MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2006
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Thursday, November 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Nicaragua: another tight and polarized election
Nicaraguan former president Daniel Ortega is the favourite in Sunday's national elections as he makes yet another bid for power 16 years after his first stormy presidency ended at the ballot box.
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Thursday, November 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Euro rates unchanged but inflation warning still on
The European Central Bank decided Thursday to keep Eurozone interest rates unchanged at 3.25%, as markets were expecting. However analysts believe the ECB will up rates by 0.25% in December to keep close track of inflation and once data on the performance of the German economy is available.
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Thursday, November 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Global cargo and passenger traffic up in September
Global passenger traffic in September 2006 grew at 2.5% over the same month in 2005, following 2.3% in August and 2.6% in July, reports the Airports Council International.
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Thursday, November 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil's worst air disaster points to traffic controllers
The flight recorder transcript from the Long Island executive jet involved in Brazil's worst air disaster shows that its pilots were told by Brazilian air traffic control to fly at the same altitude as a Boeing 737 before the planes collided, according to a newspaper report Thursday.
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Thursday, November 2nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguayan congress approves Venezuela's Mercosur membership
The Uruguayan Congress with the sole vote of the ruling coalition members approved Thursday the incorporation of Venezuela to Mercosur. This makes Uruguay the first country in the block to have complied with the incorporation procedure for the new member.
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Wednesday, November 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chile legalizes internet telephony in landmark decision
In a landmark ruling late last week, Chile's Free Competition Defense Court (TDLC) fined the nation's most important fixed line telephone company $581 million pesos (US$1 million) for blocking Internet telephony service providers.
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Wednesday, November 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Two MPs FIG guests expected this week in Falklands
Conservative MP Mike Penning and Labor MP Sarah McCarthy-Fry are due to arrive on November 3, accompanied by the Falkland Islands Government's (FIG) Representative in the UK, Sukey Cameron.
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Wednesday, November 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Milk and flour add to Chile/Argentina trade disputes
Argentina has begun steps to take Chile to the World Trade Organization in protest for the stamping of tariff safeguards on Argentine dairy imports.
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Wednesday, November 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean Armed Forces reap copper bonanza benefits
Chile's armed forces will receive 1.2 billion US dollars in 2006 from the state-owned copper company, Codelco.
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Wednesday, November 1st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Iceland rapped for resuming commercial whaling
Diplomats from twenty five countries led by Britain's ambassador delivered Wednesday a strongly-worded protest condemning Iceland over its decision to resume commercial whaling.
