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286-17 May 2012 - Senior United Nations officials yesterday drew the world's attention to threats posed by transnational organized crime and drug trafficking in Central America and called for concerted global efforts to combat the scourge, which they said was spreading to other continents.

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329-SAN SALVADOR, May 17, 2012 (IPS) - A law to protect Salvadoran migrants, who are frequently victims of attacks and abuses on their way to the United States, is nearing entry into force after having been approved over a year ago. All that remains is for a body made up of civil society organisations to be created to implement it.

460-do 17/05/2012 - 14:26 Centraal-Amerika is het gevaarlijkste gebied in de wereld, dat zei secretaris-generaal van de Verenigde Naties Ban Ki-moon. Onder invloed van de drugshandel is het geweld en de misdaad er sterk gestegen de laatste jaren. In de ranglijst van landen met de hoogste moordratio staan drie landen uit Centraal-Amerika bovenaan. In Guatemala vinden 39 moorden per 100.000 inwoners per jaar plaats, in El Salvador gaat het om 72 moorden op 100.

391-Industry leading software now available for Spanish language users. New York, NY, May 17, 2012 --(PR.com)-- DocuXplorer, one of the United States' leading providers of document management solutions to small and medium sized businesses, today announced that it has introduced a Spanish language version of its award winning software that was specifically designed for Spain and Latin America.

246-Het vrijhandelsakkoord tussen Colombia en de Verenigde Staten, dat dinsdag is ingegaan, is verwelkomd met protesten van studenten, boeren en vakbondsmensen. Zij vrezen dat Colombiaanse boeren en bedrijven in de concurrentie ten onder zullen gaan.

467-Foto courtesy: Marcel Segessemann Neben dem Giro d'Italia werden zur Zeit auf dem Erdball weitere Rundfahrten bestritten, welche für einmal erwähnt sein sollten, aber ohne Gewähr auf die Vollständigkeit der Liste. Die Resultate dieser diversen Etappenrennen kann der Radsportfreund in unserer Datenbank einsehen. Foto: Sieger der Tour of Azerbeijan 2012 Javier Raminez Beendet wurde gestern die Tour of Azerbaijan mit einem Sieg des Spaniers Javier Ramirez Abeja.

290-De drugshandel maakt van Centraal-Amerika het gevaarlijkste gebied ter wereld. Nergens anders vinden zoveel moorden plaats als tussen Mexico en Colombia, aldus de Verenigde Naties. Het geweld en de misdaad zouden in het gebied fors zijn gestegen."Dit is meer dan een stortvloed van moorden.

415-Guatemala da la pelea hasta el último centà­metro y, por medio del pedalista juvenil, se queda con la contrarreloj de este miércoles. Alder Torres, Sub-23 del equipo Insta-Cofi de Café Quetzal, ganó la cuarta etapa de la 52 edición de la Vuelta Ciclà­stica a Guatemala, una contrarreloj de 29.8 kilómetros desde Escuintla hasta Santa Lucà­a Cotzumalguapa, que el guatemalteco concluyó en 39:06 minutos.

492-Download PDF (76.2 KB) Watch the webcast SC/10651 Security Council 6772nd Meeting (AM) Says First Time Court Faces "Admissibility Challenge"; Council Members Say Proceedings Must Follow International Standards, All Perpetrators Held to Account Security Council members today expressed their confidence in the International Criminal Court"s actions in bringing to justice perpetrators of serious crimes in Libya last year, after its Chief Prosecutor notified them that Libyan authorities had r

427-De drugshandel maakt van Centraal-Amerika het gevaarlijkste gebied ter wereld. Nergens anders vinden zoveel moorden plaats als tussen Mexico en Colombia, verklaarde de secretaris-generaal van de Verenigde Naties, Ban Ki-moon, gisteren in New York. Het geweld en de misdaad zouden in het gebied fors zijn gestegen. Drie landen in de regio beschikken over de hoogste moordratio ter wereld. In Guatemala vinden 39 moorden per 100.

506-Davos, Suiza y  que describe la forma en la que las fuerzas macroeconómicas están convergiendo y se están fortaleciendo para acelerar los cambios en esta nueva era, en la que el talento toma un rol estratégico en el desarrollo de las organizaciones. Acerca de ManpowerGroup ManpowerGroup™ (NYSE: MAN), es líder mundial en soluciones innovadoras de fuerza laboral, crea y ofrece soluciones de alto impacto que permiten a nuestros clientes lograr sus objetivos de negocio y mejorar su competitividad.

436-BOGOTÁ, May 16, 2012 (IPS) - The entry into force of Colombia's free trade agreement with the United States was met by student protests and opposition from a segment of the business community, small farmers, and trade unionists. The trade deal, signed in 2006 after two years of negotiations, went into effect Tuesday after a lengthy process of modification of Colombia's domestic laws to bring them into compliance with the agreement.

451-GUATEMALA CITY -  The Guatemalan woman who claims that her daughter was abducted and later adopted by a couple in Missouri plans to travel to the U.S. to ask a court for her daughter to be returned, despite the U.S. State Department claiming it doesn't have jurisdiction to help return the girl. The State Department confirmed Tuesday that it has informed Guatemala's government that it can't help return Anyeli Hernández Rodríguez because the U.S.