MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2006
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Monday, July 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Iberia pilots begin week long strike
Spain's flag carrier Iberia was forced to cancel 240 daily flights, stranding 200.000 passengers, after the company's pilots decided on a seven day strike effective zero hour Monday.
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Monday, July 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
China's June trade surplus soars 49%
China's trade surplus hit a new record in June, 24.5 billion US dollars prompting fresh calls to Beijing to allow the yuan to appreciate and raising renewed fears over growing imbalances in the economy.
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Saturday, July 8th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Countries need to oil their wheels
The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD), in conjunction with the UN, published a major agricultural study last week.
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Saturday, July 8th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Annan extols football's “Universal Language”
U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in Berlin to attend the World Cup final, today the state of world football with the state of the world at large, and the most popular sport on Earth came out on top, with its equality, level playing field and transparency affording a shining example.
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Saturday, July 8th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
LatAm Gas Pipeline Begins
The pipeline for transporting natural gas between Colombia and Venezuela got underway Saturday with the welding of two pipes in the presence the president of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, of Panama, Martin Torrijos, and of Venezuela, Hugo Chavez.
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Friday, July 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News Update
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Hundreds visit Falklands' Royal stand; ?No public inquiry'; NAAFI restrictions; Death of former commander; Coastal contest. -
Friday, July 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Foreign Office's “Republic of Falklands” option
The independence of the Falkland Islands is an option not ruled out by the Foreign Office to ensure the continued presence of the United Kingdom in the South Atlantic and improve London's international standing, is the main argument of a book recently launched in Buenos Aires.
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Friday, July 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Carter calls for “no foreign influence” in Nicaragua
Former United States President Jimmy Carter called for transparency in the coming Nicaraguan November presidential election hopefully “with no foreign influence of any kind”.
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Friday, July 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina pretends 50% hike in gas price sale to Chile
Argentina's natural gas exports to Chile will be taxed and twelve different formulas to calculate the new range of prices were handed to Chile's Energy and Mining Minister Karen Poniachik.
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Friday, July 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
US implicit support for Calderon's victory
United States congratulated on Friday the Mexican people for the “free and fair elections” and expressed “full confidence” in the country's democratic institutions.
