Stories for August 18th 2005

Thursday, August 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

US initiative to contain Chavez involvement

United States Secretary of Defence Donald Rumsfeld in a brief visit to Paraguay praised the local government for its commitment to combat terrorism and “develop free from all foreign influence”.

Thursday, August 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Minorities make up a third of the US population

United States is following on the steps of its most populated states such as California and Texas where the sum of the ethnic and racial minorities is equivalent to half the population according to the latest report from the Census Office.

Thursday, August 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Chileans overseas residents total 857.781

Chile's overseas population totals 857.781 according to the two year census jointly undertaken by the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Statistics Institute.

Thursday, August 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

EU raised Chile's risk of contracting “mad cow”

The European Union officially informed Chile that it was raising the country's risk of contracting Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, “mad cow”, because Chile imported meat and bone meal from Canada and United States between 1997 and 2000.

Thursday, August 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Growing controversy over the London killing

London Metropolitan Police Chief Sir Ian Blair denied Wednesday Scotland Yard was involved in a cover up operation regarding the July tragic shooting by special agents of Brazilian Jean Charles de Menezes who they apparently mistook for a suicide bomber.

Thursday, August 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Rio Group suspends presidential summit

The Rio Group presidential summit scheduled for next August 25/26 in Bariloche, Patagonia, has been suspended but Foreign Affairs ministers will be holding an extraordinary meeting, according to Argentine diplomatic sources.