Stories for January 10th 2007 , page 2

Wednesday, January 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

Car sales in Chile soaring and clogging Santiago

A record 711.000 cars were sold in Chile's Metropolitan Region in 2006, up 7.6% more vehicles than last year.

Wednesday, January 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

Pickets playing cat and mouse with Buenos Aires ferry terminal

Officials from the Buenos Aires-Uruguay ferry shuttle company renewed their call for confidence among passengers following an informal “intelligence gathering” operation by picketers who are protesting the construction of a pulp mill in Uruguay and have promised “disruptions” this coming Friday.

Wednesday, January 10th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

Reborn Ortega takes office praised by Chavez and Bush

Former Marxist guerrilla and United States Cold War enemy Daniel Ortega was sworn in as Nicaraguan president on Wednesday 16 years after voters tired of a civil war with Contra rebels threw him out of office.