MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 2006
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Sunday, March 5th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Penguins' story banned from Missouri children's library
A children's book about two male penguins that raise a baby penguin has been moved to the nonfiction section of two public library branches in Missouri, United States after parents complained it had homosexual undertones, reports the US press.
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Saturday, March 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands' scientist president of Cephalopod Council
The Falkland Islands Fisheries Department's Chief Scientist Doctor Alexander “Sasha” Arkhipkin has been elected President of the Cephalopod International Advisory Council.
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Saturday, March 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil proposes regional energy market
Latin America should form a regional market for cheap energy that will boost development across the continent, a top energy official said Friday.
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Friday, March 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News Update.
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Sports Week victory; July earliest for police trial; Ship still detained; ?Otter' inspections; Teenager killed in road crash; Reports rubbished. -
Friday, March 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Sweden's first case of mad cow
Sweden's first case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, mad cow disease, has been confirmed by the European Union's central laboratory and in the Netherlands an 8 year old cow was also diagnosed with BSE.
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Friday, March 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean Consumer prices drop 0.1% in February
The February Consumer price index in Chile dropped 0.1%, accumulating 4.1% in the last twelve months and 0% over December 2005, according to a Friday release from the National Statistics Institute.
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Friday, March 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Record cruise season for Ushuaia
Ushuaia in the extreme south of Argentina is living a record summer season with fifty cruise vessels calling and almost 100.000 visitors, according to a report from the Argentine Coast Guard.
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Friday, March 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean president praises Chavez, rejects “leftist wave”
Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, whose term expires March 11, had kind words for controversial Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez at an economic forum in Santiago.
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Thursday, March 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine Leader Touts Economic Recovery
President Nestor Kirchner told Congress on Wednesday that Argentina's recovery from a deep crisis in 2002 is one of the strongest rebounds here in a century.
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Thursday, March 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Dispute between Argentina and Uruguay
Uruguay rejected a plea by Argentine President Nestor Kirchner on Wednesday to temporarily halt construction of two pulp mills that have sparked environmental concerns, protests and a deep diplomatic crisis between the neighbors.
