MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for January 20th 2007
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Saturday, January 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentine hake biomass again down to critical levels
The southern stocks of Argentine hake (Mercluccius hubbsi) are in fragile biological balance which will have a negative impact on catches this year and even more in 2008.
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Saturday, January 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Punta Arenas breaking news
Headlines: Punta Arenas casino operacional in 2009; BHP Billiton interested in Magallanes coal deposits; State of the art sheep abattoir; Spain's major Antarctic research expedition; Fidel Castro Junior visits Chilean fiords; Reediting Darwin's “voyage of the Beagle”.
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Saturday, January 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentine industry grows for fourth straight year
Argentina's industrial production grew 8.3 percent last year mainly fuelled by a good performance in the car, construction and food sectors, achieving 50 straight months of growth, according to the state-run INDEC statistics and censuses agency.
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Saturday, January 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Mercosur: no mincing words
Paraguay, the new temporary president of the Mercosur trade bloc, yesterday urged Argentina and Uruguay to solve their dispute about a pulp mill that has taken them to the World Court, on the last day of a two-day Mercosur summit in Rio de Janeiro marked by harsh squabbles between Venezuela and Bolivia on one hand and Colombia and Brazil on the other.
