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Obama signs Pakistan Act of 2009 (with PS)

""The bill is not acceptable to us in the present form" -Leader of the Opposition in Pakistan, Nawaz Sharif. " The US President signed the Enhanced Partnership with Pakistan Act of 2009 Kerry-Lugar-Berman...

POLIO : Nigeria on the Right Track

The International Public Health Forum welcomes the recent whirlwind around polio in Nigeria is a welcome development that should create the necessary drive towards a final putsch to pull the final chapter to an embarrassing problem. The fact that this embarrassment is...

Bolivians approved New Constitution

After few poll countings, the Bolivian government has stated its proposed constitution was approved in Sunday´s referendum. However, the local and divided opposition was reluctant to concede defeat. "opposition...

Bolivians vote on a Constitutional Referendum today

After weeks of poitical turmoil at separatist provinces and the expulsion of both USAID and the American Ambassador to La Paz, Bolivians ready to vote a draft Constitution on a...

UNASUR: Bolivian Pando’s massacre a crime against Humanity

A report issued by the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) concludes that the massacre of Porvenir was a crime against humanity. During a Summit at UN, UNASUR had agreed to investigate...

USAID official, driver kidnapped in Pakistan

As the Pakistani authorities have yet to recover the kidnapped Afghan ambassador-designate, an Iranian commercial attaché and a Chinese telecom engineer, suspected militants have kidnapped an official of the United States Agency for International Development along with his...

Bolivian Evo Morales: UNASUR stops US domineering ambitions in Latin America

" New York, Sep 24 (ABI).- President Evo Morales declared on Wednesday, thanks to consolidation of UNASUR (Union of South American Nations), United States won’t lead politically to Latin America.   On...

USAID worker, driver shot dead in Peshawar

"PESHAWAR: Armed men shot dead a USAID official, Stephan Wanz, along with his driver, Shakoor Rehman, on Atta Turk Line University Town near American Guest House after he left for his office on Wednesday. Sources say he was working on the FATA development program for the...

President Evo Morales expels US DEA from Bolivia

Current bilateral relation between US and Bolivia remain rather distant and continue to deteriorate. After rejecting illegal overflights over Bolivian territory, promoting political unrest last month and...

US suspends Bolivia trade pact

Despite the fact that cocaine production requires a number of chemicals that are imported from US and Europe, Bolivia has been penalised for its "poor attempts to combat drug trafficking".  In...

UNASUR hails Bolivian agreement on new Constitution

"La Paz, Oct 22 (ABI).- Union of South American Nations and Chile’s President, Michelle Bachelet congratulated to Bolivia President, Evo Morales for establishing a political agreement achieved in Congress which...

U.S blockade attacking Cuban

" Javier Rodríguez Roque HAVANA, October 8.— The U.S. economic, commercial and financial blockade of Cuba is also attacking the functioning of the Cuban education system, internationally considered to be one of...

USAID, key weapon in dirty war on Latin America

" BY JEAN-GUY ALLARD • IN a statement drafted in scrupulously selected terms and circulated with exceptional discretion, the so-called U.S. Aid for International Development (USAID) has publicly confessed to...

UNASUR to probe Bolivia unrest

" Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:25:26 GMT The Union of South American Nations will send a commission to Bolivia to investigate the recent anti-government violence.  Meeting at the UN summit in New York, South American...

Bolivia: President Morales open to autonomy for eastern states

During negotiations today, President Evo Morales offered to include autonomy demands in the draft constitution to be voted by Referendum in December. " © AP 2008-09-19 21:37:59 - LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) - President Evo Morales offered Friday to include eastern...

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