MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for July 2006
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Friday, July 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News update
Headlines :
Support for smoking ban shown in census; MPs to visit;
Governor's reception; Queen's 80th thanks; Higgins returns; Staff nurse sacked; Death of Falklands lecturer. -
Friday, July 28th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Strong financial support for Falklands loss-making abattoir
In a radio interview today, Councillor, Mike Summers, pledged his government's continued support for the Falkland Islands Meat Company, (FIMCO) which operates the Islands' only abattoir. This is despite the fact that the company, which is already highly subsidised by the Falkland Islands Government, made a net loss this year of some £426,000.
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Thursday, July 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Colombia to privatise part of state oil group
Colombia will privatize up to 20 percent of state oil firm Ecopetrol in a bid to draw investment needed to modernize the country's ailing petroleum sector, the government said yesterday.
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Thursday, July 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina: Interior minister apologizes for crime wave comment
Interior Minister Aníbal Fernandez yesterday apologized for having said two weeks ago that there wasn't a crime wave in Argentina.
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Thursday, July 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chile's Bachelet: Won't Be Pressured On UN Council Vote
President Michelle Bachelet said yesterday she will not be pressured on Chile's vote in the election of a new regional member of the United Nations Security Council.
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Thursday, July 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil's Embraer sells 30 jets to US airline
The Brazilian aircraft manufacturer Embraer has sold 30 E-175 regional jets to Republic Airlines Inc., its first sale of the jet to the US market, Embraer said in a statement.
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Thursday, July 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Castro jokes he won't be in office at age 100
Three weeks before his 80th birthday, Cuban President Fidel Castro has joked that he has no plans to be in power when he is 100 years old.
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Thursday, July 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Mexicans consider Calderon winner, but support vote recount
A majority of Mexicans believe Conservative Felipe Calderón won the contested July 2 presidential election but also consider necessary a vote recount, as demanded by populist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, according to a public opinion poll released Thursday.
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Thursday, July 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Peru's Garcia describes himself as a “pragmatic Socialist”
Peruvian elected president Alan Garcia who tomorrow Friday takes office said he feels closer to the “modern left”, which he considers is represented by Brazilian president Lula da Silva and Chile's Michelle Bachelet, rather than that of Venezuela's Hugo Chavez , Bolivian Evo Morales or Cuba's Fidel Castro.
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Wednesday, July 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Four million foreigners are residents in Spain
Almost 4 million foreigners are residents in Spain out of a total population of 44.495.286, according to the latest, January first 2006, review from the Spanish Statistics Office. Foreigners represent 8.7% of the Spanish population and increasing.
