Buenos Aires, Sep 18 (EFE).- Argentine former President Cristina Fernandez asserted Tuesday in a legal brief responding to corruption charges that she has had no part in illegal activity. “Let them continue monitoring my movements and those of my family, clandestinely listening to my telephone conversations and dig up all of Argentine Patagonia, or wherever …
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Washington DC, Sep 17 (EFE).- The winds, floods and rains generated by hurricane Florence has claimed at least 31 lives in North Carolina and South Carolina, local media reported on Monday, citing official sources. Of the 31 fatalities, six died in South Carolina and the other 25 in North Carolina. Several people died of drowning, …
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Florence, South Carolina, Sep 17 (EFE).- The death toll left in the path of what began as Hurricane Florence along the southeastern coast of the United States increased to 18 with the death of a baby after a tree fell on the infant’s home, media reports said Monday. The 3-month-old baby could not recover from …
Manila, 16 sep (EFE).- Al día siguiente del paso de Mangkhut por Filipinas las autoridades han confirmado la muerte de al menos 59 personas y buscan a una decena de desaparecidos, mientras los equipos de rescate logran acceder a áreas remotas azotadas por el que ya se considera el mayor tifón de la temporada. Según …
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México, 15 sep (EFE).- El presidente mexicano, Enrique Peña Nieto, lanzó hoy el “grito” para conmemorar los 208 años del inicio de la gesta independentista, en su última participación en este tradicional acto antes de que deje el cargo. Esta fue la sexta y última ocasión en que el llamado “grito de independencia” fue encabezado …
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Fayetteville, North Carolina, Sep 15 (EFE).– Three people have died in the state of North Carolina along with another in South Carolina due to Tropical Storm Florence moving through the region, which raises the number of known fatalities to nine, authorities reported Saturday. The police department of Fayetteville, North Carolina, said on Twitter that a …
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Florence, South Carolina, Sep 14 (EFE).- Authorities in North Carolina are blaming five deaths on the effects of Hurricane Florence, which made landfall early Friday near Wrightsville Beach. The police force of Wilmington, the largest population center in the impact zone, said via Twitter that a woman and her baby died after a tree fell …
Querétaro (México), 13 sep (EFE).- Miles de concheros, danzantes de vestuario prehispánico y conchas de mar en los pies, cumplieron hoy su peregrinación religiosa que data de 145 años en conmemoración de su origen Chichimeca, en el estado mexicano de Querétaro. La veneración de la Santa Cruz de los Milagros en Querétaro reunió a más …
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Miami, Sep 13 (EFE).- The outer rain bands from Hurricane Florence began to be felt Thursday on the coast of North Carolina, but the speed with which the Category 2 storm is approaching the coast has dropped – as forecasters had expected – from 10 mph to 5 mph in recent hours. The storm is …
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Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Sep 11 (EFE).- A judge on Tuesday ordered six major museums in Rio de Janeiro to improve their security and fire-protection systems within 30 days after the National Museum of Brazil, the oldest in the country, was completely destroyed by a fire earlier this month, according to official sources. The decision …
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