MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 22nd 2008
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Friday, August 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Two billion people suffer impact of Hepatitis B virus
The United Nations health agency is launching a new information campaign to highlight the impact of the hepatitis B virus, which is currently found in about 2 billion people worldwide despite being largely preventable by vaccine for more than 25 years.
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Friday, August 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
US inflation outlook “highly uncertain” says Fed' Bernanke
US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said the inflation outlook for the country is “highly uncertain”. Rising prices, coupled with the effects of the credit crunch, had given the US economy a battering.
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Friday, August 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay criticizes Mercosur tolerance of export taxes
Uruguay's Economy minister Danilo Astori criticized export taxes and complained the fact Mercosur has allowed Argentina to apply them when “we all know this is a simple manipulation of the economy” which also has political effects.
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Friday, August 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil's ultra-deep water oil deposits production in 2013
Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras CEO Sergio Gabrielli said Friday he expects new ultra-deep-water finds to yield 100,000 barrels of oil a day by 2010 and announced the company would begin testing production in the fields next September 2 although “we don't expect the new fields to have a significant impact on oil production until 2013”.
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Friday, August 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Insufficient calves and forage threaten Uruguay beef industry
Uruguay which has been breaking beef export records for the last few years is facing growing difficulties in keeping the necessary calves' production level, while the large farmlands dedicated to agriculture keep expanding and forage sowing has been delayed because of lack of sufficient rains.
