1 March, 2011
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Comunicas.- The BBC's Jim Muir: "There are thousands upon thousands of people waiting desperately to cross that border" The UN has called for a mass humanitarian evacuation of people fleeing Libya for Tunisia, saying the border situation is at "crisis point". General Secretary Ban Ki-moon said thousands of lives were at stake. Some 75,000 people [...]
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21 February, 2011
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Comunicas.- Many videos, recorded by citizens with cell phones in Libya's streets, were published today on YouTube. embedded by Embedded Video embedded by Embedded Video embedded by Embedded Video embedded by Embedded Video embedded by Embedded Video
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15 February, 2011
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Comunicas.- The World Bank says food prices are at "dangerous levels" and have pushed 44 million more people into poverty since last June. According to the latest edition of its Food Price Watch, prices rose by 15% in the four months between October 2010 and January this year. Food price inflation is felt disproportionately by [...]
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9 February, 2011
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Comunicas.- Cuba has welcomed the arrival of an undersea fibre-optic cable linking it to Venezuela as a blow to the US economic embargo. The cable will transform communications in Cuba, which has among the slowest internet speeds in the world. The new connection will make download speeds 3,000 times faster - at least for the [...]
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