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Ranks of Aspiring Astronauts Double, NASA Says
NASA has received 6,372 applications for its 2013 class of astronauts, double the usual number, the U.S. space agency said Friday.
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Panama Refuses to Extradite Former Spy Chief to Colombia
Panama rejected on Friday a request from Colombia to extradite former spy chief Maria del Pilar Hurtado, who faces charges in Bogota over an illegal wiretapping scandal.
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Transsexual Runs for Office in Mexico
Diana Sanchez Barrios, the first transsexual women to seek a seat in Mexico City?s municipal assembly, says she is confident of winning.
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Fitch Rates Venezuela State Oil Company PDVSA a Junk ?B+?
Ratings agency Fitch has affirmed Petroleos de Venezuela S.A.?s (PDVSA) speculative rating of ?B+? foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDRs) and its ?AAA(ven)? national scale rating.
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U.S. to Probe Alleged Sexual Abuse of Immigrants in Detention
The U.S. government will investigate allegations of violent sexual abuse of immigrants at detention facilities under the control of the Department of Homeland Security, the Heartland Alliance?s National Immigrant Justice Center said Friday.
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Cuba Has Big Ambitions for Expanded Port
Cuba is aiming to transform the northwestern port of Mariel, currently being expanded with Brazilian financing, into a regional trading hub, official media said.
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Panama Grants Exile to Venezuelan Opposition Activist
The Panamanian government announced Friday that it has granted exile to Venezuelan opposition leader Nixon Moreno ?out of concern for his personal safety.?
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Cuba Government Denies Exit Visa for Dissident Blogger
The Cuban government has again denied dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez permission to leave the country, which on this occasion she requested for a trip to Brazil where she was invited to the premiere of a documentary.
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U.S. to Clean Up Contamination from 1966 H-Bomb Accident in Spain
Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo said Friday that the U.S. government pledged quick action to remove radioactive soil from a town in southern Spain where three hydrogen bombs landed after a mid-air collision in 1966.
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Obama Promises Measures to Promote Jobs for Veterans
President Barack Obama on Friday promised jobs as firefighters and police for veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, currently suffering unemployment rates higher than the national average.
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Project Highlights African Culture in the Americas
The African in the Americas project highlights the contributions black culture has made in the Western Hemisphere with a view to breaking down ethnic divisions through music and dance.
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Mexicans Bid on Brazil Airport Concessions
Mexico?s Grupo Aeroportuario del Sureste, or Asur, which operates nine airports, and private equity firm Advent International have submitted a joint bid for concessions to expand, maintain and operate three airports in Brazil.
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Kate del Castillo in Film About Slaying of Mexican Politician
Kate del Castillo, who played a cartel boss in the telenovela ?La Reina del Sur? and raised eyebrows with an appeal to Mexico?s biggest real-life drug lord to use his power for good instead of evil, began work Friday on a film about the 1994 murder of a Mexican presidential hopeful.
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Spain Limits Pay for Some Top Bankers
Spain?s government has approved a financial-sector overhaul that, among other measures, limits the amount of executive pay at banks that are seized by the government or forced to accept bailout funds.
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Don Omar Takes ?Meet The Orphans? Tour to Europe
Reggaeton star Don Omar will return to Europe with his ?Meet The Orphans? tour and his infectious hit ?Danza Kuduro.?
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Cuba?s Most Long-Lived Person Celebrates 127th Birthday
The most long-lived person in Cuba, Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez, said she is feeling ?well? and ?happy? to celebrate her 127th birthday, local media said.
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U.S. Jobless Rate Lowest in 3 Years
The U.S. unemployment rate dropped 0.2 percent in January to 8.3 percent ? its lowest level since February 2009 ? as the economy created 243,000 net new jobs, the Labor Department said Friday.
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Repsol Chief Visits Cuba, Surveys Deep-Water Rig
Repsol-YPF Chairman and CEO Antonio Brufau paid a visit this week to Cuba, where an oil rig his company hired has begun exploratory drilling in deep waters off the island?s northern coast, sources with the Spanish oil major said.
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Watch with Maya Numbers on Sale Until End of Current Cycle
Kukulkan, the Mayan god who created the universe, is now the name of a new Swiss wristwatch that can only be purchased until Dec. 21 of this year, the day on which the Mayan calendar marks the end of a cycle.
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Colombia Bombings Leave 18 Dead, 77 Injured
A wave of bomb attacks this week attributed to the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, guerrilla group left 18 dead and 77 injured in different parts of the Andean nation.
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Arrest Warrants Issued Over Killings of Mexican Students
A Mexican judge has issued arrest warrants for eight people linked to the murder of four students and a snack vendor in December in the western city of Guadalajara, Jalisco state Attorney General Tomas Coronado said.
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VenEconomy: Another Grain of Sand Towards Raising Awareness
The last 13 years have served to make Venezuelans increasingly aware of the importance of their democratic rights and, naturally, to make them more prepared to defend those rights.
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VenEconomía: Un Grano Más Para Concientizar
Los últimos 13 años han servido para que los venezolanos estén cada vez más conscientes de la importancia de sus derechos democráticos y, por supuesto, más dispuestos a defenderlos.
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Venezuela Oil Falls to $107.06
Venezuela's Ministry of Energy and Petroleum reports that the average price of Venezuelan crude sold by Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. (PDVSA) during the week ending February 3 slipped to $107.06 a barrel from the previous week's $107.58
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Spanish Government Unveils New Rules to Shore Up Banking Sector
Spain?s government has outlined a program aimed at shoring up the country?s ailing financial sector, giving the weakest banks four months to present merger plans and a year for the entire sector to boost loss provisions by 50 billion euros ($65.5 billion).
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Colombian Chef Brings New Kind of Cooking Show to Univision
Colombian chef Ingrid Hoffmann is making her dream of getting into more Hispanic homes a reality with the help of the Univision television network, on which her cooking program ?Delicioso? will be broadcast.
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Banderas: Mexico Has a Special Place in My Heart
Spanish film star Antonio Banderas said on Thursday that Mexico has a ?very special? place in his heart.
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Spain Proposes to Latin America a New ?More Balanced? Relationship
Spain?s Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo on Thursday offered to open with the countries of Latin America a new relationship that will be ?on an equal footing and more balanced.?
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Holder Testifies Before House Panel on ?Fast and Furious?
U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder told lawmakers in an appearance on Capitol Hill that the ?Fast and Furious? gun-running sting was ?wholly unacceptable? but he reiterated that he only learned about the operation in early 2011, or after it had already been shut down.
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Immigration Activists Take Their Fight to Wrestling Ring
Student activists in North Carolina have taken their cause to the wrestling ring and with masks on their faces are using Mexican-style freestyle wrestling to raise awareness about the DREAM Act, a bill that would legalize many undocumented students.
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