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Over 20 Death Reported in Armed Groups Attacks in Syria

SIRIA

Damascus, 30 Sep (Prensa Latina) At least 17 civilians died today in an attack by armed bands against the locality of Al Haidariya, municipality of al-Qseir, in the central Syrian province of Homs, 162 kilometers from this capital. According to a military source the groups attacked that location with mortars and machine guns, in the early morning hours of Sunday. It was also reported the kidnapping of a yet undetermined number of people.

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Thousands of People Demand Free Education in Chile

Estudiantes chilenos

Santiago de Chile, Sep 27 (Prensa Latina) Thousands of students and representatives of other sectors marched through capital streets to demand Chilean education to be saved, in a protest that was dispersed by police with cannons -water and tear gas at various.

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Evo Morales to Fulfill Tight Schedule upon Arrival in Bolivia

Evo Morales

La Paz, Sep 27 (Prensa Latina) President Evo Morales will return to Bolivia on Thursday, where he will fulfill a tight schedule, including the transference of presidential powers at the Uyuni Airport, in Potosi, where he will arrive in the country. The president will receive the presidential attributes from the speaker of the House of Senators, Gabriela Montaño, to whom he transferred them on Sunday before leaving for Cuba en route to New York, the United States, where he was highly acclaimed at the 67th United Nations General Assembly.

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Chilean Students to March Again for Pubic Education

Movimiento estudiantil chile

Santiago de Chile, Sep 25 (Prensa Latina) Chilean students will hit the streets on Thursday to demand again a public, free and high-quality education system, at all levels of education, announced today leaders of various organizations. At a press conference, representatives of the Chilean Students Confederation (CONFECH), the Coordinator of Secondary Students (CONES) and the Coordinating Assembly of Secondary Students also made a call for citizens to to join the protest.

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UN: Leaders Oppose Unilateral Measures

Cuba Onu

United Nations, Sep 24 (Prensa Latina) The heads of State and Government of one hundred countries reaffirmed their rejection of the promulgation of unilateral economic, financial and commercial sanctions that prevent a full economic and social development. They said those actions particularly hit underdeveloped countries, according to a statement approved in a high level meeting of the UN General Assembly on the Rule of Law.

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UNASUR Begins Electoral Support in Venezuela

Unasur

Caracas, Sep 19 (Prensa Latina) The monitoring of the electoral process in the leadup to the presidential elections on October 7 in Venezuela will begin today with the arrival of Argentine Carlos “Chacho” Alvarez, chairman of the UNASUR Monitoring Committee. Argentina’s former vice president during the term of Fernando de la Rua, and minister of the Latin American Integration Association (Aladi) since August 2011, Alvarez is expected here today, where he will meet with the main authorities of the National Electoral Council (CNE).

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Ecuador: Sweden Could Contribute to Solve Assange’s Case

Julian Assange

Quito, Sep 14 (Prensa Latina) Ecuadorian representative to the Organization of American States (OAS), María Isabel Salvador, said that Sweden could contribute to solve the case of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange. “I think the solution should come from Sweden, with a way, a light, in order to prevent Assange for being extradited to the United States or make what Ecuador is proposing,” the diplomat said in an interview with Prensa Latina in this capital.

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World Solidarity with Cuban Antiterrorists Detained in USA

Cinco heroes

Havana, Sep 12 (Prensa Latina) About 100 activities in support of the cause of the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters detained in the United States will be carried out today in over 31 countries, after 14 years of unjust punishment. Those men turn today 14 years of lockup, hence we have promoted this campaign of denunciation, Graciela Ramirez, coordinator of the International Committee to Free the Five, told reporters.

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Popular Tribute in Chile to Coup Victims

Chile

Santiago de Chile, Sept 11 (Prensa Latina) Groups of students, unions, academics and other social organizations pay homage today to the victims of the coup that 39 years ago overthrew President Salvador Allende, and established Augusto Pinochet’s dictatorship. The remembrance activities include events at the monument to President Allende, located in front of the Palacio de La Moneda, which on September 11, 1973 was attacked by soldiers and bombed by the Air Force to overthrow the Popular Unity government.

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Operations vs. Armed Gangs Persist in Syria

Guerra Siria

Damascus, Sep 11 (Prensa Latina) The annihilation operations against reminders of armed gangs in this capital”s suburbs continue today, while concealing their presence by government forces. This situation was observed in Daf al-Shouk and Al-Tadamun neighborhoods, in southern Damascus, where irregular forces were confronted in a first government offensive, but returned to some areas.