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Stories for February 9th 2006

• 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.

• Thursday, February 9th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Chavez blasts Britain's Blair for comments on Venezuela

  President Hugo Chavez blasted Britain's Tony Blair on Wednesday for saying that Venezuela “should comply with the rules of the international community.”

• Thursday, February 9th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  US fighters 'yards from BA plane'

  Two American Air Force fighter planes came close to a British Airways regional passenger aircraft amid “general confusion”, an official accident report has said.

• Thursday, February 9th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  First case of H5N1 bird flu in Africa

  A deadly strain of bird flu has been discovered on a poultry farm in northern Nigeria, health officials said Wednesday, marking the virus's first known appearance in Africa.

• Thursday, February 9th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  “Mr Blair, return the Malvinas/Falkands to Argentina”

  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez called on British Primer Minister Tony Blair to return the Malvinas/Falkland Islands to Argentina after naming him a “subordinate” of United States and accomplice in flouting international law.

• Thursday, February 9th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  More countries ban Argentine animal produce

  While Argentine animal health officials desperately try to find the origin of the foot and mouth disease outbreak in the northeastern province of Corrientes, the list of countries banning beef and other animal produce imports from Argentina keeps growing.

• Thursday, February 9th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  “Bad news” for South American beef producers

  The detection of foot-and-mouth in Argentina is bad news for major beef producers throughout southernmost South America admitted Brazilian and Uruguayan cattle breeders associations.