Stories for August 6th 2006

Sunday, August 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Evo's ?refounding' begins today

President Evo Morales' drive to reinvent Bolivia takes a big step today with the opening of a convention to write a new Constitution aimed at ending the centuries-old supremacy of the European-descended minority.

Sunday, August 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Chile and Colombia start free trade talks

Chile and Colombia announced they have agreed to start negotiations toward a free trade, and said they have settled a controversy over exports of Colombian sugar to Chile.

Sunday, August 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

PAN, PRI accept Mexico tribunal decision for partial vote recount

The representative of Felipe Calderon's National Action Party, to the nation's electoral organizations, G. Martinez, accepted Saturday the Mexican electoral tribunal's decision to carry out a partial recount of ballots from the July 2 presidential election.

Sunday, August 6th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Blair 'planning another year as PM'

Tony Blair is planning to stay on as Prime Minister for at least another year, it has been reported.