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Stories for May 27th 2006

• Saturday, May 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Partial lifting of beef export ban in Argentina

  The Argentine government announced a partial lifting of the ban on beef exports which was imposed last March with the purpose of forcing prices down in the domestic market.

• Saturday, May 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean parents concerned with “obese” children

  Two out of ten Chilean children at the age of six are obese with a 40% chance of becoming obese adults, according to a report from the Chilean Health Ministry.

• Saturday, May 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Indigenous candidate runs for president in Ecuador

  The political branch of Ecuador's major indigenous organization, the Pachakutik movement has nominated its leader presidential candidate for the country's coming election next October.

• Saturday, May 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Sao Paulo police investigated for “revenge” killings

  Brazil's Sao Paulo state top prison official Nagashi Furukawa resigned Friday two weeks after a wave of violence ordered by jailed gang leaders killed at least 150 people including 42 police and prison guards.

• Saturday, May 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  US economy going strong but inflation fears persist

  The United States economy expanded 5.3% in the first quarter of 2006, its fastest growth rate in two-and-a-half years, according to a release this week from the US Department of Commerce.

• Saturday, May 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile's first cloned cow expected for December

  Researchers at the Universidad Austral de Chile (Uach) are closer to reaching their goal of cloning the first cow in Chile. Scientists expect Chile's first bovine clone to be born December 2006.

• Saturday, May 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  3.000 dead as quake rocks Indonesia

  A powerful earthquake flattened buildings in central Indonesia, killing at least 3.000 people and injuring thousands more in the country's worst disaster since the 2004 tsunami.

• Saturday, May 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Venezuela, Spain sign deal on military boats

  Spain will start building eight military patrol boats for Venezuela under a long-awaited deal that was signed Friday and has angered the United States.

• Saturday, May 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Agreement to promote high seas sustainable fishing

  Countries agreed Friday on a wide range of recommendations to promote sustainable fishing on the high seas as a conference to review the implementation of a landmark treaty on managing and conserving valuable fish stocks concluded at United Nations Headquarters in New York.