MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for April 23rd 2003
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Wednesday, April 23rd 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Who will receive the presidential sash May 25?
If the Argentine presidential election this coming Sunday is as contested as anticipated by opinion polls and a run off is needed May 18, it's not completely certain that caretaker president Eduardo Duhalde will be handing the presidential sash to his elected successor on May 25 as current legislation anticipates.
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Wednesday, April 23rd 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Another scandal for Mr. Lagos
After enduring a full year of political and financial scandals involving former associates, this week Chilean president Ricardo Lagos administration has been forced to openly support Minister of Defence Michelle Bachelet who allegedly in the mid eighties was active in a terrorist group combating the dictatorship of General Augusto Pinochet.
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Wednesday, April 23rd 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina free of FAM with vaccination
Argentina will formally request next month before the Paris based International Office of Epizooties that the country be considered free of foot and mouth disease with vaccination.
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Wednesday, April 23rd 2003 - 21:00 UTC
US record budget deficit
The United States government had a record deficit of 252,6 billion US dollars during the first half of fiscal 2003 indicated the Treasury Department. March was the most significant month with a 58,7 billion deficit following an expenditure increase of 6,6% and a 6,1% fall in revenue.
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Wednesday, April 23rd 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean Navy incorporates British frigate
The Chilean Navy will launch its surface fleet renewal program at the end of 2003 when a short list of two/three of the current eleven shipyards interested, will be chosen said Admiral Miguel Angel Vergara in Santiago.
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Wednesday, April 23rd 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Madrid-Gibraltar flights plan
Mayor of Spanish city Algeciras Patricio Gonzalez issued a statement in which he claimed that an aviation agreement between Britain and Spain for three daily flights between Madrid and Gibraltar is about to be finalised.
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Wednesday, April 23rd 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Fisheries News
Warning from Chubut fishing companies; Meeting to explore Faroese fisheries management; Airfreight costs cut to promote exports; A taste of the same medicine in Taiwan; Galicia's productivity recovers; UK fish filleting bus hits the road;
