE'S latest IT index places personal computer ownership at 56 per 1,000 inhabitants in 2008, the year when the government allowed PCs to be sold freely, growing to 62 per 1,000 in 2009 and to 70 in ...
Brazil frets over secret data compromised by US spying
Brazil is concerned that the secrecy of its strategic data has been compromised, the government said, in the wake of revelations that the US has been spying on Brazil's communications. Communications Minister Paulo Bernardo told a Senate hearing Thursday that the government is worried that the US has accessed sensitive information on oil reserves and other strategic data, reported Xinhua. "We ...
Mexico limits biggest brewers exclusivity deals
Mexico's two largest brewers, Grupo Modelo and Cuauhtemoc Moctezuma, reached an agreement with the country's competition regulator that limits the exclusivity deals they have with clients to no more than 25 percent of their respective points of sale. That percentage will have to be gradually lowered to 20 percent by 2018, the Federal Competition Commission, or CFC, said in a statement ...
Brazilian soccer fans aghast over ban on going shirtless in Maracana World Cup stadium
Football fans in Brazil have raised their voice over the ban of shirtless, standing fans along with percussion instruments and flagpoles at Rio de Janeiro's Maracana stadium, and have branded the measures as colonization and gentrification. According to BBC, the plans were announced by the president of the stadium's consortium, Joao Borba and include attempts to renew the stadium, which will ...
Nicaragua attracts $1.28 bn FDI in 2012
Nicaragua drew $1.28 billion in foreign direct investment (FDI) in 2012, being an attractive destination for investment in Central America, an investment company manager said Thursday. "We have seen a boom in investment here because of the fact that we stand out in Central America as a safe country with the right investment climate, which is now bearing fruit," said Roberto Brenes, general ...
Conmebol turns down Atletico Mineiros stadium request
South American football's governing body Conmebol has refused a request by Brazil's Atletico Mineiro to stage the second leg of the Copa Libertadores final at the Independencia stadium. Atletico will meet Paraguay's Olimpia in the decider of Latin America's premier club competition over two legs July 17 and July 24, reports Xinhua. The 23,000-capacity Independencia stadium in Belo Horizonte, ...
Benfica close in on Brazilian defender
Brazilian defender Bruno Cortez is on the verge of being signed by Portuguese club Benfica. The 26-year-old left-back is currently in Lisbon for a medical and is expected to sign a contract within few days, reports Xinhua. He could make his debut for Benfica against his current club Sao Paulo Aug 3 in the Eusebio Cup, an annual pre-season exhibition match at the Estadio da Luz, home ground of ...
Brazil raises key interest rate
The Brazilian Central Bank raised its benchmark interest rate a half-point to 8.5 percent, in a move intended to halt the rise in inflation, it announced. "The (Central Bank's) Committee (on Monetary Policy) feels that this decision will contribute to placing inflation in decline and ensure that that trend persists next year," the bank said in its statement. The decision was widely expected by ...
UNESCO urges investigations into killings of journalists in Russia Somalia and Mexico
11 July 2013 150 The head of the United Nations agency tasked with defending press freedom has called for the recent killings of journalists in Russia, Somalia and Mexico to be thoroughly investigated and the perpetrators brought to justice. "Journalists must be able to carry out their work safely as they play an essential role in ensuring that a well-informed public can exercise its ...
Bomb Gun Attacks Across Iraq Kill At Least 32
BAGHDAD At least 32 people were killed in bomb and gun attacks across Iraq on Thursday, police and medics said. In the town of Muqdadiya, 80 km (50 miles) northeast of the capital, 11 people were killed when a car bomb exploded at a wake. As survivors gathered to evacuate the wounded, a suicide bomber blew himself up, police said. Gunmen opened fire on two checkpoints guarding ...
1500 Swim Bosphorus from Asia to Europe
ISTANBUL Few stretches of water in the world can match the mix of physical challenge and sheer emotional exhilaration that the Bosphorus Strait offers to swimmers making the legendary crossing from Asia to Europe. Competitors in Istanbul's annual Bosphorus Cross-Continental can ponder stunning Ottoman palaces, modern suspension bridges and 500-year-old military fortresses as they ...
Prosecutors in High-Profile Florida Murder Trial Close Arguments
Prosecutors in Florida have completed their closing arguments against Hispanic George Zimmerman, who is charged with killing a black teenager last year. The defense for Zimmerman will give closing arguments Friday, and then the prosecution will have one more chance at rebuttal. Jurors could begin deliberating that same day. Zimmerman has pleaded not guilty to second-degree murder. ...
Bravo takes blame for West Indies exit
West Indies ODI captain Dwayne Bravo has accepted part of the blame for the Caribbean side being knocked out of the Celkon Mobile Cup Tri Series. The West Indies were on the brink of securing a place in the final after successive wins over Sri Lanka and India on the Jamaica leg. However, Bravo's men did not carry their winnings ways to Trinidad and when India beat Sri Lanka by 81 runs on the ...
Peru loosens new air pollution limits after protests
The environment ministry says it will not apply 2014 limits on sulfur dioxide emissions in Ilo, home to the country's biggest copper ...
Haitis president expected at NAACP convention
ORLANDO, Fla. -- Haiti's president is expected to attend the NAACP's national convention in Florida.The nation's oldest civil rights organization will mark the 150th anniversary of the Emancipation Proclamation and the 50th anniversary of the assassination of Mississippi NAACP leader Medgar Evers at the convention in Orlando.The convention opens Saturday and continues through ...
France Uruguay face final hurdle
Uruguay to take care of before heading for home. Having played six games each of the tournament's 51 prior to the final in Istanbul, the pair's quest to claim their first-ever FIFA U-20 title is just one step away from ...
Brazils social entrepreneurs are making the most of safer favela conditions
The government's pacification process has improved favela conditions and increased opportunities for social enterprises. Photograph: Antonio Scorza/AFP/Getty ...
Fatal bus crash in Peru
At least 16 people have died and several were wounded as a bus plummeted off a cliff in Peru. The passenger bus struck another vehicle travelling in the opposite direction before falling 400 metres into a ravine in the southern highlands. One of the crash survivors estimated around 20 people were on the bus at the time of the ...
Right to abort of raped-pregnant 11-year-old triggers major controversy in conservative Chile
A pregnant 11-year-old Chilean girl who was allegedly raped by her stepfather should be granted all medical options, including the right to abort, rights group Amnesty International said on Thursday. The pregnancy of 'Belen,' as she is known has sparked an outcry in one of South America?s most conservative countries, where abortion is banned under all ...
Fugitive Snowden to meet with human rights groups official
Sheremetyevo Airport , where the fugitive contractor has been in the passenger transit area since he flew from Hong Kong. "I can confirm that such a meeting will take place," said an airport spokeswoman, adding that the meeting would take place in the second half of the ...
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