Stories for February 23rd 2008

Saturday, February 23rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Castro back on stage to call for changeÃ¢€Â¦in the US

Fidel Castro strongly criticized United States calls for change in Cuba, following his resignation earlier this week as president more than 49 years after seizing power. In a column published Friday Castro rejects US President Bush's assertion that the resignation could put Cuba on the path to democracy.
Saturday, February 23rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina, Brazil to build joint uranium enrichment plant

In a declaration spanning energy, transport and space satellite cooperation, Cristina Fernández de Kirchner and visiting Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil, instructed their governments to begin negotiations over the next 120 days toward creating the binational commission.
Saturday, February 23rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Marine Harvest lay-offs deepen salmon farming sector crisis

Directors at Marine Harvest in Chile, the largest salmon producer in the world, will begin to lay off nearly 1,200 workers in June to compensate for financial losses incurred as a result of an infectious salmon anaemia (ISA) viral outbreaks that took place is some of its production sites.

Castro back on stage to call for changeÃ¢€Â¦in the US