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ANSA: Petrolio: chiude in rialzo a New York
ANSA: Petrolio: in lieve calo a 93,96 dollari
ANSA: Borsa: Tokyo chiude a +0,73%
ANSA: Oro: in progresso a 1.588,64 dollari
Aljazeera: Uruguay votes to legalise gay marriage
Aljazeera: US boycotts UN international justice meeting
Aljazeera: Israel detains women over prayer practices
Financial Times: China’s forex reserves reach $3.4tn
Financial Times: Spain seeks to burnish its battered brand
Aljazeera: Dubai Police adds Lamborghini to fleet
Financial Times: Latvian hopes awash with Russian money
Huffington Post: American And Mexican Have Wedding On Border Aboard A Raft On Rio Grande
Huffington Post: Michael Jordan's Golf Cart Is Awesome (VIDEO)
Huffington Post: Jerry Brown Announces New Oakland Development With Investment From China
Huffington Post: Philippines' Black Market For Guns Thrives In Absence Of Trust In Security Forces
Financial Times: IEA cuts oil demand growth forecast

ANSA: Petrolio: chiude in rialzo a New York

Posted: 09 Apr 2013 12:53 PM PDT

+0,87% per barile greggio

ANSA: Petrolio: in lieve calo a 93,96 dollari

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:16 AM PDT

Brent a 106,11 dollari

ANSA: Borsa: Tokyo chiude a +0,73%

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:27 AM PDT

Nikkei si porta a 13.288,13 punti

ANSA: Oro: in progresso a 1.588,64 dollari

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 12:41 AM PDT

guadagna lo 0,2%

Aljazeera: Uruguay votes to legalise gay marriage

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 05:58 PM PDT

Decision makes Uruguay the third country in the Americas to legalise same-sex marriage.

Aljazeera: US boycotts UN international justice meeting

Posted: 10 Apr 2013 11:27 PM PDT

US says meeting being used by assembly president Serbia to divert attention from its role in Balkan wars.

Aljazeera: Israel detains women over prayer practices

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 02:37 AM PDT

Five women wearing prayer shawls reserved for men detained at Western Wall day after mixed-gender section is proposed.

Financial Times: China’s forex reserves reach $3.4tn

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 04:17 AM PDT

The country is facing heavy capital inflows in a sharp reversal from last year, raising concerns about levels of debt in the economy

Financial Times: Spain seeks to burnish its battered brand

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 05:20 AM PDT

In an effort to show it is not all recession and siestas, Madrid is taking steps to restore Spain's reputation as a place to do business

Aljazeera: Dubai Police adds Lamborghini to fleet

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 05:41 AM PDT

Italian sports car with top speed of 349km/h paraded around city's top mall in emirate with history of poor road safety.

Financial Times: Latvian hopes awash with Russian money

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 08:54 AM PDT

Nearly half the deposits in the Baltic nation's banks are from the former Soviet Union, prompting concern that eurozone membership may be postponed

Huffington Post: American And Mexican Have Wedding On Border Aboard A Raft On Rio Grande

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 09:21 AM PDT

A US citizen has married her Mexican fiance on a raft on the river border between their two countries, a unique ceremony designed to meet US immigration requirements.

Stephanie Guerra, 26, and Ruben Alfonso Fierro, 27, defied the swirling currents of the Rio Grande and boarded a Zodiac raft that took them from the Mexican border town of Nuevo Laredo to the United States.

Guerra is a US citizen, but Fierro is not. The couple have four young children, all US citizens. Fierro had been living for years in the United States but had not legally immigrated.

When he temporarily left the country, he was not allowed to return.

The fastest way for the family to reunite was to tie the knot in the United States.

Guerra and Fierro cleverly took advantage of an 1848 treaty that allows free navigation for both sides along the Rio Grande, the river that forms nearly half of the 3,200 kilometer (2,000 mile) long US border with Mexico.

Judge Hector Liendo from Laredo, Texas climbed aboard the couple's raft -- in the river but technically in US territory -- and conducted Wednesday's ceremony that legally bound the couple until death does them apart.

US law enforcement personnel stood nearby just to make sure that none of the people aboard the raft, which included Mexican relatives, did not set foot on US soil.

While binational couples have married on bridges between the two countries for years, this is the first time that a marriage takes place on the Rio Grande river, according to the Big River Foundation, the US-based environmentalist group that sponsored the event.

Fierro told reporters that the marriage will now make it easier for him to legally immigrate to the United States and return to his family.

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Huffington Post: Philippines' Black Market For Guns Thrives In Absence Of Trust In Security Forces

Posted: 11 Apr 2013 09:30 AM PDT

Bespectacled and clean shaven, 37-year-old Jomari Paraas could pass for a typical office employee in the Philippines, except he has six guns in his backpack that he will soon sell.

The father-of-two is a prolific player in the country's enormous and lucrative weapons black market, which has been under scrutiny following a spate of high-profile massacres and shoot-outs this year.

"Why do I trade guns? Because there is a demand for it. And it's extra income," said Paraas, a former communist guerrilla whose day job as a community organiser for a non-government organisation is not enough to pay his bills.

Speaking to AFP in a crowded Manila slum where he was planning to sell the six guns, Paraas said he had been a firearms trader for more than a decade, starting in his late 20s when he quit the rebel movement.

Paraas is a made up name for security reasons, but his real identity has been vetted by a Filipino expert on security issues who advises local law enforcement officials on the gun trade.

Paraas started selling used guns and knock-offs of foreign brands made by illegal gunsmiths in the central and southern Philippines, before moving to more expensive weapons smuggled from abroad.

The American-made .22 calibre Magnum Black Widow revolvers in his bag were ordered by a buyer through a shadowy network of small-time gun runners who take advantage of the city's urban squalor to peddle their deadly wares.

Their clients range from security-conscious house wives to slum dwellers and members of "private armies" employed by political warlords.

"They are light and easy to move, and in demand from many people because they primarily use it for self-defence," Paraas said of the revolvers, which he sells for 5,000 pesos (120 dollars) each.

"Higher calibre guns and automatic rifles can also be bought, at a higher price."

The proliferation of firearms in the Philippines has been in the spotlight since January, following a series of shooting-related deaths, including of two children hit by stray bullets on New Year's Eve.

A drugs-crazed gunman also killed seven people in a slum rampage, and a shoot-out linked to a gambling turf war left 13 dead, among them corrupt police and military officers.

The Philippines has a strong gun culture dating back centuries, with a history of armed struggle against Spanish and US colonial rulers.

Today, people typically carry guns because they lack confidence in the country's security forces to protect the public, according to security analysts and firearms traders.

There were 1.2 million registered firearms in the Philippines last year, with another 600,000 unlicensed firearms in circulation, according to national police data.

Getting a license to own a conventional gun is easy, subject to police clearance and security checks that include psychological tests, and firearms shops sit alongside clothes outlets in malls.

But getting one without a police clearance can be even easier.

Security analyst Ed Quitoriano, who regularly advises foreign embassies on threat issues, said there could be as many as four million unlicensed guns across the country.

The gun culture can be unsettling, particularly for foreign visitors.

Private security guards with loaded, sawn-off shotguns infest the crime-plagued cities, protecting small and large private businesses.

Traffic wardens deputised by the police but with little security training stand at intersections with revolvers hanging off their hips.

Restaurants, nightclubs and banks often have signs asking patrons to leave their firearms at entrance counters.

Foreigners are warned by long-time expatriates to avoid any incident that could escalate into violence, because of the potential for a gun to be used on them.

This month an Australian man was shot in the head from point blank range at a beach resort he managed, with police suspecting an aggrieved former staff member may have ordered the murder.

President Benigno Aquino launched a high-profile campaign at the start of the year to get unlicensed guns off the streets.

But government data shows this has so far netted fewer that 2,200 firearms, highlighting what Quitoriano said was the government's lack of resolve and capabilities to tackle the issue.

Quitoriano said many powerful figures, including soldiers, police and politicians, profited from the firearms trade, part of a huge corruption problem that plagues all sectors of society.

"Many of the unlicensed guns that leak into the grey market actually come from legal imports and government purchases," he said.

Quitoriano said the climate of fear fuelled the black market.

"If the public trusted the government more, there would be no need for them to protect themselves by arming," he said.

Alexander Reyes, who owns self-defence specialty shop Aquila Firearms and Ammunition Corp. at a Manila mall, agreed.

"It used to be for prestige, because guns equate with power," Reyes said. "But nowadays, it is mostly for protection. The police cannot protect you 24/7."

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