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Nicaraguan Government Implements Preventive Campaign against Drugs
Managua, May 24 (Prensa Latina) More than 15, 300 social awareness activities are planned in Nicaragua until next September as part of a national campaign against drug abuse. Marches, exhibition fairs on the phenomenon of drug addiction, outpatient care to addicted youth and training to students of primary and secondary schools are part of the program, said the deputy minister of government ...
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Panama President will Convene Extraordinary Sessions of Parliament
Panama, May 24 (Prensa Latina) Panamanian President Ricardo Martinelli convene next May 27 the National Assembly into special session to discuss 11 topics, confirmed Sergio Galvez, parliamentary leader. Among the issues to be addressed, according to Galvez, stand the project to amend articles of Law 10 of 2010 which created the Fire Department of Panama and allows them to have a trust in the ...
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Many Mexican Young Adults Have A Genetic Predisposition To Obesity
obesity , said a University of Illinois scientist who conducted a study at the Universidad Autonoma de San Luis Potos?. "The students who inherited genetic risk factors from both parents were already 15 pounds heavier and 2 inches bigger around the waist than those who hadn't. They also had slightly higher fasting glucose levels," said Margarita Teran-Garcia, a U of I professor ...
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‘Calypso Spikers’ ready for battle in Norceca qualifiers
T&T senior women's volleyball team duo Kelly-Ann Billingy, right and Abby Blackman attempt a block on spike from national men's team player Sean Morrison, during a practice session at the Jean Pierre Complex, Mucurapo, ahead of their four-team North, Central America and Caribbean Volleyball Confederation (Norceca) Second Round Group I qualifiers at the University of the West Indies ...
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Costa Rica OKs geneticallymodified corn
Costa Rica’s National Biosecurity Technical Commission granted a local subsidiary of multinational biotechnology company Monsanto permission to grow genetically modified (GM) corn in the ...
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Zeta leader admits killing ICE agent in Mexican ambush
A commander in the Mexican drug gang Los Zetas Thursday admitted he led an ambush that killed one U.S. agent and left another seriously injured. Julian Zapata Espinoza, also known as "Piolin," 32, pleaded guilty in federal court in Washington to the murder of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement Special Agent Jaime Zapata and the attempted murder of ICE Special Agent Victor Avila ...
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El Salvadorian village getting outside help with water needs
A non-profit organization, the Minnesota State Mankato chapter of Engineers Without Borders (EWB) has set their sights on El Salvador and will be travelling to a small village in Piedras Azules to help the local community with their water access needs.
The problem is that in the village in Piedras Azules there is just one water source with unreliable water access as the water table changes depending on the time of year and the weather. This leads to long queues at the well, with some residents sometimes waking up at midnight to beat the water rush. Read more
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