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Stories for July 2003

  • Monday, July 7th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Breaking News.

    Headlines:

    Chile: Air intoxication in Iberia craft
    Chile and Argentina coordinate Antarctic operations.

  • Friday, July 4th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Breaking News.

    Headlines:
    Insufficient inflation in Uruguay; Deflation in Argentina; Chile's inflation flat; Unexpected rise in US unemployment.

  • Friday, July 4th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Silver and two Bronze for Falklands at 2003 Islands Games.

    After 4 days of competition at the 10th NatWest Island Games in Guernsey, the Falklands have won silver and two bronze medals. Graham Didlick, who missed the 2001 Island Games on the Isle of Man, scored 290 in the Police Pistol 1 Individual event, to take second place and a silver medal.

  • Friday, July 4th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Scientists Baffled by Sea Creature

    Chilean scientists are seeking international help to identify the remains of a gigantic sea creature found on a beach in southern Chile.

  • Friday, July 4th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Penguin News Friday 4th update

    Headlines: Women's rights eroded?

  • Friday, July 4th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Police Chief of Argentine Province Sacked

    Authorities sacked the police chief for Buenos Aires province on Thursday, days after plans were announced to send more than 2.000 national guardsmen onto the streets to curtail a crime wave.

  • Friday, July 4th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Ex-generals acknowledge Pinochet-era exhumation

    Retired Chilean army generals, including members of ex-dictator Augusto Pinochet's junta, acknowledged for the first time yesterday that secret graves of people who “disappeared” under the 1973-1990 dictatorship were later dug up in order to hide the bodies again.

  • Friday, July 4th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Actualización Penguin News

    Titulares: ¿Derechos de las mujeres erosionados?

  • Thursday, July 3rd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Brazil: Good and bad news.

    Brazil managed a 10,2 billion US dollars trade surplus during the first half of 2003, in line with the government's target of annual overseas sales of 68 billion US dollars for the twelve months.

  • Thursday, July 3rd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Argentine oil industry requests stable rules

    The drop in Argentina's oil and natural gas reserves, and the need for “clear and stable rules of the game” was highlighted during the “Hydrocarbons Congress 2003” that is currently taking place in Buenos Aires.