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Muzammil Bacchus of Guyana won the inaugural “Late Zaid Ali Award” for the Most Improved Qaseeda Singer as Guyana hosted the 10th International Qaseeda Competition at the picturesque Anna Catherina Islamic Complex recently. The competition was hosted by the
Muslim Youth League of Guyana,
Guyana
In late January, the First National Conference of the Cuban Communist Party closed. The basic document for this conference was titled "Mentos the Linea Politica Economica y Social del Partido Revolucion y" which means a free translation: the streamlining of the economic and social
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Created on Tuesday, 31 January 2012 13:38
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Written by Daniel J. Graeber

Nearly two years after the worst accidental offshore oil spill in the history of the energy industry, some of the biggest companies in the world are busy pointing their legal fingers at one another in court over who has to pay what in claims, damages and fines over the deadly Deepwater Horizon oil
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Created on Wednesday, 30 November 2011 11:35
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Written by Tina Shaw

Brazil is seen likely to cut interest rates a third straight time on Wednesday, ramping up a bet that the euro zonedebt crisis and a fragile world economy will brake inflation in Latin America's biggest country.
Brazilian policymakers have been walking a fine line since August, when the central
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Category: South America
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Created on Monday, 21 November 2011 08:28
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Written by Tina Shaw

U.S. oil company Chevron will fully clean up a spill off Brazil’s coast, George Buck, the CEO of the local subsidiary said on Sunday, taking responsibility for an accident that has become a major test for one of the world’s fastest-growing oil frontiers.
About 18 vessels were supporting
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Created on Thursday, 17 November 2011 15:23
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Written by Tina Shaw

The Brazilian Federal Police has begun investigating an oil spill in an offshore field operated by oil giant Chevron Corp, which an environmental group alleges is far bigger than the company has stated.
Fabio Scliar, head of the Federal Police department's environmental affairs division,
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Category: South America
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Created on Wednesday, 16 November 2011 13:35
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Written by Tina Shaw

A towering bronze sculpture by Fernando Botero and works by several Brazilian artists set auction records during Christie's Latin American sale on Wednesday.
Cast in 2007, Botero's "Dancers" fetched $1.76 million. Weighing 3,500 pounds (1.6 metric tones) and 10 feet 5 inches tall, it is probably
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