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People hold banners and chant slogans as they take to Islamabad's streets to mark International Women's Day in Pakistan. Many of the demonstrators were also marching in support of Palestinians. IMAGES
As unprecedented temperatures hit the UK, a huge grass fire breaks out in Wennington in the outskirts of London, causing people to flee their homes. IMAGES
Beirut (Lebanon), Dec 10 (EFE / EPA), (Camera: Wael Hamzeh).- A group of people with physical disabilities marched on Thursday in Beirut to mark the International Day of Persons with Disabilities. FOOTAGE OF THE MARCH.
The NY Times reports that President Donald Trump has had more than $280 million in debt forgiven since 2010. According to Business Insider most of it was linked to money he owed lenders for the construction of a massive skyscraper in Chicago. Trump borrowed money for the Trump International Hotel & Tower from Germany's Deutsche Bank and Fortress Investment Group. Trump failed to pay the money bank. The lenders initially gave him more time. According to tax return records and loan documents viewed by the NY Times eventually Deutsche and Fortress forgave the debt.
Panama, Feb 18 (EFE) .- The Secretary-General of the Organization of American States (OAS), the Uruguayan Luis Almagro, called on Tuesday for humanitarian aid for "7 million people who are at risk of hunger" in Venezuela.(CAMERA: Bienvenido Velasco)IMAGES: RESOURCES AND DECLARATIONS OF THE SECRETARY-GENERAL OF OAS, LUIS ALMAGRO"It would be hard for me (to describe) the conditions of the Venezuelan dictatorship, of the 5 million migrants and the 7 million who are at risk of hunger; of the thousands who have been tortured; of the relatives of the 14,000 political prisoners during recent years in Venezuela, in a system of broken doors"
Bogotá, Colombia Feb 12 (EFE) .- Colombia attends the finishing details for the most important date of the year for the floricultural sector: Valentine's Day, a celebration that requires an ambitious logistics and commercial operation to export about 600 million flowers, mainly to the United States.(Images: Juan Diego López)RESOURCE IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES BY ANDRES VALENCIA, MINISTER OF AGRICULTURE, AND SOLAN AUGUSTO, PRESIDENT OF ASOCOLFLORES.1. "We had a very positive agenda with the sector that ended with the signing of this 2030 agenda in the afternoon, we strongly support the sector especially in campaigns to promote Colombian flowers abroad"2. "First you have to innovate, you have to have attractive varieties, that's essential, that's why the 2030 agenda that we signed today largely indicates that a cluster of plant-base material can be developed in Colombia and here we begin to develop varieties that have intellectual property rights, that have an owner and cannot be grown by just anybody, you have to pay for that, so novelty is a fundamental aspect. On the other hand, you have to have new mechanisms to sell to young people, the new generations that are going to be tomorrow's consumers and they are different, internet sales have grown a lot and we have to promote the emotional impact of flowers"
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