PORTLAND, 15 MAY – A man from Seattle, north west coast of the U.S., traying to reach Brazil dribbling a soccer ball by the start of the World Cup, died yesterday after being hit by a pick up on Highway 101 near Portland.
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Physicians for Brazil’s rural areas will come from Cuba
Tuesday, May 7 2013 Posted in: Articles, Brazil, Countries, News, Other Countries
BRASILIA, 7 MAY – Rural areas in Brazil need doctors and the solution, said Foreign Minister Antonio Patriota, is to hire six thousand doctors from Cuba. At present, the two countries are in talks to figure out how to implement the project,
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Prosecutor of Musharraf in Bhutto case killed in Pakistan
Friday, May 3 2013 Posted in: Articles, Countries, News, Other Countries
ISLAMABAD, 3 MAY – One of the investigators on the case of Benazir Bhutto, Prime Minister of the country murdered in December 2007, was killed in Pakistan. Chaudhry Zulfikar Ali was attacked by gunfire while leaving his home by car to attend Pervez Musharraf’s trial,
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Opposition in Venezuela formally requests a check of the April elections
Friday, May 3 2013 Posted in: Articles, Countries, News, Other Countries
CARACAS, 3 MAY – The opposition in Venezuela has decided to formally contest the last elections in which Hugo Chavez’s vice president, Nicolas Maduro, became president of the country with an advantage of 1 .5 percent. The complaint was filed with the Supreme Court,
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China buys 14 thousand hectares of forests in New Zealand
Thursday, May 2 2013 Posted in: Articles, China, Countries, News, Other Countries
WELLINGTON, 2 MAY – The New Zealand Overseas Investment Office approved the sale of 14,000 hectares of local forest to the Chinese government. The land was sold at $ 3 billion. Several blocks of land were sold, the largest was owned by the New Zealand Superannuation Fund,
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BRICS members among the countries with high risk of cargo theft
Thursday, May 2 2013 Posted in: Articles, Countries, News, Other Countries, South Africa
JOHANNESBURG, 2 MAY – BRICS countries Brazil, South Africa and Russia are among those with high risk of cargo theft. This is according to the report released by FreightWatch International (of Sensitech Inc.) an international logistics security services company which fights to combat cargo theft.
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Putin discusses security issues with Obama on the phone and in person with Shinzo Abe
Tuesday, Apr 30 2013 Posted in: Countries, News, Other Countries, Russia
MOSCOW, 30 APR – Barack Obama and Vladimir Putin discussed issues on global security over the phone. The leaders of the two countries, which at the moment are not on the best of terms
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The financial support of China in Africa studied in a U.S. database
Tuesday, Apr 30 2013 Posted in: China, News, Other Countries
WASHINGTON, 30 APR – The Chinese funds in Africa have now become more transparent after the report of the Center for Global Development and AidData in Washington, which includes 1673 development projects
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The East in show in Milan
Tuesday, Apr 30 2013 Posted in: Articles, China, Countries, India, News, Other Countries
MILAN, April 29 – The Festival of the East took place last weekend in Milan, showcasing cultures and traditions of India, China, Japan, Thailand, Indonesia, Morocco, Philippines, Vietnam, Tibet, Mongolia, Nepal, Burma, Korea and Cambodia. Here is a series of photographs of the event.
The performance of Masa Daiko: taiko was used during the battles to intimidate enemies and to send commands. It continues to be used even today in the religious music of Buddhism and Shintoism.
The Cha no yu, hot water for tea, known in the West as well as tea ceremony, is a social and spiritual rite practiced in Japan, also known as Chado or Sado, Way of Tea. It is one of the most famous traditional arts zen.
Mandala, from Sanskrit words manda, literally essence, and la, that means possessing or containing. According to the Buddhist, Mandala represents the process by which the cosmos was formed from its center. Through a complex symbolism allows a sort of initiatory journey that allows you to grow inwardly.
Loy Krathong: it is the ceremony of floating lanterns. Loy means to float and krathong is a cup adorned, with flowers generally, made with a banana leaf. This festival is not strictly Buddhist but it is believed that the floating kratong bring good luck.
Heidi Li is one of the most well-known Cantonese opera singers.
A scene from the theater yoga show staged by the company Shambhala Jesi
Mu desian massage: the massage with elements of wood is an ancient technique of oriental origin. They use wooden tools designed and manufactured to treat each part of the body. With this massage treatments are carried out with results reducing agents, anti-cellulite, shaping, relaxing and invigorating.
Six dead and 35 injured by a bomb in Pakistan
Monday, Apr 29 2013 Posted in: Articles, Countries, News, Other Countries
PESHAWAR, 29 APR – Six people were killed and more than 35 were injured in Peshawar, in northern Pakistan, where a suicide attack hit the university district: the bomber riding in a motorcycle blew himself up near a police van that was in the area.
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