MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 2005
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Tuesday, August 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Governors VI V's CBFSAI VI - Shotgun Challenge
The first Falklands Gun Club Shotgun Challenge took place on what can only be described as a windswept Phillips Point Range this weekend.
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Tuesday, August 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Maradona and Pele launch talk show
Former soccer superstar Diego Maradona began a new career on television last night with a show of his own, to which he added a big roster of guests including his Brazilian peer Pelé.
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Tuesday, August 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela: Plane with 160 aboard crashed
A Colombian charter jet carrying tourists from Panama to Martinique crashed in Venezuela yesterday after its engines failed, killing all 160 aboard in one of the country's worst air disasters.
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Monday, August 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Oil prices and Chinese textiles boost US trade deficit
The United States trade deficit jumped 6% in June reaching 58,8 billion US dollars boosted by the soaring price of oil. The gap in May was 55,4 billion US dollars.
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Monday, August 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Chile limits compulsory military service
Chile drastically reformed the selection and recruiting system limiting compulsory military service to the needs of the Chilean Armed Forces.
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Monday, August 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Cabinet crisis sweeps support for Peruvian president
Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo's public opinion support plummeted following the cabinet crisis he created when naming a political ally to a key post, a move rejected by the rest of cabinet members.
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Monday, August 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Lab produced meat from cells to feed millions
According to scientists from the University of Maryland advances in cell and tissue engineering could lead to the production in laboratory conditions of meat from cells extracted to animals.
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Monday, August 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Magallanes export boom in second quarter
Magallanes region exports increased 36% during the second quarter totalling 245,2 million US dollars, compared to the same period last year.
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Monday, August 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands' war film in Spanish film festival
“Enlightened by fire”, the Argentine film showing how Argentine soldiers were mistreated and humiliated by their own officers during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict will be competing in the San Sebastian, Spain, film Festival next September.
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Monday, August 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur-CAN speed integration process
The full integration timetable for Mercosur and the Community of Andean Nations could be advanced from 2014 to 2010 in the coming South American Nations Community presidential summit which will be hosted by Brazil next September.
