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  • 06/01/2011 | Argentina

    Three Argentines detained in Spain with 900 kilos of cocaine

    Two sons of a retired Argentine brigadier were detained when they arrived at Barcelona’s El Prat airport in a private plane from the Argentine company Medical Jet with more than 900 kilos of cocaine, according to sources from Spain’s police.

  • 14/01/2011 | Argentina

    Spanish Police assures it knew the plane carried 944 kilos of cocaine

    Spain's Interior Minister and Vice-President Afredo Pérez Rubalcaba announced that the Spanish Civil Guard was informed about the plane carrying 944 kilos of cocaine to Barcelona’s airport before it landed. The sons of former Argentines brigadier-generals, Gustavo and Eduardo Juliá and Matías Miret, remain arrested.

  • 18/02/2011 | Argentina

    Court urges US, Uruguay for information on Juliá case

    National Court sent two exhorts to the United States and Uruguay in order to obtain information linked to the leasing contract of the plane that the brothers Gustavo and Eduardo Juliá used to transport 944 kilograms of cocaine, which were discovered in Barcelona, Spain, on January 2.

  • 12/04/2013 | World

    UN battles child deaths from pneumonia, severe diarrhea

    Child deaths from pneumonia and severe diarrhea, mainly among the poor in Africa and South Asia, could be virtually eliminated by 2025 under an "integrated" strategy that includes better sanitation and newer vaccines, UN agencies sai.

  • 27/04/2013 | World

    Jews revive annual pilgrimage to Africa's oldest synagogue

    Africa's oldest synagogue is playing host to that rarity in the Arab world - a religious gathering of hundreds of Jews drawn from Europe and Israel.

  • 19/01/2013 | World

    France seeks support for Africa's Mali force

    France called on other world powers to commit money and logistical support for African armies readying their troops to join French soldiers already battling al Qaeda-linked militants in Mali.

  • 21/01/2013 | World

    Algeria says 37 foreigners die in siege led by Canadian

    A total of 37 foreign workers died at an Algerian desert gas plant and seven are still missing after a hostage crisis coordinated by a Canadian, Algerian Prime Minister Abdelmalek Sellal said.

  • 14/03/2013 | World

    African, Asian Catholics see Pope Francis as force for renewal

    Catholics in Africa and Asia today greeted the election of Pope Francis from Argentina as a historic breakthrough that would pump the developing world's vital energy into a struggling Church and amplify the voice of the planet's poor.

  • 05/01/2012 | World

    Gunmen kill 6, wound 10 in Nigeria church attack

    Gunmen opened fire on a church service in Nigeria, killing six people and wounding 10, the church's pastor said, the latest in a string of attacks that has raised fears of sectarian conflict in Africa's most populous nation.

  • 03/10/2012 | World

    Tiny, new African dinosaur species unveiled

    A new dinosaur the size of a house cat and described as a cross between "a bird, a vampire and a porcupine" has been identified in a piece of rock from South Africa.

  • 27/12/2012 | World

    Poachers at near all-time high in Africa

    Africa's biggest animals were poached in near record numbers in 2012, with surging demand for horn and ivory from Asia driving the slaughter of rhinos and elephants.

  • 11/10/2011 | World

    Cholera epidemic spreads in west, central Africa alerts the UN

    A cholera epidemic sweeping through west and Central Africa, one of the biggest in the vast region's history, has infected more than 85,000 people, killing at least 2,466 so far this year, United Nations aid agencies said Today.

  • 18/11/2011 | World

    Pope Benedict VXI urges Africa not to surrender to market forces

    Pope Benedict, arriving on his second trip to Africa as Roman Catholic leader, urged African nations to resist the temptation to surrender to market forces as they grow and modernize.

  • 19/11/2011 | World

    Pope says West should not condescend to Africa

    Pope Benedict said on the developed world could not continue to look down on Africa "with the judgmental tone of a moralizer" and impose rules, but must come up with real partnership solutions to solve the continent's many problems.

  • 11/02/2011 | World

    Wave of Tunisian migrant arrivals alarms Italy

    More than 1,000 people escaping turmoil in Tunisia have landed on an Italian island in rickety boats this week, raising fears of a new, uncontrolled wave of illegal immigration from North Africa.

  • 16/04/2011 | World

    Nigerians out in force for presidential election

    Nigerians voted in masses in what they hope will be their first credible presidential election for decades and could set an example across Africa.

  • 10/06/2011 | World

    Clinton says not pursuing World Bank job

    US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was not in discussions over the top job at the World Bank and that she was not pursing the post.


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