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Stories for September 5th 2003

  • Friday, September 5th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    A complicated election.

    Santa Fe province, Argentina's fourth strongest electoral circumscription is going to the polls this Sunday becoming another testing ground for President Nestor Kirchner and the ruling Justicialista party.

  • Friday, September 5th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Chile, “a country of consensuses”.

    Chile is a country of consensus which has left behind the polarization of thirty years ago that led to the bloody military coup of September 11, 1973, although there are still some totalitarian enclaves, legacy of the Pinochet regime, said Chilean president Ricardo Lagos.

  • Friday, September 5th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Hepatitis in Punta Arenas.

    Eight cases of hepatitis have been confirmed in the last two weeks in Punta Arenas. The Regional Officer of the Epidemiology and Statistics Unit Eduardo Velasquez said that so far this year 13 cases of hepatitis A have been reported compared to 17 during the whole of 2002.

  • Friday, September 5th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    UVR red and yellow “lights”

    Punta Arenas Regional Public Health Ministry Office reinstated this week the ultra violet radiation, UVR, forecast to protect local residents and keep them away from harmful solar exposure.

  • Friday, September 5th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Breaking News.

    Headlines:
    Argentine August inflation flat
    Miserable erratic salaries.

  • Friday, September 5th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    World Bank puts pressure on Argentina.

    The World Bank estimates the Argentine economy this year will expand 5% and to sustain that rate of growth will need new investments and consequently increase public utility rates and further advance in pending structural reforms.

  • Friday, September 5th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Penguin News Friday 5th update

    Headlines: Falklands albatross ?endangered' species; KEMH irregularities; NVQ problem solved; MPA bully victim ?snaps'; Summer time begins.