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Stories for September 26th 2005

• Monday, September 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina seeks agreement with IMF including “hold outs”

  The Argentine government announced over the weekend in Washington that it seeks a credit accord with the International Monetary Fund and advanced it's willing to address the hold outs of the massive sovereign bonds restructuring program officially closed.

• Monday, September 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands finally to have mobile phones

  According to Rick Hall, a representative of the electronics company Cable & Wireless, the Falkland Islands should, by December this year, join the rest of the world by having a mobile telephone system.

• Monday, September 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Colombian president re-election bid with 56% support

  Colombia president Alvaro Uribe would be elected in the first round by 56% of the vote if his re-election bid is accepted by a special tribunal and if polling was now, according to a prestigious political and business magazine La Semana.

• Monday, September 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Expedition claims discovery of Robinson Crusoe's treasure

  Members of a Chilean expedition believe they have found Robinson Crusoe's legendary hidden treasure of jewels and gold coins dating back to XVIII century with an estimate value of 10 billion US dollars, reports the Chilean press.

• Monday, September 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  World Bank agrees to condone poorest countries debt

  World Bank members reached an agreement this weekend to condone 55 billion US dollars of debs owed by the world's poorest countries to multilateral credit organizations.

• Monday, September 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Subtle recommendations for Argentina-IMF negotiations

  Argentina should not consider proposing a cut in its debt with the International Monetary Fund as it did with private bond holders, if it has plans for a serious negotiation with multilateral credit organizations cautioned Sebastian Edwards, former chief economist of the World Bank.

• Monday, September 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Record cruise season forecasted for Punta Arenas

  Following the confirmation of the Chilean flagged “Antarctic Dream” and “Le Diamant” from Noble Caledonia, Punta Arenas 2005/06 cruise season will complete 148 calls of domestic and international vessels.

• Monday, September 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean president most admired by regional elites

  Chilean president Ricardo Lagos is the Latinamerican leader most admired by the “elites” of the region according to an opinion poll from Zogby International contracted by the Business Administration School from the University of Miami and released Sunday by The Miami Herald.