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Stories for June 21st 2007

  • Thursday, June 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Bolivia considers selling gas to Chile

    Bolivian President Evo Morales created a political stir in Chile when he hinted Sunday that his country is considering selling natural gas to Chile, even while admitting that his cabinet is divided over the issue.

  • Thursday, June 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    China fears strong Yuan could lead to unemployment

    China should let the Yuan appreciate at a faster rate to reduce the country's dependency on exports and thus prevent a possible assets bubble because of the easy access to credit, said an outstanding economist former advisor to the country's Central Bank.

  • Thursday, June 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Research plan to repopulate Chilean Patagonia with llamas

    Chilean investigators are working with Brigham Young University to genetically select the best and most productive characteristics of Chile's llama population. Their aim is to ultimately repopulated Chile's southern Patagonia with llamas, which could become an economic resource for the region and also contribute to halting the erosion of Patagonia's fragile soil, which llama hooves do not wear down.

  • Thursday, June 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Falklands proposes Argentina relation based on “tolerance and respect”

    Councillor Dr. Richard Davis

    Falkland Islands elected Councillor Dr. Richard Davies addressing on Thursday the United Nations Decolonization Committee in New York invited Argentina “to build a better relationship between our countries, based on tolerance and respect, so that the sacrifice of all those who suffered and died in 1982 will not have been in vain”.

  • Thursday, June 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Argentina accuses UK of “taking possession” of Malvinas

    Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Taiana

    Argentina's Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Taiana reiterated on Thursday Argentina's sovereignty claim over the Falkland Islands and said the United Kingdom was involved in a “trespassing and abusive” behaviour and “has taken possession of what belongs to somebody else”.

  • Thursday, June 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Glacial Lake disappearance in Chile baffles scientists

    “The lake had simply disappeared. No one knows what happened.”

    A glacial lake in Chile's southern Andes has disappeared, and scientists want to know why. The disappearance of the five-acre lake in the Huemules National Park was discovered in late May by park rangers.