MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 4th 2008
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Saturday, October 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
“Suitcase” airport official contradicts Antonini's version
A former Argentine airport officer who became a model and television star testified in a US court Friday about discovering a suitcase stuffed with nearly $800,000 in cash brought to a Buenos Aires airport from Venezuela.
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Saturday, October 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Call for Argentine minister to testify in Miami court
Argentina's vice president Julio Cobos said on Friday that cabinet minister Julio De Vido should “come clear” about his alleged links with the suitcase cash scandal currently being aired in a Miami federal court.
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Saturday, October 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Europe agrees on “flexible” targets but no US bail-out plan
Europe's biggest economies agreed on Saturday to work together to support financial institutions, but without forming a joint bail-out fund. French President Nicolas Sarkozy hosted the meeting of the leaders of Britain, Germany and Italy in Paris.
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Saturday, October 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Australia clears way for Billiton takeover of Rio Tinto
BHP Billiton proposed 114 billion US dollars hostile bid for rival mining giant Rio Tinto has been cleared by Australia's competition watchdog.
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Saturday, October 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Municipal elections in Brazil, electoral test for 2010
Brazilians on Sunday will go to the polls to elect mayors and city councils in more than 5,500 municipal areas. It will be the last significant electoral test in South America's largest country before the presidential elections in 2010.
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Saturday, October 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Rescue plan included “shot of rum” for US Caribbean islands
The United States economy received a 700 billion US dollars shot in the arm Friday, and Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands got a shot of assistance from rum, according to the US Caribbean territories press.
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Saturday, October 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner calls on striking farmers; warns on global crisis
Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner called striking farmers to dialogue warning that there's much uncertainty in the world because of the international financial crisis and it could affect the “Argentine model”.
