An earthquake of magnitude 6 struck in the Atlantic Ocean 38 miles east of Ponta Delgada [Sao Miguel island] in Portugal’s Azores archipelago on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, but local authorities reported no immediate damage, itwas reported. The quake was at a depth of 9.4 miles, the survey said. “The quake was […]
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Breaking News: Powerful magnitude 6 earthquake struck the Azores – Updated
Posted on 30 April 2013.
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Brooklyn: Author Mia Couto presenting – The Tuner of Silences – NYC
Posted on 29 April 2013.
Best-selling author, Mia Couto, will be in New York City, May 4, at 7 p.m, for the launching of The Tuner of Silences (2013), his most recent book to appear in English. The evening will feature a reading and signing by the author as well as an on-stage interview with journalist Anderson Tepper. From Mozambique, […]
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Sports: Jan Kopecký takes victory at 2013 SATA Rallye Azores – ERC
Posted on 28 April 2013.
Czech driver Jan Kopecký won Saturday the 48th SATA Rallye Azores, in round four of the FIA European Rally Championship (ERC) season. It was Kopecký’s third win in three starts in the ERC competition. Alongside navigator Pavel Dresle, Kopecký drove a Michelin-shod Škoda Motorsport Fabia Super 2000 to victory. The winner, he has increased his […]
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EuroMillions: Portuguese national sole winner of multimillion jackpot – Portugal
Posted on 28 April 2013.
The EuroMillions winning ticket worth €32 million ($42 million) was purchased in Portugal, according to the raffle results for Friday April 26, 2013. The winning combination was 11-16-24-38-40-2-5. The odds were fairly slim, with any given entry having a 1 in 116.5 million chance of winning the jackpot. The result gave Portugal its fourth jackpot win […]
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Revisiting: Two Portuguese communities in New England – Lecture
Posted on 26 April 2013.
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth (UMD) Department of Portuguese and Center for Portuguese Studies and Culture announced a lecture – The Book, the Author and the Protest: Revisiting “Two Portuguese Communities in New England (1923),” – by Dr. Cristiana Bastos, an anthropologist and senior researcher at the Institute for Social Sciences at the University of Lisbon. […]
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Community: Portuguese Honor Society awards students – RIC
Posted on 26 April 2013.
Six Rhode Island College (RIC) students and four community members were recently inducted into the Sigma Chapter of the Phi Lambda Beta Portuguese Honor Society. RIC students Christopher Barbosa, Vanessa Branco, Filipe Fernandes, Carlos Neves, Stacey Saraiva and Liana Viveiros were admitted to the honor society based on their scholastic performances (a minimum 3.25 grade […]
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