MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2006
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Friday, August 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Budget superpowers for the Kirchner administration
Following fierce debating in Congress, Argentina's ruling coalition passed a bill granting the Executive super powers to modify budget execution avoiding legislative control.
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Friday, August 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News Update
Headlines:
Councillors reject ?implanted' theory; Farmers unite to launch inaugural group breeding scheme; Licence trouble; Status ceremonies planned. -
Friday, August 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chavez recalls Ambassador from Israel
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said he has withdrawn his country's ambassador to Israel to show his “indignation” over the military offensive in Lebanon.
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Friday, August 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands Governor Howard Pearce final parade
Today Mr. Howard Pearce CVO donned his ceremonial uniform and plumed helmet and left Government House in Stanley for the last time as Governor of the Falkland Islands, a post he has held for nearly three years.
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Friday, August 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Fidel Castro 'recovering satisfactorily'
Cuba launched a campaign Friday emphasizing the revolutionary roots of Fidel Castro's brother and designated successor, attempting to reassure Cubans that the country remains stable after the leader's hospitalization.
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Friday, August 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Smog leveles force Santiago to declare pre emergency
Santiago de Chile registered the year's highest level of smog Wednesday, leading authorities to declare a pre-emergency that lasted 24 hours. Air contamination dropped to a safe level Thursday due to a frontal system bringing higher humidity and better ventilation.
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Friday, August 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Markets speculate with “pause” in Fed's interest hike
Currency markets are speculating that the US Federal Reserve would bring a pause to its cycle of interest rate hikes next week following the Friday release of July employment figures showing a considerable growth slow in jobs creation and earlier information of a cooling of the US economy.
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Thursday, August 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Brazilian military to aid stray penguins
Brazil is staging a military operation involving a Hercules transport plane and Navy ships ? all to return four dozen wayward penguins to the icy waters of Antarctica, authorities said Wednesday.
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Thursday, August 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Tropical storm sweeps through Caribbean
Tropical Storm Chris swept through the eastern Caribbean on Wednesday, forcing cruise ships to change course and tourists to evacuate small islands off the coast of Puerto Rico as it threatened to become the first hurricane of the Atlantic season.
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Thursday, August 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Air passenger traffic record for Chile
Chile's airline industry set a historic record in June, welcoming more international traffic than any other year at this time, 287.966 passengers.
