MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for September 13th 2006
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Wednesday, September 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Latam international trade expansion second only to China
Saddled on a significant improvement in foreign trade exchange terms the volume of Latinamerican exports in 2006/07 is forecasted to expand at the 2005 rate, 7 to 8%, which is the highest behind
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Wednesday, September 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Morales calls for “indigenous rule” in Latinamerica
Bolivia's first indigenous president, Evo Morales said Tuesday in Guatemala that Latin America's indigenous peoples “must move from resistance to taking power”.
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Wednesday, September 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Increased risks of global slowdown warns IMF
The International Monetary Fund warned Tuesday that the risks of a global slowdown have increased due to higher interest rates, surging oil prices and an apparent cooling in the US housing market that could slow the US economy.
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Wednesday, September 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
US trade deficit forecasted to exceed last year's record
Pushed by the high cost of crude oil imports, United States July trade deficit hit a new record of 68 billion US dollars according to the latest data.
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Wednesday, September 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Want to slim: try kelp, say Japanese scientists
Japanese scientists have pinpointed an unlikely potential weapon in the war against obesity: seaweed. They found rats given fucoxanthin - a pigment in brown kelp - lost up to 10% of their body weight, mainly from around the gut.
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Wednesday, September 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Gibraltar citizens can vote in European elections
The European Union Court of Justice upheld the right of Commonwealth citizens in Gibraltar to vote in European elections dismissing a case brought by Spain last year.
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Wednesday, September 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Shooting, looting and arson on Chile September 11 anniversary
A young man killed, 90 wounded and 237 arrests was Chile's final toll from protests marking the 33rd anniversary of the September 11, 1973, coup that violently ousted Socialist President Salvador Allende and marked the beginning of General Augusto Pinochet's 17-year dictatorship.
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Wednesday, September 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Latinamerica's structural reforms lagging, says IMF
Latinamerica's economy is going through a positive moment but must move ahead with structural reforms to achieve a greater incorporation into the world market of exports and investments, said Tuesday IMF Managing Director Rodrigo Rato.
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Wednesday, September 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Conservation grants up for grabs
The grants of up to £1,000 can be used to assist projects that benefit conservation in the Falklands, through education, such as site leaflets, or through works, such as fencing or tussac planting that help site protection or restoration.
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Wednesday, September 13th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Bachelet and Kirchner meet in Mendoza
President Michele Bachelet met with Argentine President Néstor Kirchner on Tuesday in Mendoza to finalize matters related to a proposed new trans-Andean train.
