MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2005
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Monday, August 29th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Duhalde, head of Mercosur Committee until December
Eduardo Duhalde will continue as head of the Mercosur Standing Representatives Committee until December 26 and will not be involved in the “cheap politics and accusations” of the current Argentine mid term electioneering, revealed a close aide of the former Argentine caretaker president.
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Monday, August 29th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Crude oil tops $70 per barrel.
Crude oil futures spiked to more than $70 (U.S.) a barrel for the first time as Hurricane Katrina took dead aim on U.S. oil and refinery operations Monday, shutting down an estimated one million barrels of refining capacity and sharply curbing offshore production in the region.
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Saturday, August 27th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Tsunami effect reached south Chile and Falklands
Last December's tsunami which swept violently through a dozen countries in the Indian Ocean was also felt in such distant places as Peru, Canada, Chile and even the Falkland Islands according to a report published in “Science” magazine.
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Saturday, August 27th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Rio Group confirms support for Haiti and Chavez
The Foreign and Deputy ministers of the Rio Group kicked off a two-day extraordinary meeting at Bariloche tourist centre in Argentina's Patagonia, following postponement of the Rio Summit of their presidents.
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Friday, August 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil's inflation restless and record low unemployment
Mid month thirty days consumer prices index in Brazil accelerated to 0,28% during August compared to 0,11% in July reported the Brazilian Geography and Statistics Institute, IBOPE.
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Friday, August 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
World energy shortage threatening Asian expansion
Oil's surging price threatens with slowing Asia's economic expansion, whose strong demand for crude is precisely one of the main reasons for the ballooning of crude, said International Monetary Fund Managing Director Rodrigo Rato.
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Friday, August 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Buenos Aires Councillors planning Falklands' trip
Buenos Aires City Councillors have under consideration a project creating a special commission to honour the hundreds of Argentines “who sacrificed their lives in the Malvinas war”.
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Friday, August 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela opens fields to Chinese oil corporation
Venezuela and China signed a “preliminary agreement” for a joint company to drill for light and heavy crude in eastern Venezuela, reported the government owned Petroleos de Venezuela, or PDVSA.
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Friday, August 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News Update.
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Year 11 receive their GCSE results; Ring tones for Christmas; Fuel spillage due to failure in base of tank; Medi-vac to Monte; New vet takes up post. -
Friday, August 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina expects record soybean and sunflower crop
As Argentina's 2005/06 crop year gets under way, analysts say prospects are bright for a record soybean harvest and surging sunflower seed production, but corn and wheat output will slump.
