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Amazin' Avenue (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
... this is going. Someone not-so-obvious. Got it: Dan Murphy. No? Gah, !@#$ me. Fine, who? A: Luis Castillo. Bingo. He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, the player who seems to be universally hated by fans and management alike, whose name precedes some variant of "absolutely has to be traded" on almost every Mets offseason wishlist, was the most disciplined hitter the Mets had this year. Care to guess...
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The Mets Report (Free subscription) | yesterday
I think it’s universally agreed upon at this point that one of Mets GM Omar Minaya’s biggest mistakes was signing Luis Castillo to a long term contract. He’s a shell [...] This is a brief summary of the content at MetsReport.com. Please visit the site to view the full blog post.
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Peruvian Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo announced on Friday that Peruvian President Alan Garcia had accepted the resignation of his cabinet members due to their alleged corruption. During an event at the Government palace Del Castillo said Garcia accepted the resignation of his ministers, which was presented Thursday after a week of crisis due to allegedly corruption on the grant of...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | yesterday
Peruvian President Alan Garcia Saturday named Yehude Simon as new prime minister a day after the 13-member cabinet led by Jorge del Castillo resigned en masse over corruption allegations. Four audio tapes emerged last Sunday linking members of the ruling party to a plan to steer lucrative petroleum contracts to a Norwegian oil company in exchange for bribes. Following the scandal, the government...
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Reuters UK (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian President Alan Garcia has accepted the resignation of Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo over a corruption scandal and will reshuffle his entire cabinet, del Castillo said on Friday.
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oil and energy news (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
The Peruvian government has stepped down over a continuing scandal about the allocation of oil concessions. President Alan Garcia said he was accepting the resignation of the full cabinet offered on Thursday by Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo. The country’s Energy Minister Juan Valdivia and the president of the state oil company stepped down on Sunday. A day [...]
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LA Times (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo and 14 others quit over allegations that bribes were solicited from a European firm in exchange for energy contracts. Peruvian President Alan Garcia accepted the resignation of his entire Cabinet on Friday amid a sweeping bribery scandal that has rocked the government of a major U.S. ally.
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Peru's president will decide whether to accept the resignation of the entire cabinet in the wake of an oil-kickback scandal, Prime Minister Jorge Del Castillo said Thursday. "We have offered our posts to the president (Alan Garcia) and under no circumstances will we get in the way of the country's growth," Del Castillo said in a televised speech. Four audio tapes emerged on Sunday linking...
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Top 10 Costa Rica (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Costa Rica’s very own Latin American Idol finalist, María José Castillo, performed three songs Wednesday night, and the winner of Latin American Idol will be announced in a half-hour show tonight. The Costa Rican government has declared Ms. Castillo a person of cultural interest, and she will be met with a huge crowd Friday at Juan [...]
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Bugs and Cranks (Free subscription) | yesterday
... Giants’ front office went out and found somebody even worse . That’s right, Pirates cast-off Jose Castillo was given the starting third base job in Spring Training and somehow accomplished the seemingly impossible task of becoming even more hated than Feliz. Perhaps it was because he was once a highly-touted prospect in the Pittsburgh chain, or perhaps it was the memory of his game-tying...
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CBC.ca (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
Peruvian President Alan Garcia's entire cabinet will offer to quit in a widening corruption scandal over oil concessions, Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo said Thursday.
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Reuters (Free subscription) | 10/09/2008
LIMA (Reuters) - Peruvian President Alan Garcia's entire cabinet will offer to quit in a widening corruption scandal over oil concessions, Prime Minister Jorge del Castillo said on Thursday.
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San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 10/11/2008
... were unknown. New tapes surfaced Tuesday and Wednesday, ensnaring former Cabinet Chief Jorge del Castillo, Garcia's right-hand man, in the scandal. On the tapes, Leon allegedly told a Discover representative that del Castillo would be open to supporting Discover's bid to land oil contracts in Peru. Del Castillo denies the claim and says he is willing to submit to an investigation....
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The Earth Times Online Newspaper (Free subscription) | 10/10/2008
Lima - The entire Peruvian cabinet handed in their resignations en masse to President Alan Garcia on Thursday over corruption allegations. Jorge del Castillo, head of the Peruvian Council of Ministers, and all the cabinet members offered to resign at...
