MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for November 1st 2005
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Tuesday, November 1st 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Telesur new Latin American TV station goes on air.
A map of South America flashed on the screen and theme music played as live news broadcasts began Monday on a new Latin American TV station backed by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as an alternative to large corporate media outlets.
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Tuesday, November 1st 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Montevideo, Bs. Aires calm river waters
Argentina and Uruguay sought yesterday to calm a row that escalated at the weekend over Uruguay's decision to build two paper pulp factories on its side of the river dividing the two countries.
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Tuesday, November 1st 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Chile-Peru Relations Again Tense
A growing dispute between Peru and Chile over maritime rights has raised the hackles of diplomats in both nations and stoked tensions simmering since a sea war more than a century ago.
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Tuesday, November 1st 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Miller anticipates more business with South America
Falkland Islands Chamber of Commerce president and former Councillor Tim Miller last week visited Uruguay to re-establish business links and the long standing friendship with the city of Montevideo, which until three decades ago was the Islands main link to the rest of the world.
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Tuesday, November 1st 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Remembrance Sunday in the Falklands.
The following arrangements have been made for Sunday 13th November 2005, Remembrance Sunday.
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Tuesday, November 1st 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Brazil hopes to lift FAM bans on beef by end of year
Brazil is hopeful the ban on Brazilian beef imposed by almost 50 countries following several outbreaks of foot and mouth disease will be lifted by the end of the year, said Agriculture Minister Rodrigo Rodrigues.
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Tuesday, November 1st 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Majority of Argentines reject US policies
Only two out of three Argentines are pleased their country will host this week's Summit of the Americas, with over half expressing fears of a terrorist attack, according to a public opinion survey published this week by the Buenos Aires daily Pagina/12.
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Tuesday, November 1st 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Brazil and Argentina with hefty trade surpluses
Brazil's trade surplus during the first ten months of 2005 almost surpassed the 2004 record, announced Tuesday the Brazilian Central Bank. By the end of October, the surplus was 36,350 billion US dollars while in 2004 it had totalled 33,696 billion.
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Tuesday, November 1st 2005 - 20:00 UTC
HMS Cumberland seizes £ 200 million in drug bust
The British frigate HMS Cumberland has seized a two-tonne haul of cocaine with a UK street value of some £200 Million in a Caribbean drug bust, reports the Royal Navy.
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Tuesday, November 1st 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Fed raises rate to 4% and anticipates more
Determined to keep inflationary pressures in check and in a move expected by market analysts the Federal Reserve decided Tuesday to raise interest rates for the twelfth consecutive time increasing the base rate by 25 points to 4%.
