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Stories for July 14th 2011
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Thursday, July 14th 2011 - 07:22 UTC
Bolivia gets involved in Chile/Peru ongoing maritime dispute
International relations between Chile and Bolivia are tense and could worsen, considering the impact of a Monday press release from Bolivia’s Ministry of Foreign Relations.
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Thursday, July 14th 2011 - 07:17 UTC
Stormy forecast for President Rousseff ten-party ruling coalition
Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff is facing further political unrest in the ruling coalition following the naming of a new Transport Minister, apparently a unilateral decision that was not shared by several allies.
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Thursday, July 14th 2011 - 07:13 UTC
Controversy in the US: severely obese children “should be placed in foster care”
The government should have the right to remove severely obese children from their parents' home and place them in foster care, two US health experts argued in a controversial editorial published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
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Thursday, July 14th 2011 - 07:11 UTC
Private sector involvement fundamental for Greek bailout, says IMF
The IMF said private sector involvement was fundamental to a Greek bailout and urged Athens to move faster on fiscal and structural reforms to avoid debt default.
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Thursday, July 14th 2011 - 07:04 UTC
“CFK grandma! I’m having a grandchild; God takes away but also gives”
Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced Wednesday on her official Twitter social network account that her son, Máximo Kirchner, has confirmed that she will be grandmother as her son's girlfriend is pregnant.
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Thursday, July 14th 2011 - 01:39 UTC
Emerging markets help Volkswagen sell 4 million units in first half of 2011
Germany’s Volkswagen has sold 4 million cars worldwide in the first half of 2011. The company hopes momentum from emerging markets will help it achieve its goal of selling 10 million cars annually before 2018.
