01/08/2009
Guatemala landslide death toll hits 37 (Denver Post)
The death toll from a landslide in northern Guatemala has risen to 37 after villagers discovered two more bodies.
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01/08/2009
Organization hosts fundraiser to help Mayans in Guatemala (The Champions Sun)
One local non-profit organization has a specific mission: help the indigenous Mayan population in Quiche, Guatemala.
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01/08/2009
Trenton murder suspect slain in Guatemala (The Times of Trenton)
TRENTON -- In a potential revenge killing that reaches from Trenton to Central America, the man who city police say killed his close friend in September was gunned down in Guatemala two months later, Guatemalan officials say.
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01/07/2009
Guatemala: Rescuers End Search (New York Times)
Rescuers have ended their search for victims of a landslide in northern Guatemala because rocks raining down from the mountain have made it too dangerous to look for victims.
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01/07/2009
Guatemala ends landslide rescue (BBC News)
Rescuers in Guatemala call off their search for bodies and any survivors of a massive landslide that killed at least 34 people.
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01/06/2009
Guatemala suspends landslide rescue, no survivors (Reuters via Yahoo! News)
Threatened by rockfalls, rescue workers called off their search for bodies on Tuesday and gave up on finding anybody alive in the rubble of a landslide in northern Guatemala that killed at least 34 coffee laborers.
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01/08/2009
UPDATE 1-Guatemala's inflation hits 9.4 pct in 2008 (The Forex Market)
GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Inflation in Guatemala was 9.4 percent in 2008, the highest in 12 years, the government said on Wednesday, as falling prices for gasoline and other commodities in recent months failed to offset earlier, steep rises.
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01/07/2009
Guatemala's inflation hits 9.4 pct in 2008 (The Forex Market)
GUATEMALA CITY, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Inflation in Guatemala was 9.4 percent in 2008, the highest in eight years, the government said on Wednesday, despite falling prices for gasoline and other commodities in recent months.
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01/07/2009
Israel's H&C to build $200 mln Guatemala power plant (Reuters via Yahoo! Philippines News)
TEL AVIV, Jan 7 (Reuters) - Israel's Housing & Construction Holding Co said on Wednesday one of its subsidiaries signed a contract worth $200 million to build a hydroelectric power plant in Guatemala.
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01/07/2009
Landslide death toll rises to 35 in Guatemala (People's Daily)
The death toll from a massive landslide in northern Guatemala rose to 35 on Tuesday, the National Coordinator for Disaster Reduction in Guatemala said. According to news reports from Guatemala City, apart from the confirmed 35 deaths, the disaster also inflicted injuries to 21 people, all of whom were sent to hospital for treatment. Some 30 people were still missing, a spokesperson for the ...
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