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Stories for May 27th 2007

• Sunday, May 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Paraguayan general elections scheduled for April 2008

  

  Paraguay will be going to the polls to elect the successor of President Nicanor Duarte Flores on April 20 next year, confirmed this week the country's Electoral Tribunal.

• Sunday, May 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  EU envoy attempts to re-launch trade talks with Mercosur

  

  A top European Union trade negotiator begins this week an official visit to the four Mercosur country members in an attempt to re-launch the stalled talks with the South American block for an association agreement.

• Sunday, May 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Good Friday mid air birth featuring “Angel” and “Barbara”

  

  An Australian doctor on a trans-Pacific flight was upgraded to first class and given a bottle of vintage champagne after delivering a baby for a Brazilian who didn't even know she was pregnant, news reports said on Sunday.

• Sunday, May 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Scientists call on WTO to slash fishing subsidies

  

  A group of 125 international marine scientists on Thursday called on the head of the World Trade Organisation (WTO) to push for a global agreement that slashes subsidies paid by many countries to their fishing industries.