MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for April 8th 2008
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Tuesday, April 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Bolivians consider latest James Bond film stigmatizing
Bolivian Culture Deputy Minister Pablo Groux complained this week that Quantum of Solace, the upcoming film about secret agent James Bond, stigmatizes Bolivia as a centre of drug traffic.
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Tuesday, April 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Spain to halt economic decline with US style incentive package
Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero promised short-term measures and US style incentives to halt an economic decline, especially in the construction sector, over his second term.
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Tuesday, April 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
IMF blames credit crunch on “collective failure” & liquidity spiral
The International Monetary Fund has warned that potential losses from the credit crunch will reach 945 billion US dollars and could be even higher as losses are spreading from sub-prime mortgage assets to other sectors, such as commercial property, consumer credit, and company debt.
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Tuesday, April 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Two human fatal cases of mad cow reported in Spain
The human variant of the mad cow disease, (bovine spongiform encephalopathy), BSE killed two persons, one three months ago and the other last week, Spain announced this week on public radio.
