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A lowly fish often used for canning or to make fish-meal and fish-oil to feed higher priced farmed species is causing a serious rift between Peru and Chile, two of the world’s leading capture fisheries countries.
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One of the species of giant tortoises found on the Galapagos Islands which was believed to have become extinct around 150 years ago is still alive and well, with around 84 hybrid members living on a volcano on Isabela Island.
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Quito -
An odd alliance of governments, film stars, Japanese businesses, Russian institutions, and soft drink companies have come forward to help protect the heart of the Amazon rainforest in Ecuador from exploitation by oil companies.
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Geneva -
Originally meant to be built in Waxahachie, Texas, under the nickname of Desertron, Switzerland-France's CERN states it has seen "tantalizing hints" of the elusive Higgs boson, also called the "God particle," in two of their experiments.
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Guadalajara -
Canadian athlete Christine Girard set a new record yesterday at the Pan American Games -Guadalajara 2011, winning the gold medal in weightlifting in the 63 kg category.
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Netflix has been the largest Internet movie and TV series subscription/mail order service since 1997. Today, its online streaming is being launched in Latin America and the Caribbean for unlimited DVDs, movies and television shows.
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Survival International reported today that it has found a native Brazilian woman who is believed to be the oldest person in the world; María Lucimar Pereira will celebrate her 121st birthday on September 3.
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Lima -
A powerful earthquake measuring 7 degrees on the Richter scale occurred today near the city of Pucallpa, Perú, causing alarm in the population and interruption of communications.
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A sewage treatment plant in California is all a buzz after workers spotted a capybara, the world's largest rodent, swimming around in a wastewater pond.
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In the short term, both the US dollar and US Treasury bonds may actually benefit from the downgrade of the US debt and react to panic buying.
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