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Experts worried by ?tampered' explosives; Visiting Magistrate for the Falklands?; We're going to the Games.
News in brief: Pampuro describes military build up; BFFI becomes BFSAI.
Argentina is planning to significantly increase its naval presence in the South Atlantic to consolidate open spaces and protect fisheries thus preparing for problems in the future, said Argentine Defence Minister José Pampuro.
Consumer prices in Argentina during April increased 0,9%, the highest since March 2003, accumulating 2% in the first four months of 2004, according to the Statistics and Census Institute.
Consumer prices in Uruguay during April advanced 1,23% reaching 4,09% in the first four months of 2004. The Uruguayan Statistics Institute indicated that the increase was mainly because of vegetable and fruit prices influenced by a strong summer drought and the incoming winter fashion in Clothing.
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Santa Cruz conditions licence renewal ; EU loses patience and increases blue whiting TAC; China and Chile to discuss; Scientists highlight problem of by-catch; EU bans tuna and swordfish from five countries; Spain takes 20% of European Seafood Exposition; Successful breeding of freshwater shrimp.
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Overseas Territories meeting in London; Tories solid rock behind Gibraltar; U.N. decolonization seminar in Papua New Guinea; Cruise controversy: UK diplomatic protest; Gibraltar Labour deplores Macshane's remarks.
Falklands Teams preparing for it's first ever Commonwealth Young Games.
The Open Market Committee of the United States Federal Reserve decided this Tuesday to keep the Federal funds rate unchanged at 1%.
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Inflation remains below one digit in Chile; Neo-Nazi march in Santiago banned; More Chilean troops to Haiti.
A majority of Peruvians 88,6%, disapprove President Alejandro Toledo's administration and 20,2% said they would vote for former president Alberto Fujimori if elections were held now, according to an opinion poll by the Peruvian Market Research Company, CPI published this week in Lima's press.