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. >>> el problema de nombramiento ya habÍa sido motivo de debate hace dos aÑos, el embajador de panamÁfido personal al margen total del consejo permanente. >>> en ese entonces criticÓ a insulza por contratar a correa ministro chileno cuando aspirÓ la candidatura presidencial en chile. >>> que no me parece correcto que Él hallo nombrado nuevamente al seÑor correa en una posiciÓn de observaciÓn lec oral en la oea cuando habÍa estado en esa lista que tanto se cuestionÓ en el aÑo 2010. >>> en el debate de 2010 salieron a relucir nombres de expertos contratados. >>> entre ellos lÁzaro cardenas ex gobernador del estado de michoacÁn y, el ex presidente de panamÁ, martÍn to wrij. >>> martÍn to wrij siendo presidente fue el voto que le dio a insulas el triunfo en la oea. >>> y recibiÓ 20 mil dolares por participar en misiones a bolivia y honduras. >>> la contratociÓn se hizo pese que el hombre estaba bajo investigaciÓn por corrupcion en panamÁ. >>> para mÍ yo creo que hay una dependencia en consultores externos exceso vosotros. >>> insulas se feeingÓ a hablar con univisiÓn. >>> en una respuesta

there are no sidewalks along panama. there has been comments from the public related to the lack of travel on niantic street as relates to access to the bart station. i know the department of public works is currently working with the california department of public transportation, with caltrans, to see whether a sidewalk can be constructed adjacent to the freeway side of niantic. it is under continued discussion with caltrans at this point. honestly from the department's perspective, we were given this information kind of after the fact, after the building permit was approved, after construction had begun and well underway before we found out this issue. really there is only one of two alternatives right now to the property owner barring the demolition of this building. one is the major encroachment permit which is in front of you. the alternative is to vacate or purchase that portion of the right of way so that it's part of their building, part of their property now, and then they would be made -- then the applicant an

window is too low and leaves little or no room for emergency vehicles to access the properties on panama street, which i think if the city is concerned about safety, this is a very big issue and i think should be taken into consideration. yes, an error was made, but the city cannot allow this incompetency to be rewarded by a slap on the wrist. i think it goes to issues that affect the entire city and how things are looked at when errors are made and what the city incorporates. thank you. >> thank you. next speaker. if anyone would like to speak, i do see we have cards, i'm sorry, that was glen hatayama i also see there is steve ide and mark christianson. >> yes, my name is steve ide and i live in the neighborhood. i'm here to urge the land use and economic committee to say no to this resolution. this probably should never have been built in the first place and needs to be removed. in addition to the fact the property encroaches in the right of way it is stated the property is a single family home, but the owner-building, according to neighbors' complaints, has divided the property into 3

they all went down to panama, but he leads one of the first trips. he goes down there and he learns the panama issues. he brought the same dedication to every issue. one thing i say in the book is he knew that just being leader did not make you a great senator automatically. whoever heard of scott lucas and william nolan, senate majority leaders before lyndon johnson. you never heard of them because they did not do anything. robert byrd brought that extra dimension to it, the foreign policy knowledge. the second thing about him as leader was he really understood the importance of a relationship with the president of the united states. byrd was ambivalent about jimmy carter. there were some problems with him. carter was an outsider. he did not really like politics or the hill. senator byrd regarded his role as leader of the senate, but also a person who basically was an advisor to the president, helped the president, he improved his programs. the book shows senator byrd helping carter through virtually every issue from the panama canal treaties to the

you can see these here, pushing down towards panama. this is the way it should stay for us through cuba, as well, as a go into monday and tuesday. meanwhile, further south, showers. as we go through monday, we will see plenty of them in the northern parts of argentina. behind it, it will turn a lot fresher. the turkish prime minister says the war in syria will soon be over. there are refugee camps on the border. protesters in india have been calling for harsher outcomes. they have been in the capital. they gathered in new delhi over the death of a 22-year-old gang rape victim. they have been charged with murder after she died from her injuries. she had been receiving medical attention. there was every security -- heavy security. in the central african republic, and they are reporting to be only one away from the capital. rebels advanced on saturday. they already had control of four regional capitals. rebels have rejected offers to negotiate. more violence in iraq, where muslims are continuing to demonstrate against the government. they

el 8 de enero, la selecciÓn guatemalteca viajarÁ a panama, donde esta noche a las once les tendremos y ravens. pero ahora en el basquetbol, hoy los wizards trataran de ganar su cuarto partido de la temporada regular de la nba, para ello tienen que derrotar esta noche acÁ en el verizon center al magic de orlando, el partido esta programado para las 7.30 de la noche. y cuando regresemos fanny gutierrez nos cuenta de un artista que presta su voz a favor de los niÑos

our jim avila traveled to a hidden site in panama to uncover the secrets of this superfish. >> reporter: behind padlocked gates and barbed wire fences in panama grows what could be a landmark change in what we eat. shades of "jurassic park" where movie scientists played with dinosaur dna. here actual scientists grow a dna-altered salmon producing the first bioengineered meat on track to be approved for human consumption. critics call the process creepy and label it frankenfish. >> when you move the dna from a species into another species, you create a new life form that's so new and so unique that you can get a patent for it. >> reporter: abc news is the first to see up close and actually taste this mysterious fish fda scientists have ruled is as safe as food from conventional atlantic salmon. this is clearly what they call frankenfish? >> these are very healthy beautiful atlantic salmon. >> reporter: the big difference, size. this is a one-year-old atlantic salmon dwarfed by the new genetically altered salmon of the same age. how do they do it? by merging the dna of three fish into one

apocalypse that not only killed your crops and moved more dirt in one day than the excavation of the panama canal and dumped dirt in chicago and stro and detroit. franklin roosevelt had oklahoma on his finger tips in the oval office. and then you started to realize who is still alive to tell this story? you needed to find the critical mass of people. we did that to find a group of people who were children and teenagers at the time who would suffer through this ten-year apocalypse. amazingly enough i think all of us after two storms we leave and get our children out of there. some stayed and figured out where that stubborn american streak of perseverance and grit and said we're going to make this happen and they learned new techniques and the government helped them out and low and behold the weather got a little less severe and they emerged from it. it is one of the most fascinating periods. >> the man made piece is fascinating, too because that era is decade of a bubble. >> the more things change the more they stay the same. there is nothing new under the sun. we use these in every film we

. >> la policía de panamá arrivó al lugar y fueron recibidos con disparos, los detuvieron y decoimizaron. >> podría provocar una separacion, dice que desconoce el pacto, los partidos pequeños que no estuvieron, demostraron su preocupacion. >> y tampoco nada más al nivel de los tres partidos, buscan atacar los problemas del partido, este analista dice que después de un peirodo electoral en que habian quedado animos exaltados. >> reconocen muchos puntos que coinciden en el pacto. >> que no haya provilegios fiscales. >> que ellos plantean que permite eludir el pago de impuesto a grandes empresas. >> en el senado todavía no esta claro si se lograra el mismo consenso. >> el prí dice que las modificaciones son mejores para la gestion. >> por algunos dicen que esto se vera contemplado o quedan en una lista de buenos propositos. >> y más adelante noticias univisión 14, el agua de la llave podria ser la razon de sus alergias. >> c >>> un anoticia muy triste sacude al mundo,buenas noches lastimosamente este segmento lo comenzamos con una mala noticia después de miguel calero que sufre de muerte ce

the panama canal locks were originally built in 1914.5 they're going to go through a major expansion. in its simplest form what it will allow our larger, more efficient, environmentally friendly ships to transit the canal and ship goods to and from major gateways between the eastern half of the united states and all throughout asia. so it is going to bring competitive pricing to bear in should improve our competitiveness and a global basis. ashley: lastly, the location, it really is the gateway to the south and points beyond, so location is a key thing is what. >> well, we are very fortunate to us geographically be located what you most consider to be the fastest-growing demographic region in the u.s. you know, the saudis to some to about 45 percent of the u.s. population. georgette with atlantic, kind of our new york city of the south, and our port, 100 miles closer to the atlanta and the next nearest port, we are very well suited to take advantage of the continue demographic growth of the southeast, hence the commerce. ashley: congratu

>> they're in panama.bout the country of panama, it is bastion of capitalism in a sea of socialism. david: that's true. >> it is very stable government that supports the airline industry. copa is perfect example after airline could be in perfect supply and demand environment where the government doesn't tax the hell out of it like here in the united states. shibani: who knew. fiscal cliff, americans are coming back buying stuff out of retail stores. >> yeah. shibani: what about concerns cutting back on flights next year? >> fortunately the schedule data in advance shows airlines are getting ahead of the curve cutting proactively, mid-single digits in capacity january and february. if there is demand drop-off the pricing impact should be sort of mitigated because the supply proactively removed. consumers usually book air travel months in advance. what we see on the books in january and february looks great. david: before you go the two worst performers from your perspective, to my eyes were two of the best

. >>> estados unidos es el nÚmero en la tenencia de amas, en sudamÉrica, uruguay, y panamÁ, y paraguay, probablemente en nuestro paÍs, estÉn en circulaciÓn 3 veces mÁs armas que la cantidad registrada hasta este momento. >>> en mÉxico nadie sabe a ciencia cierta cuÁl fue el costo humano a el trÁfico de armas, la realidad que los muertos se cuentan por miles por la facilidad de compras de armas de uso militar en estados unidos. en mÉxico, edgar muÑÓz, univisiÓn. >>> el presidente chÁvez tuvo una infecciÓn respiratoria, como secuela de la operaciÓn a la que fue sometido en la habana, dijo el ministro de educaciÓn villegas, dijo que se para intentar Ó ayer, fue controlada, y chÁvez esta en condiciÓn estable. estÁ practicamente todo listo para darle el Último adiÓs a jenni rivera, el servicio para conmemorar su vida se llevarÁ a cabo en el teatro gibson. juan carlos habla de los preparativos del homenaje pÓstumo a la diva de la banda. >>> quÉ tal, pasaron 9 dÍas desde la tragedia que cobrÓ la vida de jenni rivera, y sigue llegando la gente, para expresarle muestras de cariÑo, hoy estuviero

it was supposed to be a commemoration of the panama canal opening. he had these girls dancing at the dedication. he had a baby being pushed in a carriage. the sundial was dedicated at night. it is kind of a strange little thing. it is there and you can go see it. this is another before and after shot that shows it around 1900. this is in the 1950's. they started carving away. that building is still there. it is where the lakeside district is. i like the rocket. a well-known builder in the area, an admirer of henry ford, the idea of getting this down, having an assembly line, build this in quick-style. this is a 1932 -- i think he built this house. he was a pragmatic businessman. this has spanish colonial revival elements. a few years later, it is streamlined. modern. stylo-crat. it is better than being aristocratic. to sell them, he had to come up with clever names like that. like lafayette. he went with the popular taste. when the modern architecture started coming in, he was happy because it was less work. >> very little detail. you see detail in b

you can see the breezes here stretching all the way down toward panama in the best -- west. generally it's sell thed and should stay fine. further south, plenty of showers as usual over many parts of south america and monday we're going to see plenty of them in the northern parts of argentina. that will clear away as we head into tuesday and bind -- behind it, it's going -- going to turn >> hello, again. a reminder of the main stories here on al-jazeera. a debate in uppedway in the u.s. congress on how to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff. earlier, president obama spoke on how to avoid the budget crisis. and turkey's prime minister has said the war in syria will soon be over. he made the comments as he visited refugee camps on the turkish border. protesters in india who have been calling for harsher punishments for rapists have been holding a candlelit vigil in the capital the they gathered in new delhi -- delhi to mourn the death of a 23-year-old gang rape victim. the attack on her earlier this month throwed nypd protests. six suspects have been charged with murder after she

the work stoppage also forced ships to reroute to ports in mexico, panama and northern california.a tentative deal was reached late last night after federal mediators joined negotiations. no details yet on the deal, but workers are expected to get new terms that will prevent jobs from being outsourced. >> tom: we saw the influence of apple on any stock index which includes it. without apple, the dow rallied. but the nasdaq and s&p 500 were weighed down thanks to apple's weakness. the s&p 500 hit its lowest level of the session just after a stronger than expected report on the services sector before 11:00 a.m. eastern time. it bounced into positive territory and closed up 0.2%. volume picked up a little on the big board with 757 million shares. 1.8 billion moved on the nasdaq. the technology sector was the big drag on the broad market. it fell 1.3%. the utility sector saw the best gains, up 1.6%. apple put the brakes on the broad market, selling off on heavier than usual volume. apple fell 6.4%, with the stock closing at a three-week low. there are plenty of trader theories behind t

our forefathers knew what they were doing when after the panama pacific -- all the buildings were demolishedf the palace of fine arts and the area eventually became a non-commercial part of the city, free to be enjoyed and relished by residents and visitors alike. let's keep it that way. thank you. >> president chiu: next speaker. >> good evening, supervisors. my name is -- i'm missing my regular monthly community meeting at the tenderloin police station that we have every month but there's a couple of issues that are important to me. going down and playing cat and mouse games with the board of clerk's office about the sunshine laws pamphlet that's supposed to be in there, because in every other language there is the leaflets. but in english they seem to have a hard time so now they're saying that they're going to redo it but then i said you should take the other ones out of there and redo the whole thing but no i'm playing a cat and mouse thing but i will be back tomorrow to see if they make copies of that because that should be in the office of the board of clerks. also, i wanted to speak

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international gallup poll founded if the happiest people in the world are in sunny climates like panamaaragu paraguay. the u.s. was 33 on list of happy nations. >>> the youtube video of what appears to be an eagle appearing to swoop down and grab a child is a hoax. it was created by four animation students at a school in montreal. they got us all. >>> now for a check of your morning morning markets. the dow opens at 13,251 after falling 98 points yesterday. the s&p and the nasdaq each lost 10. overseas, the into ek can i dropped 121 points but the hang seng gained 3. >>> it could be the end often era for the new york stock exchange. news of a deal that would end more than two centuries of independence for the nyse could come as early as today as its parent company hammers out a potential deal to sell itself to rival intercontinental exchange for about $8 billion. >>> gm shares shot up 6% yesterday on news that the u.s. government will sell its remaining stake in the automaker by 2016. >>> demand has skyrocketed for one unique product, bulletproof backpacks. they're lined with a light ma

abc news got exclusive access to a facility in panama where the company is bioengineering atlantic salmon that grow a lot faster than natural salmon. basically, the company merges dna from chinook salmon and sea eels to produce its salmon. and our jim avila, he was brave enough to taste it. >> nothing's going to happen to me or my children if they eat this fish? >> it will make you healthier. man has been altering the nature of animals since man walked upright and began domesticating animals. the beef that we consume, the pork that we consume today, don't resemble their early ancestors at all. >> critics worry but have no proof that the new fish will increase allergies. an fda review of company information found that concern to be unfounded. >>> mcdonald's is the latest fast food chain with a special promotion this month. a cult favorite is returning, the mcrib pork sandwich. >> yes. >> saucey goodness. although the national launch is the 17th, it's already available in some areas. look at those smiles. a leaked memo says mcdonald's hopes the mcrib will boost its lagging sales. imagine if

places like yemen somalia pakistan in mali and even in latin america they're deploying them from panama to kind of do. but the expansion here in the united states the fact that there are countless cities that have drones flying over american air space that's a big deal and i think that that's something that the mainstream media is not focusing on the fact that we're you know assassinating people in other countries and that the backlash that that's creating the anti-american sentiment counterproductive it creates more terrorists as jimmy carter griese with and also you have a chilling effect of drone surveillance here in the u.s. completely under reported manny let's move on to bradley manning what is the you know as you've said it's the symbol for kind of this whole front war on whistleblowers seven people charge of the espionage act under obama administration what else is signifies kind of this case actually for if you do mention something very important seven people under the obama administration charged into the espionage act that's more than any other presidency in the mirror in ame

happiest place on earth. [ laughter ] >> this new gallup poll suggests that the place is the country of panama. >> latin america. according to the survey the central american nation has the population with the most positive emotions. 85% of panamanians responded about their overall well-being with positive answers. other happy nations paraguay, el salvador, venezuela and trinidad. it was followed by other latin- american nations. the least happy nation is one of the wealthiest, singapore. >> that's interesting. >> so we're seeing a common theme there, then. >> there is not necessarily a connection between money and happiness. >> the beatles got it right. >>> 4:56. holiday travelers trying to get home but a blizzard is making it tough. >> and a fiery crash in antioch overnight. the search for a second suspect and what started it all. >> we're live at sfo and there's no place like home for the holidays did you can you get there in time? we'll tell you what could complicate your holiday travel. ,,,,,,,,,, secondhand smoke affects everyone's health. it's not just irritating. it can cause heart dis

votes to abstentions and left israel supported only by the united states canada the czech republic panama and a bunch of polynesian islands whose combined population is less than the number of israeli settlers i mean the island you know is a pretty severe collapse and i think it was a recognition by the international community that in the context of the gaza war and the frozen peace process and that's of collapse of the entire move to create two states a really strong statement of recommitment to a two state solution was needed and a political boost for the p.l.o. and the p.a. is required and that's why i think also there's got to be restraint on the israeli side and in congress on whatever italia they want to consider because as i say it will accrue to the immediate benefit of hamas last time around a year ago when the p.l.o. had a failed bid for full u.n. membership they got harder tell us in terms of funding and other. measures from the united states and israel hamas was in no position to take advantage of it their crisis with their relations with syria with iran and they were in disar

in the panama canal treaties.ot just who has the votes, but he understands the substance better than anyone else. they all went down to panama, but he leads one of the first trips. he goes down there and he learns the panama issues. he brought the same dedication to every issue. one thing i say in the book is he knew that just being leader did not make you a great senator automatically. whoever heard of scott lucas and william nolan, senate majority leaders before lyndon johnson. you never heard of them because they did not do anything. robert byrd brought that extra dimension to it, the foreign policy knowledge. the second thing about him as leader was he really understood the importance of a relationship with the president of the united states. byrd was ambivalent about jimmy carter. there were some problems with him. carter was an outsider. he did not really like politics or the hill. senator byrd regarded his role as leader of the senate, but also a person who basically was an advisor to the president, helped

countries were liberating themselves from the soviet union and then we immediately go and we invade panama and then we invade iraq and so we're saying that that's great that's great that you show can restraint but we're not going to because where they had your body as madeleine albright secretary of state under clinton says if the united states use for if we use force it's because we're the united states of america we're the indispensable nation she said we see father. stand taller than other nations that's the attitude that oliver and i are challenging the sense of american exceptionalism and i say this is the city upon a hill god's gift to humanity if we do it it's right and that's not acceptable it's very funny because we go from you know we have been the book has been out a few weeks the series has been played for the fifth week now and will be ten weeks in all we go to t.v. shows and we sit in these beautiful sets and they're always rushing to rushing the they've got news here they've got news in gaza they've got petraeus they've got obama ok well what are you talking about history yo