MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 20th 2002
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Sunday, October 20th 2002 - 21:00 UTC
Rio de la Plata storm causes one death and 1000 evacuations
One person died and 1000 were evacuated from the city and province of Buenos Aires due to the heavy rains and winds that have been hitting the Rio de la Plata area since Saturday.
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Sunday, October 20th 2002 - 21:00 UTC
Preliminary results in Ecuador show Alvaro Noboa in the lead
Ecuador's Supreme Electoral Tribunal (TSE) announced Sunday evening that 26 percent of the votes in the day's presidential election have been counted and that businessman Alvaro Noboa was in the lead with 17.47 percent.
