MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 2006
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Wednesday, August 30th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Labour dispute paralyzes VW main plant in Brazil
Volkswagen Brazil workers voted Wednesday to halt all activities in protest over the layoff notices sent to 1.800 members of the workforce.
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Wednesday, August 30th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
US economy expands 2.9% in second quarter
United States economy expanded at an annual rate of 2.9% in the second quarter, above estimates, but still below the 5.6% of the first quarter of 2006 according to the latest release from the Department of Commerce.
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Wednesday, August 30th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Labour dispute paralyzes VW main plant in Brazil
Volkswagen Brazil workers voted Wednesday to halt all activities in protest over the layoff notices sent to 1.800 members of the workforce.
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Tuesday, August 29th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Tango Dance World Championship ends in Bs. Aires
The jury of the IV Tango Dance World Championship crowned a Colombian couple with the top award for the Stage Tango category, while Argentine dancers were honoured with the accolade for the Dancehall Tango style.
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Tuesday, August 29th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Guarani Indians threaten to cut natgas to Brazil
Guarani Indians threatened yesterday to take control of Bolivia's largest gas and oil fields, interrupting exports to the gas-hungry Brazil market.
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Tuesday, August 29th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
China to invest US$5B in Venezuelan energy
China will invest around US$5 billion in energy projects in Venezuela by 2012 as part of a plan to boost Venezuela's oil output, the country's energy minister told state television yesterday.
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Tuesday, August 29th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
World's oldest woman, 116, dies in Ecuador
María Esther de Capovilla, the oldest person on Earth according to Guinness World Records, has died of pneumonia at 116, her granddaughter said.
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Tuesday, August 29th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil teams up with NASA for aviation fuel
Brazilian biofuel company, Tecbio, has linked up with NASA and US aerospace firm Boeing to develop a biokerosene aviation fuel, Tecbio's President Expedito Parente told a seminar yesterday.
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Tuesday, August 29th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Bolivia's Morales reshuffles energy sector
President Evo Morales reshuffled Monday Bolivia's embattled energy sector by naming new heads at the government owned oil company YPFB and at the oil and gas regulatory office with the purpose of “consolidating the nationalization” process.
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Tuesday, August 29th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Spanish airlines considering flights to Gibraltar
Regional airlines in Spain are considering the viability of operating flights to and from Gibraltar reports the Gibraltar Chronicle. Apparently at least two regional airlines have made preliminary inquiries with outside authorities.
