MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2006
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Thursday, September 14th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Kirchner's support solid and no challengers on sight
Argentine president Nestor Kirchner would be comfortably re-elected with 57.4% of the vote, with no run off, if the October presidential election was held today, revealed a public opinion survey published in the Buenos Aires press Wednesday.
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Thursday, September 14th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Kofi Annan calls for quick UN Secretary General transition
Kofi Annan, who this year completes his second and final five-year term as United Nations Secretary-General, said Wednesday the world body's Member States should move quickly to select a successor and stressed that whoever is chosen will need to work closely with them.
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Thursday, September 14th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Obesity, EU's main public health challenge
Overweight and obesity levels are increasing at an alarming rate within the European Union, with over a quarter of men and a third of women considered obese in some countries, the European Commission warned this week.
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Thursday, September 14th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Land de-mine increase threatened by drop in global funding
More land was de-mined in 2005 than before, but global funding for mine action decreased for the first time raising concerns about future progress in eradicating mines, according to Landmine Monitor Report 2006. Toward a Mine-Free World released Wednesday in the United Nations by the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, ICBL.
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Thursday, September 14th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Consensus on nuclear energy, Middle East at summit
Cuba sought consensus Wednesday on the use of nuclear energy and the conflict in the Middle East as diplomats work to hammer out the declaration that will emerge from this week's summit here of the Non-Aligned Movement.
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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.
