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Stories for July 2006

• Tuesday, July 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  WTO Lamy on hectic “head cracking” consensus tour

  World Trade Organization Director General Pascal Lamy embarked upon a hectic schedule of meetings in a final bid to reach a global free trade agreement.

• Tuesday, July 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentines hold 122 billion US dollars in overseas assets

  Argentines had assets overseas equivalent to 122 billion US dollars at the end of 2005, according to the country's Statistics and Census Institute.

• Tuesday, July 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Aerolineas Argentinas CEO unceremoniously sacked

  Aerolineas Argentinas CEO Antonio Mata was fired Monday for criticizing a recent “controversial” agreement by which the Argentine government recovers in two years 20% of the Argentine flag carrier, and for demanding an immediate increase in domestic air rates “if the company is to remain afloat”.

• Tuesday, July 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile's June inflation jumps 0.6%; 3.9% in 12 months

  Gasoline, public transport and liquid gas helped push the Chilean Consumer Prices Index for the month of June to an unexpected 0.6%, according to the country's Statistics Office.

• Tuesday, July 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil forecasted to grow 4.5% in 2006

  Pushed by strong private and government investment Brazil's economy is in position to grow 4.5% in 2006, said Finance Minister Guido Mantega.

• Tuesday, July 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  First round for the whales: Navy sonar banned

  A United States federal judge temporarily blocked the US Navy from using active sonar during a major multi-nation exercise off Hawaii until it could negotiate a settlement with environmentalists who say the sound waves would harm whales and other marine mammals.

• Monday, July 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Islanders in Iceland: looking at tourism through ?fresh eyes'

  FOURTEEN members of the Falklands tourism industry returned to the Islands last week, filled with enthusiasm and inspiration after a ten day study tour of Iceland.

• Monday, July 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Mexico poll 'too close to call'

  Mexico's presidential election was too close to call Sunday, with voters bitterly divided between a leftist offering himself as a savior to the poor and a conservative warning that his rival's free-spending proposals threaten the economy.

• Monday, July 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Over 252.000 tons of squid landed in Argentina

  Argentina' squid landings between January and May this year totalled 253.517 tons, up 97% over the same period last year which reached 128.567 tons according to a release from the Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture (SSPA).

• Monday, July 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile and Argentina advance with trans-Andean train

  Mendoza City mayor Julio Cobos announced Saturday that the presidents of Chile and Argentina, Michelle Bachelet and Néstor Kirchner, will meet in August to finalize the planning for a new trans-Andean train that will connect Santiago with Mendoza.