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Stories for January 22nd 2006

  • Sunday, January 22nd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

    Peru and Brazil inaugurated the new Integration Bridge

    The presidents of Peru and Brazil, Alejandro Toledo and Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, on Saturday inaugurated the new Integration Bridge which spans their common border and opens a Pacific Ocean trade route for Brazil.

  • Sunday, January 22nd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

    Bolivian Indians proclaim Morales their supreme authority

    Bolivian President-elect Evo Morales, dressed in a bright red tunic worn only by the most important pre-Inca priests, promised to do away with vestiges of his country's colonial past Saturday in a spiritual ceremony at an ancient temple on the eve of his inauguration.

  • Sunday, January 22nd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

    Japan renews ban on US beef fearing BSE

    Japan renewed the ban on United States beef imports following the discovery of outlawed spinal material, which has been scientifically linked to Spongiform Bovine Encephalitis, or “mad cow” in a shipment of veal from New York.