Argentines returned to stores this Christmas season after two years when holiday spending was negligible amid an economic depression, a report released Thursday indicated.
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I am sure that most of you will be celebrating Christmas at home in the company of your families and friends, but I know that some of you will not be so lucky.
Pope John Paul II asked Christ to deliver mankind from the armed conflicts that are tearing apart entire regions of the world and the plague of terrorism.
The Chilean administration of President Ricardo Lagos has a 47% public opinion support, but 32% still express disapproval, according to the latest poll made public this week by the prestigious Fundación Futuro from Santiago.
The idea of the Argentine government is to begin flights to the Islas Malvinas from Argentine territory and with Argentine flag carriers, reinforcing the concept that it's Argentine territory, and that for us all the people living in the Islands are Argentine, Julián Tetamantti, Argentine Consul in Punta Arenas is quoted by La Prensa Austral.
The British Prime Minister Tony Blair has called on the Argentine Government to actively participate, with the Falkland Islands, 'in practical cooperation on matters of mutual interest'. Mr Blair's comments came during his annual Christmas message to the Islanders which was broadcasted on the BBC World Service.
Gibraltar Government responded swiftly to the report in The Chronicle that Spain is mounting a fresh assault on Gibraltar's position in the European Union and is seeking the Rock's exclusion from the external borders of the EU. It emerged that Government was in the dark over this incident.
The outbreak of the first mad cow case in the United States could force a rise of beef prices in the international market benefiting organic producing countries such as Uruguay and Argentina.
The International Monetary Fund came in for further attack from President Néstor Kirchner yesterday, at an event in the Peronist stronghold of Mataderos.