El Submarino

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A type of torture in which victims are asphyxiated by covering their faces with a plastic bag, submerging their faces in fluids—filthy water, urine, or excrement—or by forcing them to inhale chemicals or dust.

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Fast Search & Transfer ASA signs contract with Submarino in Brazil

Pero hablemos del sueno de Narcis Monturiol de construir un submarino que contribuyese a mejorar la condicion de vida de las personas.

Matthew Stewart. Monturiol's Dream: The Submarine Inventor Who Wanted to Save the World

"Companies need to have visuals to sell their products to customers since they can't touch the goods, plus high-speed Internet makes it easier to navigate quickly," says Andre Shinohara, marketing and business director for Brazilian online retailer Submarino. The company has 2.2 million registered users and sells 23 product categories over the Web; sales are projected to reach $150 million this year.

A need for speed: rising demand for high-speed Internet is heating up the Web in Latin America

In Latin America, where the technique was commonplace, it was called "el submarino."

America's amnesia

NEW CARREFOUR UNIT: Centros Comerciales Carrefour SA, the Spanish division of French hypermarket operator Carrefour SA, has acquired Submarino Hispania SA for an undisclosed price.

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The Commission's legal experts should give their answer in early February.The Andalusian Ombudsman transferred a complaint lodged by several social and political associations from the Gibraltar area, grouped under the "Plataforma Contra el Submarino del Campo de Gibraltar".

OMBUDSMAN CALLS FOR INQUIRY INTO NUCLEAR SUBMARINE IN GIBRALTAR

The state-of-the-art facility, which will remind some visitors of Chicago's famed Shedd Aquarium, is located in the Sans Souci district of Santo Domingo, near the outlet of the Ozama River, the Lighthouse of Columbus, and the city's colonial zone, and between two maritime national parks, Litoral Sur Santo Domingo and SubMarino La Caleta.

Aquatic attractions on Dominican shores

A classic example of PhilRice-released variety that is also a product of precision breeding is the NSIC Rc194, or Submarino 1, which has a submergence-tolerant trait,' Suralta said.