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CUBA-NATIONAL NEWS CUBA

Cuba: Social Communication for Exchange of Ideas

Cuban Architecture Shows Moorish Traces

Germans Want End to US Blockade on Cuba

Cuba Enjoys Free Determination Despite Blockade

Cuba Gets African Support Against US Blockade



INTERNATIONAL NEWS

LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Mayor of Belize Demands UDP Party

Brazil accuses Honduran Coupists of Torture

Venezuela, G. Bissau Broaden Co-op

Venezuelan Deputies Denounce US Military Buildup

Crack in Salvadoran Arena Right-Wing Party

Jamaican Usain Bolt Announced a Slower 2010

Dominican City Paralyzed by Strike

Bolivia Constitutional Process Assessed

Uruguay to Override Expiry Law

2nd CentAm, Caribbean School Games Begin



US, CANADA, EUROPE

German Justice Confirms Trial against Nazi

EU Agrees Keeping Anti Crisis Measures

Italian Prime Minister Visits Russia

Paris to Host World Funding Meeting



AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Israel, USA Carry out Largest Maneuvers



ASIA AND AUSTRALIA

India, China Sign Climate Change Deal

Pakistan Closes Schools for Fear of Terrorism

S.Korea, Vietnam Cooperation Opened

Iran on with Nuke Technology

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CUBA-NATIONAL NEWS CUBA

Cuba: Social Communication for Exchange of Ideas



Havana, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) Small and big groups, discussion,
exchange of ideas and mixture of cultures distinguish the celebration of the
13th Latin American Meeting of Social Communication in the Wednesday
session.



In the Havana Convention Center, a great diversity of criteria and
future projects appeared, to go for a more integrated communication, marked
by strong and old patterns.



Many of the more than 1,000 delegates from 21 countries share
experiences, talk about frustrations and personal or collective achievements
and get in touch with other colleagues.



ó Nothing more important than to know about different places and
academic positions, since this gives us the chance to evaluate or assess our
knowledge, identify our strengthes and weaknesses, ó said Cuban student
Carol Muñoz in conversation with Prensa Latina Wednesday.



She defended the critieria to build and foster a regional block to
give responses to social needs, while Mexican Stefani Pantoja (Liceo
Queretaro) said the event represents the chance to have information on
current topics.



Other students from El Salvador and Ecuador highlighted the
conversations with people from other countries and gave their reflections on
the social communication in its widest concept in Latin America.



Professor Dasniel Olivera highlighted the academic cooperation,
knowledge promotion and the cooperation among the participants, in an event
in which classes or conferences were in charge of well-known professors such
as Jesus Martín Barbero, Rafael Beltran or Gabriel Kaplún.

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Bolivia Constitutional Process Assessed



La Paz, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) The United Nations System in Bolivia,
the European Union and the Organization of American States (OAS) are
assessing on Wednesday the parliamentary process that concluded one year ago
in Bolivia, with approval of the new State Political Constitution.



The organizers of the forum called "Building Consensus" "Reflections
about Octuber 21," said they called the major figures of the dialogue in the
Conference that made possible the implementation of a regulation on the
approval of that text at the polls on January 25.



That document was ratified amid a serious crisis and political
violence threats.



In that meeting, executives and legislators, as well as Minister of
Autonomy Carlos Romero and opposition senators Bohrt and Luis Vasquez.



Chamber of Deputies President Edmundo Novillo, from the governmental
Movement Towards Socialism (MAS) and representative of National Unity
Alejandro Colanzi, among other representatives will also attend the
deliberations.



The agreement was reached after 18 hours of debate under the pressure
of thousands farmers, miners who marched from Caracollo and also after a
hunger strike, headed by President Evo Morales.

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Cuban Architecture Shows Moorish Traces



Cairo, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) Moorish influence in Cuban architecture
motivates a display at Toot Gallery in Cairo, Egypt, with 28 photos and
three poems related to the Arab culture, written by national Hero Jose
Marti, on the occassion of the Cuban Culture Day.



Cuban Charge D'Affair Vladimir Gonzalez said the display was
motivated by the fact that Cuban architecture shows eight centuries of
Moorish trace in Spain that were brought to Cuba.



They are seen in buildings erected between the 17th and 20th
centuries in Cienfuegos and La Habana Vieja historic section, showing that
culture has no boundaries and can befriend peoples despite their geographic
location or circumstances.



The Moorish influence shows in wells built in courtyards, arches, and
in detailed, rainbow-colored decoration, in some cases mixed with Spanish
colonial, eclectic styles.

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Germans Want End to US Blockade on Cuba



Berlin, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) Activists of the movement of solidarity
with Cuba in Germany demanded Wednesday to end the almost 50-year US-imposed
blockade on the island.



According to a resolution from the CubaSi solidarity group, belonging
to the Left Party, the US government should take some concrete measures
after having repeatedly announced a change in the policy towards Havana.



The CubaSi organization approved the resolution during an annual
conference held in Werbelinsee, south-east of Berlin.



The activists also requested the cancellation of arbitrary sentences
against Fernando Gonzalez, Rene Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero, Gerardo
Hernandez and Ramon Labañino, unfairly imprisoned in the United States for
11 years.



From the US and the European Union, German activists also demanded
the end of the interference in sovereign development processes in Cuba and
other regional states.

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Cuba Enjoys Free Determination Despite Blockade



United Nations, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) Cuba expressed here that free
determination is the most important right that Cubans enjoy despite
hostility and the blockade imposed by the United States.



This statement was made by permanent ambassador to the UN, Pedro
Nunez Mosquera, in the Third Commission of the General Assembly that debates
promotion and protection of human rights and application of international
mechanisms in this field.



He also pointed out that the most important right has been assured
for the Cuban people that is the full exercise of their right to free
determination, confronting obstacles and threats of hostility and blockade
of successive US administrations.



He added that Cuban achievements in healthcare, education, science
and technology, culture and sports are possible because ó we own our own
political destiny and resources of the country through participative
democracy that the people themselves designed and voted for in a universal
referendum. ó



He added that today more than 50,000 health, sports and education
professionals offer services to 99 countries and four territories across the
seas.



Nunez Mosquera also repeated the permanent will of Cuba to hold frank
and open talks on subjects of human rights and listed the many protocols
signed in this field.



We have always defended the noble causes of the people and the
importance of granting priority to economic, social and cultural rights that
are equal to civilian and political rights, he pointed out.



He also ratified the commitment of his country to cooperate with
universal, non discriminatory, non selective and non politicized mechanisms
in the subject of human rights.



We hope that the previous scenario of sanctions against countries of
the south with automatic impunity granted by countries of the south is not
repeated in the current system of UN human rights, he concluded.

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Cuba Gets African Support Against US Blockade



United Nations, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) Cuba noted in the UN the
support of Africa in the confrontation to the blockade imposed by the United
States against the island that has lasted half a century.



Africa has closed ranks demanding 17 times in the General Assembly
the right of the Cuban people to decide their own future, expressed the ad
interim representative of Cuba to the United Nations, Rodolfo Benitez.



In a speech to the plenary session of the highest organization of the
UN the Cuban official expressed certainty that support of the Island will
continue after 28 repetitions when the Assembly again hears the US siege.



After recalling the ties that have lasted more than five centuries
between Cuba and Africa, Benitez exclaimed that it is impossible to imagine
the political, historical and cultural of Cuba ó without recalling the mark
in our genes and social life. ó



Referring to this matter he expressed homage of the Island to the
memory of the rebel spirit of African lucumíes, carabalíes, congos, gangas,
mandingas, minas, bibíes and yorubas.ethnic groups.



The Cuban people are direct and natural heirs of the bravery and
culture of resistance of Africa that has fought heroically for centuries
against challenges and threats that still exist today, he said.



He recalled that more than 381,000 Cuban soldiers and officials
marched selflessly in defense of the integrity and sovereignty of African
nations for almost three decades.



He added that there are now 2,500 Cuban collaborators offering
services in 35 African nations in the fields of healthcare, education,
sports, agriculture and construction, among others.



He also mentioned the more than 2,200 youths from 45 African nations
studying in Cuban universities and polytechnic institutes while 32,000 have
already graduated in different specialties.



Referring to the current situation in the African continent, Benitez
expressed the need for development that cannot be solved with rhetorical
sighs of the powerful and called for a change of the current international
system.



It is a system that demands African nations to pay exorbitant foreign
debts and that the powerful multi nationals fight for control of the mineral
resources of the continent, he explained.



The Cuban delegate pointed out that Africa needs strong support from
the international community and called on the UN to use a comprehensive
focus to solve the problems of peace, security and development in the
continent.

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INTERNATIONAL NEWS



LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN

Mayor of Belize Demands UDP Party



Belmopan, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) Mayor of Belize city Zenaida
Moya-Flowers demanded the United Democratic Party (UDP) before the Supreme
Court because of its decision to expel her from the party, it was announced
on Wednesday in this capital.



Last October 3rd the National Council of this organization voted for
her dismissal.



Moya-Flowers lawyers asked the court on Tuesday to cancel the
dismissal alleging that the mayor did not have a chance to defend herself.



After deciding to dismiss Moya-Flowers, the UDP delivered a statement
reaffirming its attitude against corruption and in favor of transparency and
efficiency in the public service.



The document criticized Moya-Flowers attitude as unacceptable.



The mayor and her staff were taken to court last October 1st because
of the 140,000 dollars missing from coffers of the town council.



In the hearing they got the released on bail, but they will appear
before the Supreme Court next November 5th to answer for 24 charges and the
crimes of giving fake documents and violating the council regulations.

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Brazil accuses Honduran Coupists of Torture



Washington, Oct 21(Prensa Latina) Brazil denounced to the Organization
of American States (OAS) the tortures carried out by Honduran coupists
before their embassy in Tegucigalpa, where constitutional president Manuel
Zelaya is living.



The Brazilian ambassador to the OAS permanent council, Ruy Casaes,
demanded in extraordinary meeting, the end of those practices that threaten
human dignity.



Casaes said the embassy is surrounded by military and police forces
and at night, coupists place large lamps and make many noises, even animal
sounds, preventing people there to sleep.



The most recent case happened in the early hours of Wednesday, when a
loud military march was heard and also the music called "La golondrina", a
bird that is related to death.



"I do not have any doubts it is torture", said Casaes and pointed the
de facto regime use more sophisticated means every time.



In front of the Brazilian embassy in Honduras there are located two
mobile platforms with armed guards, who watch the movements in the house the
24 hours.



On the other hand, they limit food delivery for the 40 people living
there, and it has to be inspected by a dog first.



On one occasion, the food was exposed to the sun for so long that it
caused stomach problems because the food was in state of decomposition, said
Casaes.



The Brazilian ambassador to OAS asked the international community to
condemn the use of torture and announced the possibility of turning to other
authorities to demand punishment for those responsible.

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Venezuela, G. Bissau Broaden Co-op



Caracas, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) President of Guinea Bissau Carlos
Gomes ratified on Wednesday the African nations' willingness to strengthen
relations with South America in the wake of signing seven cooperation
agreements with Venezuela.



At the end of a meeting with Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, Gomes
said that with these agreements Guinea Bissau is complying with
recommendations of the Second Africa-South America Summit held in Venezuela
in September.



An agreement concerning energy cooperation will allow the development
of joint oil projects, while another to prevent the use of illegal drugs
promotes cooperation in the struggle against drugs.



Another letter of intent establishes health cooperation to assess and
study bilateral cooperation actions in health sciences, projects, programs
and exchanges, medical facilities, and the struggle against malaria and
malnutrition.



In the field of education, the parties agreed on actions against
illiteracy, exchange of information and human resources, training and
preparation of school handbooks.

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Venezuelan Deputies Denounce US Military Buildup



Caracas, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) The Venezuela chapter of the Latin
American Parliament denounced on Wednesday that the US increases its
military siege on this country by establishing or reactivating air and land
military bases.



According to Carolus Wimmer, deputy of this group the white House has
the support of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) and some
governments of the region, among them Colombia and Panama.



Besides the 10 military bases in Colombia (3 established and 7 to be
occupied) and the presence of the 4th Fleet in Caribbean waters, the US will
have 2 naval installations in Panama and use a communications satellite
lunched from the French Guiana, declared a press release.



According to the legislator, Washington plans to strengthen its
military cornerstone in Aruba and Cura ao.



We are more and more threaten, despite US president Barack Obama just
received the Nobel Peace Prize, he added.



To Wimmer all the deployment in the region obeys to the natural
resources existing in Venezuela and other countries in the area.

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Crack in Salvadoran Arena Right-Wing Party



San Salvador, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) The fracture within the
Nationalist Republican Alliance Party (ARENA) increased on Wednesday by a
decision of other members to get a distance on the leadership of this
Salvadoran right-wing party.



The 12 legislators who agreed early this month not to follow the
guidelines of the National Executive Council (COENA) were joined now by five
substitute deputies, four departmental directors and two members of the
Central American Parliament.



"We do not feel represented by the current COENA," said deputy and
director of Santa Ana department, Juan Miguel Bolanos, who called on the
party to look back to the territory and the grass roots.



The group said they will not separate from ARENA. However, they
announced the possibility to vote different from their fellow party members
in Parliament on the country's sensitive issues.



ARENA was created in 1982 by Roberto D. Aubisson, accused of being
one of the founders of the death squadrons and taking part in the
assassination of Archbishop Oscar Arnulfo Romero.



The Nationalist Republican Alliance remained in power for 20 years
until March this year, when it was defeated by left-wing Farabundo Marti
National Liberation Front.



Disagreements within ARENA started in the wake of this electoral
defeat, which led to its fracture and may even lead to the emergence of
another political force.

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Jamaican Usain Bolt Announced a Slower 2010



Kingston, Oct 20 (Prensa Latina) Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt stated
Wednesday he would try to slow down and relax a little during the year 2010,
with less competitions and trips.



ó Before the season comes, I always sit with my coach, and together,
we decide which competitions we should do, we see the conditions and places
in which we enjoy competing, ó the Jamaican sprinter said.



He did not offer details but he left it clear that after the World
Championship in 2011 and the Olympic Games in 2012, there will be less
competitions and trips in 2010.



Bolt, a triple World and Olympic Champion (100, 200 and 4x100 relief)
will stay in Jamaica for a month, but almost always under constant siege of
his fans, who want his autograph and pictures.



Bolt, 23 years old, received the Order of Jamaica Tuesday, becoming
the youngest human being in winning the highest Jamaican decoration.

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Dominican City Paralyzed by Strike



Santo Domingo, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) Stores, schools and public
transportation of San Francisco de Macoris (North) started on Wednesday a
48-hour strike demanding the construction of buildings and the suspension of
long power cuts.



Demands include the termination of works in the provincial university
and the street asphalt, demonstrators explained.



The strike begins on Monday and could stop all activities in the
city, capital of the Duarte province.



Protests begun by the citizens were clashed by the police when some
demonstrators burned pneumatics in the city's arteries.



An official report pointed out that a police was wounded in the knee
with a stone, throw during the demonstrations.

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Uruguay to Override Expiry Law



Montevideo, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) Uruguay National Coordinator to
Annul the Expiry Law called to vote YES on October 25 to Override it.



Its release reminds that Uruguay endured terrorism of state nearly 40
years back that "overrode all public liberties and imposed a system of
repression."



But once the militaries stepped down in 1985, survivors, relatives of
the victims and human rights organizations began urging to serve justice and
shed light on the truth.



Then the military forced the state to approve in 1986 the Expiry Law,
a legal aberration that bent the state legitimate right to probe horrific
crimes and their perpetrators.



The Law forbids trying ex soldiers and ex policemen that violated
human rights during the 1973-1985 dictatorships.



A pink ballot paper will allow to vote YES to annul the Law at
Sunday's general elections.

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2nd CentAm, Caribbean School Games Begin



Puebla, Mexico, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) Everything is ready for the
opening of the second Central American and Caribbean School Games (JEDECAC)
Wednesday, after the flags of the participating countries were hoisted in
that Mexican city.



That ceremony was attended by the heads of the delegations from
Haiti, Colombia, and Nicaragua, along with representatives from another nine
participating nations, and Mexican sports leaders.



When the host delegation was presented with the flag, Public
Education Minister Alonso Lujambio said Mexico has talents allowing the
country to climb to the first place, after it was second in the first games
in Puerto Rico, only surpassed by Venezuela.



The Puebla games will be inaugurated by President Felipe Calderon,
with the participation of about 1,500 athletes-students from Venezuela,
Nicaragua, Haiti, Colombia, El Salvador, Costa Rica, Puerto Rico, Dominican
Republic, Panama, Honduras, Guatemala, and Mexico.

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US, CANADA, EUROPE

German Justice Confirms Trial against Nazi



Berlin, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) The German Constitutional Court
confirmed Wednesday the trial set for November against war criminal Nazi
John Demjanjuk, who is accused of collaborating in the 27,900 murders of
Jewish people in a Polish extermination camp.



The Munich district court, in the federal state of Bevier, is in
charge of that process, which will begin in November 30 with many audiences
scheduled until May 2010. This is considered the last trial for war crimes
in World War II (1939-1945).



The German court rejected two defense appeals that claimed the
release of the 89-year-old accused and suspension of the trial, trying to
save, for the second time, the Ukrainian ex-guard, and old SS collaborator,
according to documentary investigations.



The German Attorney General's Office accused Demjanjuk of helping in
the murder of 27,900 Hebrews in the gas chambers, when he was a security
guard in the Polish Sobibor extermination camp in 1943.



One of the collected evidences refers to an identity card of Waffen
SS, with the number 1893 and a picture of a young man, identified as
Demjannjuk.



The Israeli Justice suspected in the '70s that the Ukranian could be
the criminal war known as Ivan the Terrible or the tyrant of the Treblinka
concentration camp



He was condemned in 1988 for the murder of more than 800 Jewish
people, but that country Supreme Court absolved him of death penalty in
1993.



The German constitutional court confirmed on Wednesday that the jury
rejected the Demjanjuk's lawyer speech unanimously, that is why he will stay
in prison without chance of overturning the trial.

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EU Agrees Keeping Anti Crisis Measures



Luxembourg, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) The European Union s Finance
Ministers considered Wednesday that the reactivation measures to stop the
continuing of the economic crisis affecting the entire world should be
maintained, in a meeting in this capital.



The participants said that when the economic situation gets better,
these stimulating plans should be slowly removed. They also stated that
they would concentrate in the solution of the deficit and public debts,
amplified to Europe by the United States.



The strategy included measures to increase trust in the solution of
the problem and guarantee stability of public finances in a greater period
of time.



The EU members also talked about the relevance of increasing the
levels of productivity and stimulate investments.



The European Commission said that 20 EU members have noticeable
financial difficulties and the EU said that for next year, the most affected
nations will be Ireland, United Kingdom, Latvia and Spain.



In this aspect, European Central Bank president Jean Claude Trichet
said his entity will be quite demanding with the imbalance in public
finances, and will not give any concessions.

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Italian Prime Minister Visits Russia



Moscow, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) The Italian Prime Minister Silvio
Berlusconi is visiting Saint Petersburg where he will meet his Russian peer
Vladimir Putin, reported the Government spokesman Dmitri Peskov.



Russia and Italy keep close cooperation, especially in the energetic
field, after Gazprom and Italian Eni companies agreed on joint participation
in the Torrente Sur gas pipeline that will allow bringing fuel from the
Caspian Sea to Europe.



The construction of the 559 miles long gas pipeline should begin on
November, 2009 and the costs are expected to reach 25 billion euros.



Italy is one of the main economic partners of Russia in Europe with a
commercial exchange close to 30 billion dollars.



In the other side Berlusconi is facing problems in his nation after
the Constitutional Court abolished last Month a law providing judicial
immunity for the Prime Minister, the Deputies Chamber and the Senate and the
Head of State.



The Italian Head of Government is now charged with old accusations
over business mismanagement in the sphere of influence, embezzlement and
bribes to judges.



Berlusconi assured the magistrates charges are part of a mounted
political campaign by the opposition against him.

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Paris to Host World Funding Meeting



Paris, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) Ministers and high-ranking officials
from 12 countries, including Brazil and Chile, the European Commission and
the World Bank will talk here about financial transactions and development,
starting on October 22.



France called to tax transactions worldwide to use those funds as
development boosters.



The meeting will also host finance ministers and/or foreign ministry
officials from Austria, Belgium, Japan Norway, Senegal, Spain, the UK and
France as host.



French Foreign Minister Bernard Valero reminded that 59 countries
from the Group for Innovative Financing endorsed the initiative, save the
US.

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AFRICA AND THE MIDDLE EAST

Israel, USA Carry out Largest Maneuvers



Tel Aviv, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) Israeli and US land, air and naval
forces started on Wednesday the fifth joint military maneuvers dubbed
"Juniper Cobra," just a few days after Turkey excluded Israel from war
games.



Military sources said that the drills are the largest of their kind
carried out by Washington and Tel Aviv, involving nearly 1,000 soldiers from
the US European Command (EUCOM) that will operate land and naval missile
intercept systems.



The drills scheduled to be carried out in two weeks have the mission
to coordinate short, medium and long range missile defense systems between
the parties.



The war games are scheduled to simulate long range missile firing
from countries Israel consider enemies like Iran, Syria and Lebanon, also
including a real interception of a missile of this type.



An Israeli spokesman said biannual drills were scheduled a year and a
half ago. However, Radio Israel quoted an Army commander as saying that they
will be useful to prepare for the hypothetical case of an Iranian nuclear
attack.



The Israeli Army is the only having nuclear arsenal in the Middle
East, with more than 200 nuclear warheads and it has hinted at the
possibility to reinforce it on the pretext of avoiding alleged Tehran
threats.

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ASIA AND AUSTRALIA

India, China Sign Climate Change Deal



New Delhi, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) The India and China governments
agreed here Wednesday to strengthen bilateral cooperation in the face of
climate change and ratified their common stand in the forthcoming world
conference on the issue.



There are no differences between our positions when talking about
international treaties on climate, assured Indian Minister of the
Environment Jairam Ramesh after signing the memorandum.



The document was ratified by Chinese Vice Minister in charged of the
National Commission of Development and Reform and Highest representative of
the Asian country in Climate Change Forums Xie Zhenhua.



In the bilateral aspect the agreement establishes increase of
collaboration in energetic efficiency, use of renewable sources of energy
and in sustainable agriculture with the objective to reduce gas emission
causing greenhouse effect.



India and China, considered the most pollutant countries of the
world, considered the developed world must comply with their commitment of
delivering funds and transferring technology to the developing countries to
make them reduce gas emission.



The Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh previously warned here that
reductions from the industrialized powers threaten the economic progress of
India and other emerging countries.

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Pakistan Closes Schools for Fear of Terrorism



Islamabad, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) Most of the educational institutions
in Pakistan closed its doors Wednesday for the rest of the week for fear of
being a target of suicidal attacks as it happened in the Islamic University
of this City.



In some regions the authorities announced that classes were suspended
until further notice.



The suicidal attacks to public places, markets, police stations and
international entities' headquarters have increased in Pakistan in the last
few weeks, resulting in at least 150 deaths.



The rebels have previously targeted Islamabad Islamic University
where two blasts, almost simultaneously, killed 6 students.



The increase of attacks happened in moments in which the government
is involved in a great-scale anti-rebel offensive in southern Waziristan
tribal region, bordering with Afghanistan.



It is believe that between 10,000 and 15,000 rebels are hidden in
that zone most of them from al Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) that is
fighting for imposing in the country literal interpretation of the Islamic
or Sharia laws' summary.



The TTP is also accused of having links with Al Qaeda and the
authorities hold them responsible for the recent suicidal attacks.

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S.Korea, Vietnam Cooperation Opened



Hanoi, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) The presence of South Korean President
in this capital Lee Myung-back marked a new step for cooperation opening
with Seoul, one of the main Vietnamese economic partners.



His first official visit and fourth of a South Korean leader to this
Indochina nation gives signs of the two parts' willingness to untie their
economic knots and achieve greater bilateral cooperation.



The eastern Asian country has allocated 20 billion dollars in direct
investments in Vietnam until July 2009, to become second largest partner in
that field.



The two parts increased their commitment for a strategic association
on May 2009 on occasion of the visit of Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Tan
Dung to the Korean capital.



The round-trip trade closed 2008 with 10 billion dollars while
official aid to development of this peninsular country reached 682 millions
and the Statesman administration promised one billion more for 2008-2011.



South Korea is the biggest market for the Vietnamese workforce; about
55,000 workers are working there while raising their skills in different
jobs.



Oficial data from Hanoi showed that about 70,000 South Koreans live
and work in Vietnam.



Myung-bak arrived in this capital after the visit of his foreign and
trade Minister Yu Myung-hwan who has recently accomplished a working program
that included interviews with Vietnamese President Nguyen Minh Triet and
Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung.



The South Korean Minister emphasized that his country wants to boost
bilateral cooperation.

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Iran on with Nuke Technology



Teheran, Oct 21 (Prensa Latina) Iran praised the positive environment
of world powers talks on the nuclear dispute but clarified it will never
give up to its legal right and obviously to develop atomic technology,
emphasized Wednesday the local media.



News and TV agencies reproduced declarations of government
authorities dealing with Vienna meeting of delegates from this country with
authorities from Russia, France, United States and the entity ruling this
issue worldwide (OIEA)



The Iranian foreign minister Manouchehr Mottaki noted the behaviour of
western powers during the talks in the Austrian capital proved that Teheran
right to have its own peaceful nuclear technology has been approved by those
nations.



The negotiations took place after Teheran approved, at the very
beginning, to send low enrichment uranium to another country to be
transformed and improved into fuel for a reactor producing isotopes for
cancer treatment.



But the local authorities said it does not mean to give up uranium
enrichment in national plants and warned that France could be excluded from
the plan of uranium supplying countries.



Teheran rejected to tackle the issue with Paris directly which
decision prompted Vienna talks adjournment after accusing the European
nation of breaching contracts of delivery of nuclear materials in the past.



President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad which government has suffered three
packages of economic sanctions from the UN because of the nuclear aspect,
emphasized it will keep its uranium enrichment plan because it is not
involved in the purchasing of nuclear fuel abroad.



The Persian country has reiterated the civil character of its nuclear
program although U.S. and the European powers accuse it of having military
purposes.

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