Stories for February 2006 , page 13

Friday, February 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

Brazil in no rush to withdraw from Haiti

Brazil has no timetable to withdraw its troops under United Nations flag from Haiti said president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva currently underlining he did not want a repeat of the Rwanda killings and chaos.

Friday, February 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

Russia hosts G8 Finance ministers' summit

Russia which has become a world oil powerhouse hosts its first meeting of finance ministers from G8 nations this weekend with debt and energy on the agenda, but traditional topics like exchange rates and the US current account deficit are conspicuously absent.

Friday, February 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

UK interest rates on hold at 4.5%

The Bank of England decided Thursday to leave interest rates on hold at 4.5% in spite of some expectations of a possible cut.
The last time UK rates were cut was in August 2005 when they fell a quarter of a point.

Friday, February 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

Chilean record exports

Chilean exports totalled 3.649 billion US dollars in January, up 22% from the same month in 2005, according to the monthly bulletin from Chile's Central Bank.

Friday, February 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

Penguin News Update.

Headlines:
Flares spotted near South Georgia: source is a ?mystery'; MPs cancel visit; Cruise ships this week; Polar yachtsman passes Falklands; Ground collision halts flight; Antarctic rower is off again; London winner measures Stanley's marathon.

Friday, February 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

FAM “sanitary emergency” in Argentina

A “sanitary emergency” was declared Friday in Argentina following a foot and mouth disease outbreak in the northeastern province of Corrientes earlier in the week.

Thursday, February 9th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

New political scenario looming in Costa Rica

Costa Rica's new president will only be known at the end of February because the hand counting of ballots is estimated to take another three weeks, announced Wednesday the president of the country's Electoral Tribunal, TSE.

Thursday, February 9th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

Former associate of ousted president leads Haiti election

Former President Rene Preval and once a close political associate of ousted Jean-Bertrand Aristede, was leading in Wednesday's vote count of Haiti's Tuesday elections accumulating a big lead over his rivals.

Thursday, February 9th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

Venezuela boosts oil exports to China

Venezuela's Energy minister announced Wednesday the doubling of oil exports to China and tried to mend fences with Spanish-Argentine oil and gas corporation Repsol-YPF which he previously described as “colonialist”.

Thursday, February 9th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

Repsol-YPF “hunted” or “on the hunt”

Spanish Argentine Repsol-YPF oil and gas consortium is being “hunted” or is “on the hunt” to recover lost positions speculates the Spanish press this week.