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Stories for 2006

• Monday, November 13th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Lula visits Chavez to show vote support

  Brazil's newly re-elected leader visited Venezuela on Monday in a show of support for his fellow leftist, President Hugo Chavez, who is himself campaigning for another term in a December 3 vote.

• Monday, November 13th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  25th Anniversary of the Falklands Conflict

  The 25th anniversary of the Falklands Campaign will be commemorated across 8,000 miles and four time zones, in London, Pangbourne and the Falkland Islands from 14 to 17 June 2007, Veterans' Minister Derek Twigg announced today.

• Monday, November 13th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile and Australia begin free trade talks

  Negotiations leading to a free trade agreement between Chile and Australia will begin soon, according to statements from the two countries' foreign ministers.

• Monday, November 13th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Castro: terminal cancer?

  The US government believes Fidel Castro's health is deteriorating and that the Cuban dictator is unlikely to live through 2007, US officials said.

• Monday, November 13th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Asia Summit Pushes WTO Talks, Free Trade

  U.S. President George W. Bush and other Pacific Rim leaders meeting in Hanoi, this week will issue an SOS for stalled world trade talks, while mulling a region-wide free trade agreement, officials said Monday.

• Sunday, November 12th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Argentine and British veterans meet at Cross of Sacrifice

  An Act of Remembrance takes place in the Falklands each year on the Sunday nearest to 11th of November.

• Sunday, November 12th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Bracelets to detect UV rays and fight skin cancer

  Bracelets that change color when exposed to harmful UV rays are among the new weapons in Chile's fight against skin cancer, one of the country's biggest health problems.

• Sunday, November 12th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Uruguay among top ten contributors to UN blue helmets

  United Nations peacekeeping deployment reached a historic high at the end of October, with nearly 81,000 military and police personnel and some 15,000 civilians serving in peace operations around the world in 18 different missions, and a budget that could reach 7 billion US dollars, reported the UN Department of Peacekeeping Operations reported today.

• Sunday, November 12th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Potosi to claim treasure sunk off Florida in 1622

  The Bolivian district of Potosi with the legendary Cerro Rico, the greatest silver deposit in the time of the Spanish conquest announced it was preparing an international demand to recover a sunken treasure which was lost in 1622 but was found three centuries later in 1985 along the coat of Florida, United States.

• Sunday, November 12th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  First Lady Kirchner on the presidential campaign trail

  The Argentine government has launched a campaign in support of First Lady, Senator Cristina Fernandez as a possible candidate for next year's presidential election. Several ministers and leaders in different rallies praised the fiery lady's talent and dedication.