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Stories for August 29th 2006

• Tuesday, August 29th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Fed does not discard further interest rates hike

  The Federal Reserve is not discarding further hikes of the basic interest rate in the months ahead because an important risk of inflation persists, according to minutes of the last meeting.

• Tuesday, August 29th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  NYT warns on the rich/poor split in Mexico

  Mexico's populist candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador should end the protests and pledge to respect the Federal Electoral Tribunal's final decision which has until September 6 to make public the definitive results of the July 2 presidential election, says The New York Times.

• Tuesday, August 29th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine-Chilean controversy over tourism map

  An official Argentine map which allegedly includes a disputed border area in the Andes ice fields is turning into another controversial issue with neighbouring Chile which is claiming a rectification of the map.