MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 29th 2013
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Thursday, August 29th 2013 - 02:06 UTC
USDA confirms an outbreak of PEDV in the United States for the first time
The US Department of Agriculture has confirmed that porcine epidemic diarrhoea virus (PEDV) has been identified in the United States for the first time through testing at the National Veterinary Services Laboratory.
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Thursday, August 29th 2013 - 01:57 UTC
OAS recalls Martin Luther King’s historic speech “I have a dream”
The Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza recalled on Wednesday the 50 years since the historic address by the great civil rights leader in the United States, Martin Luther King, “in which he shared his dream of inclusion and his will to put an end to racial discrimination using non-violent means.”
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Thursday, August 29th 2013 - 01:42 UTC
Obama honours 50 anniversary of March on Washington and the ‘I have a dream’ speech
Addressing hundreds of thousands of people commemorating on Wednesday the 50th anniversary of the March on Washington for civil rights, US President Barack Obama underlined the “unfinished business” in the struggle for equality and justice in America
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Thursday, August 29th 2013 - 01:02 UTC
Unasur summit will formally receive Paraguay at its summit in Suriname
Unasur leaders will welcome Paraguay’s return to the group and will honour the memory of deceased Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez during this week’s summit in Suriname that will be taking the chair of the group from Peru.
