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Stories for February 28th 2008

  • Thursday, February 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    German banker freezes Euro rate cut expectations

    German Bank Governing president Axel Weber warned on Wednesday that the market's consensus on interest rate expectations in the Euro zone “clearly underestimates” inflation risks and does not match the assessment of a central bank that holds price stability as its main goal.

  • Thursday, February 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Released FARC hostages meet relatives in Venezuela

    FARC hostages arrive at Maiquetia airport

    Four hostages held by Colombian FARC rebels were released on Wednesday, in a deal brokered by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.

  • Thursday, February 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Several Chilean regions facing worst drought in a century

    Chile's Agricultural Ministry added this week 46 districts to the growing list of agricultural zones under a state of emergency. The news comes as farmers in small towns in south-central Chile continue to loose crops and livestock due to severe drought, prompting Chilean President Michelle Bachelet to call an emergency meeting in order to address the situation.

  • Thursday, February 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Report shows links between banks' crisis and heart attacks

    There could be thousands more heart attacks if the banking crisis keeps expanding suggests a paper from Cambridge University. The report, which examines how banking crises in the UK have affected health in the last 40 years, is one of the first to look at the relationship between the two.

  • Thursday, February 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Most foreign tourists this summer opted for Santiago

    Most foreign tourists which arrived in Chile this 2008 summer chose the capital Santiago and its surroundings as the main attraction to visit. Most of the 750.000 tourists came from Argentina, Brazil and United States, according to Sernatur, Chile's Tourism Office.

  • Thursday, February 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Colombia forces capture a senior member of FARC

    Colombian security forces have arrested a senior member of the country's largest insurgency group and one of the most wanted rebels announced the government of President Alvaro Uribe.

  • Thursday, February 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Talks for an OPEC gas cartel advancing announces Iran

    Algeria, Iran, Qatar, and Russia are holding consultations on the creation of an OPEC-like gas cartel, with the structure of the organization being the main topic on the agenda, said Iranian Ambassador to Russia Gholmreza Ansari.

  • Thursday, February 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Light plane crashes in Santiago killing eleven

    The charred remains of a Cessna 210 smolder

    A small instruction plane belonging to Chile's Carabineros (uniformed police) crashed Wednesday morning into a recreational complex in the capital Santiago's Peñaloén borough. The accident left at least 11 people dead and a number of others injured.

  • Thursday, February 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Wildfires in Patagonia threaten centuries old trees

    Chubut declared a state of emergency

    Wildfires raging at a national park in Argentina's Patagonia region since last Sunday are threatening to destroy trees up to thousands of years old and the government has called for residents in the area to evacuate homes and farms.

  • Thursday, February 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Antarctic cruise on ocean/atmosphere gases interaction

    NOOA ship <i> Ronald H. Brown

    More than 30 scientists from all over the world embarked this week from the extreme south of Chile on a research mission to the Southern Ocean. Researchers will battle the elements to study how gases important to climate change move between the atmosphere and the ocean under high winds and seas.

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