MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 21st 2008
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Friday, March 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Rio do Janeiro faces “dengue epidemic”, claim doctors
Rio do Janeiro faces a dengue epidemic claims the physicians association of the Brazilian state which anticipated that next Monday they will make a formal claim against municipal, state and federal authorities for neglecting the spread of the disease that so far this year has caused 30 deaths.
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Friday, March 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Claims of illegal trade of polar bear hides in Russia
Illegal trade in hides of polar bears, a species in steady decline throughout the Arctic is on the rise in Russia, the World Wildlife Fund said on Thursday.
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Friday, March 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
OECD forecasts US economy zero growth in second quarter
United States economic growth is grinding to a halt, but the Euro zone is doing relatively well so far, according to the latest assessment from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
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Friday, March 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Five years on Iraq faces “terrorism and corruption” disease
Iraqi President Jalal Talabani singled out violence and corruption as the main problems facing his country on the fifth anniversary of the invasion. Talabani welcomed the end of Saddam Hussein's era of “torture and tyranny”, but warned that violence, terrorism and corruption had now become a “disease”.
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Friday, March 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
South America better prepared for US recession challenge
Although the Latin American economy isn't “immune” to the crisis in the United States, it's in a better position than 10 years ago and Central America and the Caribbean will feel the effects more than South American countries, said World Bank vice president Pamela Cox this week in Bogota.
