MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 2006
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Wednesday, March 29th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Puerto Belgrano blocked for another week
Leaders of the pickets that are blocking Puerto Belgrano, Argentina's main naval compound, in demand for higher salaries and improved working conditions estimate that an agreement can be reached sometime next week, reports La Nueva Provincia from Bahía Blanca.
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Tuesday, March 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
China forecasts slower growth this year: ?8.7%
China's steam rolling economic growth will slow gradually towards the fourth quarter, according to a Chinese central bank report published in “China Securities Journal”.
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Tuesday, March 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Bachelet opens main air show in Latinamerica
Chilean president Michelle Bachelet opened Monday in Santiago the XVI Air and Space International Fair, FIDAE, one of the world's leading events of the aerospace industry which this year attracted over 300 companies from 40 different countries.
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Tuesday, March 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Police involved in death of Falklands' veteran
Four British police officers were guilty of the “most serious neglect of duty” over the death of former Falklands' veteran Christopher Alder in 1998, a watchdog has ruled, reports the BBC.
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Tuesday, March 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil increases rain forest protection area
Brazil announced plans to expand protection of the Amazon rain forest, as cabinet ministers from more than 90 nations arrived in Curitiba for a United Nations sponsored environmental conference.
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Tuesday, March 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
US religious leaders march against immigration reform
Dozens of Christian, Muslim and Jewish clergy marched in Washington to the U.S. Congress Monday to protest the proposed immigration-law reform, a day after huge demonstrations in several US cities.
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Tuesday, March 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Peruvian presidential campaign flares but still undecided
With less than two weeks to the April 9 election Peruvian ultra nationalist presidential candidate Ollanta Humala remains ahead in the first round but looks like having problems in a hypothetical run off with runner up Social Christian Lourdes Flores.
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Tuesday, March 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Airbridge movers: communication is key
Communication is the name of the game when travelling on the airbridge between Brize Norton and the Falklands, a group from the Royal Air Force have said, particularly if you have special requirements for the flight.
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Tuesday, March 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Mantega Brazil new finance minister
Brazil's new Finance Minister Guido Mantega said on Monday that the government's conservative economic policies will not change and called its primary budget surplus target “sacred.”
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Tuesday, March 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Fed raises interest rates 25 points to 4.75%
The United States Federal Reserve meeting for the first time under Chairman Ben Bernanke raised interest rates for the fifteenth time by 25 points to 4.75%.
