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Stories for December 19th 2008

• Friday, December 19th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay's record wheat crop nightmare for farmers' pockets

  

  Uruguay expects this year its largest wheat harvest on record, 1.3 million tons including 900.000 for export, according to a report from the Agriculture Ministry Planning and Policies Office, OPYPA.

• Friday, December 19th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  U.S Defense Sec.Gates orders plan to close Guantanamo

  

  U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates is has ordered his staff to prepare a plan for closing the Guantanamo Bay detention center, to be ready for possible implementation soon after President-elect Barack Obama takes office January 20.

• Friday, December 19th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

  Headlines:Endurance under tow to Punta Arenas; 'Satisfactory' progress report for FICS; From messboy to master; This week's cruise ships.

• Friday, December 19th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine court orders release of jailed officers

  

  The order to release of 12 torture suspects from Argentina's 1976-1983 military dictatorship unleashed a storm of condemnation from President Cristina Fernandez as well as human rights organizations in Argentina Thursday.