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Stories for April 23rd 2001

  • Monday, April 23rd 2001 - 21:00 UTC

    FIBS Breaking News.

  • Monday, April 23rd 2001 - 21:00 UTC

    US contrary to FAM immunization

    Despite the risk posed by highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease, FAM, US sanitary authorities and the meat industry have so far refused to consider immunizing livestock in the United States.

  • Monday, April 23rd 2001 - 21:00 UTC

    Reasonable prospects for Latinamerica.

    World economic growth will abruptly slowdown this year falling to 2,2% from last year's 4%, according to the latest World Bank report. However this hard landing should be softer for Latinamerica GDP which is expected to grow 3,7% in 2001, almost equivalent to last year's 3,8%, and push to 4,4% in 2002.

  • Monday, April 23rd 2001 - 21:00 UTC

    Shell plans to invest heavily in Tierra del Fuego

    Royal Dutch Shell has selected Tierra del Fuego as its main option to set up a plant to extract liquid fuels from natural gas. The project involves investing 1,5 billion US dollars and will concentrate in elaborating virgin petrol, jet fuel and diesel-oil.