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Stories for July 16th 2007

• Monday, July 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Castro says US can prevent any attack in its territory

  Cuban president Fidel Castro said the United States government has all the needed capacity to prevent any attack on its territory, unless for political reasons, “it's interested that it should happen”.

• Monday, July 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Human variant of BSE kills teenage patient in Portugal

  Portuguese health authorities confirmed this week the first fatal case of Creutzfeld-Jacob disease the human variant of Bovine Spongiform Encephalitis, BSE, or better know as mad cow.

• Monday, July 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Plenty of democracy in Venezuela, according to OAS

  “Democracy is very much in force in Venezuela”, and it's not convenient to try and isolate internationally the administration of President Hugo Chavez said Jose Miguel Insulza Organization of American States Secretary General in a Sunday interview with the Argentine daily Clarin.

• Monday, July 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  LAN signs contract for 26 carbon fiber B 787 “Dreamliners”

  Chile's flag carrier LAN Airlines SA announced last week it will add 32 Boeing 787 Dreamliner long-haul aircraft to the company's fleet between 2011 and 2016, marking the largest investment in the company's history. The 26 aircraft contract is in the range of 3.2 billion US Dollars.

• Monday, July 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  China stamps temporary ban on US meat imports

  China has suspended the import of tainted meat products from seven United States companies, including Tyson Foods Inc, the world's largest meat processor reports the Monday edition of China Daily.

• Monday, July 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile and Uruguay lead “institutional quality” in Latinamerica

  “Institutional quality”, closed linked to rule of the law, economics and private property has Chile and Uruguay as Latinamerica best ranked countries, according to Argentina's think tank Institutions and Markets Research Centre, Ciima.

• Monday, July 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Corruption allegations force resignation of Kirchner minister

  Argentine Economy Minister Felisa Miceli submitted her resignation Monday after a prosecutor requested an investigation into a package of money containing 64,000 dollars found in her office lavatory, her spokesman said.

• Monday, July 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Explosive shatters windows and doors of British embassy in Santiago

  British Ambassador in Chile Howard Drake said that security measures surrounding the legation premises in Santiago have been increased following the attack on the embassy late Sunday evening.

• Monday, July 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile announces outbreak of Newcastle disease in sea birds

  Chile's Agriculture and Livestock Service confirmed the presence of the lethal Newcastle disease in the carcasses of eight sea birds. The discovery occurred 180 miles south of Santiago last June 29 but was only announced Monday.