Topic: South America
Belarus offers closer military ties with Venezuela
AP News
Belarus president offers to help Venezuela strengthen military defenses to deter threatsBelarusian President Alexander Lukashenko offered to help Venezuela strengthen its military, saying Tuesday that President Hugo Chavez's government should not have to worry about foreign threats. Addressing lawmakers inside Venezuela's National Assembly, Lukashenko said Belarus hopes to ...
Cowabunga! Peruvian hits waves with surfing alpaca
Reuters Life! Online Report
SAN BARTOLO, Peru (Reuters Life!) - Peruvian surfer Domingo Pianezzi has spent a decade training dogs to ride the nose of his board when he catches waves, and now he is the first to do so with an alpaca. Pianezzi, 44, has slowly introduced his alpaca Pisco, a domesticated Andean highland ...
IRB chief supports Argentina Tri-Nations entry
AFP Global Edition
International Rugby Board (IRB) president Bernard Lapasset is backing Argentina's integration into the Tri-Nations tournament by 2012. In September, Argentina were "conditionally" invited to join the Tri-Nations by SANZAR, the organising body representing South Africa, New Zealand and Australia that runs the tournament. "A number of problems arise with ...
Chile says earthquake and tsunami left 700 dead
AP News
Chile government says earthquake and tsunami killed 700, worst economic disaster everThe earthquake and tsunami that struck Chile last month killed 700 people and caused damages of nearly $30 billion, according to the government. And the ground hasn't stopped shaking. A magnitude-6.7 aftershock rocked south-central Chile Monday night ...
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