MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 22nd 2008
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Wednesday, October 22nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Private pension funds nationalization shocks Argentina
Argentine President Cristina Fernandez proposed Tuesday a government takeover of nearly 30 billion US dollars in private pension funds, saying pensioners must be protected from the global financial crisis.
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Wednesday, October 22nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Bush invites G20 for crisis summit on November 15
Unites States President Bush invited leaders of the Group of 20 participants to a summit in Washington on November 15 on the global economic crisis announced the White House on Wednesday.
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Wednesday, October 22nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Brazil Real down 33% in spite of billions USD in support
Brazil was forced to appeal to 22.9 billion US dollars in the past month, including sales of foreign reserves, derivatives and loans to prop the weakened Real punished by investors fleeing from emerging markets to more secure assets.
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Wednesday, October 22nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
UN preparing map of underground fresh water resources
The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization UNESCO will publish the first-ever world map of underground aquifers, which account for some 96 per cent of global freshwater resources, the agency announced in a press release today.
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Wednesday, October 22nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina estimates off mile 210 squid catches in 253.000 tons
Squid catches of jiggers and trawlers operating next to the Argentine Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) limit totalled some 253,000 tonnes of squid (Illex argentinus) between February and June, according to the latest estimate released by the National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP).
