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Stories for August 2006

• Saturday, August 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands' gold: Newsweek's “two plus two makes ten”

  “It looks like another case of someone putting two and two together and making ten”.

• Saturday, August 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  FAM alert reignites in southern Brazil

  Brazil has isolated several counties in the south of the country where last year an outbreak of foot and mouth disease was reported.

• Saturday, August 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile's “Marlboro man” leads anti tobacco campaign

  Chile's new “Marlboro Man” is Don Miguel, 70, a former cigarette addict and cancer survivor whose larynx was removed ten years ago.

• Saturday, August 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  WMO: Antarctic ozone forecasted to recover in 2065

  A new scientific assessment, released Friday by the World Meteorological Organization, WMO and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says that the stratospheric ozone layer that protects life on Earth from excessive solar radiation will recover five to 15 years later than previously expected.

• Saturday, August 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina's industry booming: 8.8% in July

  Argentine industry is heading for its best quarter of the year with manufacturing activity soaring 8.8% in July compared to the same month a year ago, and so far this year only below the June index of 8.9%.

• Saturday, August 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay ratifies the construction of pulp mills

  Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez ratified the construction of the two paper mills, just across from Argentina and which have caused a growing sour dispute between the neighbouring countries.

• Saturday, August 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Faster, Cheaper and Cleaner

  Cheaper motoring is high on the agenda for most motorists. Combine that with cleaner fuel and enhanced performance and you've got the dream car.

• Saturday, August 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Military honors for Pinochet would anger Chileans

  Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said Friday that her compatriots would be angered if former dictator Augusto Pinochet is buried with full military honors when he dies

• Friday, August 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine economy grows 8% in first half of 2006

  The Argentine economy grew 8.2% in June compared with the same month a year ago, expanding at a slightly faster pace than in May, the Economy Ministry revealed in Buenos Aires Thursday.

• Friday, August 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  British River Plate routing commemorated in London

  Belgravia in the heart of London was this week the stage for the commemoration of an event that two centuries ago helped change the course of history in the River Plate.