MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for July 13th 2006
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Thursday, July 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil discovers light crude in Santos basin
Petrobras and partners British Gas and Petrogal from Portugal have found light crude in the ultra-deepwater BM-S-11 block in the Santos basin, announced this week the Brazilian Energy company.
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Thursday, July 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Lopez Obrador working for massive rally on Sunday
From different districts in Mexico peaceful marchers begun converging on Mexico City in support of presidential hopeful Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and to protest what they say was a “vote fraud” in Sunday July 2 presidential election which has as undeclared winner by half a percentage point ,Conservative candidate Felipe Calderón.
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Thursday, July 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur to discuss regional integration challenges
A Mercosur seminar on “Challenges to regional integration” will take place Thursday in Montevideo with the participation of representatives from the now five full members, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela, plus associate member Chile.
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Thursday, July 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Pilots end strike and Iberia takes off again
Pilots from Spanish flag air carrier Iberia agreed to end a three days strike which forced the company to cancel over 200 flights daily, announced Wednesday the Spanish government.
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Thursday, July 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Lula da Silva: “US and Venezuela need each other”
Brazilian president Lula da Silva welcomed last week's entry of Venezuela into Mercosur and said regional integration is the main axis of his administration's foreign policy.
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Thursday, July 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Gangs resume attacks on Sao Paulo police
Gang violence that is “terrorizing” Brazil's biggest and richest state may require emergency measures from the federal government, but local authorities must request help, signalled President Lula da Silva.
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Thursday, July 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
The 500 billion US dollars sport's business
The economic and commercial success of the recent World Cup in Germany gives an idea of the money generated by the world's “seventeenth economy” with an annual turn over of 500 billion US dollars.
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Thursday, July 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chavez predicts the “end of the US empire”
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said that he will increase support for Cuba and suggested United States prepare “its own transition plan because this century the American empire will come to an end”.
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Thursday, July 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Court rules pup mills construction can continue
The International Court of Justice in The Hague rejected Thursday Argentina's request to suspend the construction of two pulp mills in Uruguay on the ground that they pose a pollution threat.
