MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 2006
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Wednesday, August 23rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Blue tongue outbreak in Holland and Belgium
Belgium reported this week several outbreaks of blue tongue disease in sheep and cattle in several farms close to the villages of Liege and Fourons north of the country.
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Wednesday, August 23rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina re-floats nuclear energy program
With an initial investment of 3.5 billion US dollars Argentina is relaunching an eight year nuclear energy development program with the purpose of increasing the number of atomic plants plus resumption of uranium enrichment production.
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Wednesday, August 23rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Sao Paulo gang violence and political links investigated
Brazilian police are looking into the possible existence of links between the ruling Workers Party of President Lula da Silva and a prison based gang network, First Command of the Capital, (PCC) which has been responsible for a wave of violence in the country's main industrial and financial hub, the city of Sao Paulo.
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Wednesday, August 23rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Unemployment in Argentina dropped to 10.4%
Unemployment in Argentina dropped from 11.4% to 10.4% in the second quarter of 2006 and stands 1.7 points less than a year ago for the same period according to the latest release from the country's Statistics and Census Institute, Indec.
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Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Review of the US GSP irritates Brazil
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim said it would be an “unfortunate” gesture if the United States excluded Brazil from the General System of Preferences which benefits exports of developing countries.
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Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Heightened alarm over Antarctic ecosystem
Rising temperatures, glacial melting, and the acidification of water due to high levels of atmospheric carbon dioxide are threatening the Antarctic, warned scientists at the Latin American and Chilean symposia on Antarctic studies, which concluded Sunday in Concepción.
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Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chile pioneers free trade agreement with China
Chilean President Michelle Bachelet signed Monday a free-trade agreement with China to reduce tariffs on 92% of exports over ten years, to the Asian country.
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Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Colombian rebels blame drug trade on US addicts
Colombia's guerrilla closely linked to the narcotics trade said Monday that Bogotá's Washington-funded anti-drug strategy is faltering because the United States isn't doing enough to reduce consumption among its “32 million addicts”.
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Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Volkswagen threatens to close main plant in Brazil
Volkswagen has warned it will close down its main factory in Brazil if an agreement is not reached with the unions on a restructuring plan which contemplates leaving 6.000 workers redundant.
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Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Radars and X ray equipment for Punta Arenas airport
Punta Arenas airport is introducing two new radars and state of the art X ray equipment to check cargo and luggage, announced this week the head of Chile's most extreme south international air terminal Hector Jara Fernández.
