Stories for June 30th 2007
Saturday, June 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
President Hugo Chavez calls for Belarus partnership
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called for a strategic partnership with Belarus Friday, calling his Belarusian counterpart a "brother-in-arms" and lamenting the pressure he said the United States was putting on Minsk and Caracas
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Politics, Latin America.
Saturday, June 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands admitted to the International Cricket Council
The International Cricket Council (ICC) completed a unique 'century' Friday when it admitted four new countries, Cameroon, The Falkland Islands, Peru and Swaziland - taking its membership to 101.
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Politics, Falkland Islands.
Saturday, June 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
If Brazilian right is stronger, we'll quit Mercosur, said Chavez
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez said he's willing to withdraw his country's request to become full member of Mercosur because in his own words it's a mechanism “marked by capitalism and ferocious competence”, according to an official news release.
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Politics, Latin America.
