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Stories for November 24th 2004

• Wednesday, November 24th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Oil tanker aground in Stanley harbour.

  The grounding of a tanker in high winds caused a seven hour drama today in the Falklands on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Second submarine for Chilean Navy.

  The second Chilean submarine specially built by a Franco-Spanish consortium in Cartagena, Spain will be officially named this Wednesday with the participation of the Chilean Minister of Defence, Navy Commander and other high ranking military officers.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Brazil further suspends Air Force shopping.

  Brazil could delay another three or four years the purchase of twelve new fighter bombers for the Air Force, according to Brazilian vice-president Jose Alencar.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Massive infrastructure investment for Magallanes.

  The Chilean central government will be investing in Magallanes Region and Tierra del Fuego during the next six years leading to 2010, the equivalent of 82 million US dollars in transport infrastructure to improve “Austral Connectivity”.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Korean Airlines-Lan Chile pool market.

  Korean Airlines and the Lan group signed this week in Santiago an integration commercial agreement to better develop the growing Latinamerica-Korea air market.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  New record low for the US dollar

  The Euro reached a new record Tuesday against the US dollar, closing at 1, 3080 in financial markets following reports that Russia intends to increase the European Union currency share of its international reserves.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  China fastens Cuban nickel.

  China has agreed to invest 500 million US dollars in the Cuba's nickel industry, a huge boost for the island's economy.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Spanish fingers in anti Chavez 2002 coup.

  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez asserted that “it was true” that the former Spanish conservative administration of Jose Aznar had supported the April 2002 coup.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  China asks “humanitarian” treatment for poachers.

  Beijing called on Peruvian authorities Tuesday to treat the 192 Chinese fishermen caught poaching in Peru's territorial waters in a “humanitarian manner” and reiterated its desire for a diplomatic solution to the incident.

• Wednesday, November 24th 2004 - 20:00 UTC

  Spanish vessels arrival boosts port of Montevideo.

  Around 15 vessels from Spain will arrive before the end of the year and are expected to make Montevideo's port activity more dynamic, generate hundreds of jobs, and yield around USD 300,000 per vessel for the country.