MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 2005
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Sunday, March 27th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Duhalde underlines Mercosur 14 years of achievements
Eduardo Duhalde president of the Mercosur Permanent Representatives Committee praised this Monday in the achievements of Mercosur on its 14th anniversary.
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Saturday, March 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
News in Brief
Headlines: “Gauchos” contest in Uruguay; Duhalde in Morocco for Mercosur-Arab League talks; IMF board congratulates Lula; Chagas' disease alert for visitors to Brazil; Canadian Speaker visit Buenos Aires; Chile-Peru dispute; Frozen billions; Petrobras to raise its investment in 25 %; Colombian Police Find Submarine for Drugs.
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Saturday, March 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Alone on the ocean, yachtsmen plan to signal to their nearest neighbours, in space.
A stirring tale of adventure on the high seas takes on a new dimension as yachtsmen try to make contact with the International Space Station.
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Friday, March 25th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands will attend oil convention in Canada.
The Falkland Islands will be represented at this year's American Association of Petroleum Geologists annual convention next June with a special technical presentation on “Exploring Deep Water Fans in Falklands' basins”.
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Friday, March 25th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Inflation fears in United States
United States consumer price index jumped 0,4% last February over January, the highest surge since October, while the basic index, excluding food and energy, increased 0,3%.
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Friday, March 25th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Portman, new US Trade Representative
US president George Bush named Republican Congressman Rob Portman Foreign Trade Representative because he's the “appropriate man” to push forward with the country's trade agenda.
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Friday, March 25th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Cuban crackdown on “anti-social” dissidents
Cuban authorities announced Wednesday a campaign by the Committees for the Defence of the Revolution (CDR), considered the “eyes and ears” of the Communist regime, against dissidents and others officially labelled “anti-social elements”.
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Friday, March 25th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
With gas, Bolivia hopes to regain sea access
President Carlos Mesa said Bolivia is prepared to sell natural gas to Chile as long as its neighbour agrees to give this landlocked nation access to the Pacific Ocean, a Bolivian goal ever since it lost its coastline to Chile in a 19th century war.
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Thursday, March 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Nafta leaders show unity but problems persist.
President George Bush signed Wednesday a pact with the leaders of neighbouring Mexico and Canada aimed at boosting security and economic ties.
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Thursday, March 24th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela splits up landed estates.
Venezuela has declared a huge British-owned cattle ranch to be state property and handed out permits for local farmers to take over the land.
