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Stories for February 18th 2009

  • Wednesday, February 18th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

    Cristina confirms attendance to London summit April 2

    Pte. Cristina Fernadez

    Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner confirmed on Tuesday she received the official invitation from British Prime Minister Gordon Brown for the G-20 summit to be held in London at the beginning of April.

  • Wednesday, February 18th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

    First proven case of “mad cow disease” in haemophilic patient

    The United Kingdom Health Protection Agency has confirmed the first case of the human form of “mad cow disease” in a patient with haemophilia. A post-mortem showed the man, who was “over 70” and had received plasma products before rules were introduced to limit contagion, died infected. However he died of other causes and had not shown any symptoms, the HPA said.

  • Wednesday, February 18th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

    Morales after European partners for mining projects

    French conglomerate Bollore plans to submit a plan to develop Bolivia's Lake Uyuni lithium deposit one of the world's largest said a spokesman for Bolivian President Evo Morales who is currently visiting France.

  • Wednesday, February 18th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

    IMF insists main immediate goal is to clean-up banks

    IMF Dominique Strauss-Kahn

    The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has warned that global recovery efforts are being undermined by the presence of “toxic” assets on banks' balance sheets. IMF managing director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said in an interview to French radio France-Inter that this undercuts stimulus efforts by various governments.

  • Wednesday, February 18th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

    UK annual inflation falls to 3% in Jan; deflation fears

    A smaller-than-expected drop in inflation has failed to ease fears that the UK could soon be in the grip of deflation. The UK Office for National Statistics (ONS) data revealed a fall in the Consumer Prices Index (CPI) to 3% in January from 3.1% in December, which was far lower than experts had predicted.

  • Wednesday, February 18th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

    Zero-emission, energy self sufficient Antarctic base

    The Princess Elisabeth station

    Belgium opened a new 20 million Euro “zero emissions” polar science station in Antarctica on Sunday, returning to the continent to study climate change 42 years after closing its first base there.

  • Wednesday, February 18th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

    A Falklands area ice-block breaks off in Antarctica

    Giant icebergs

    A 14.000 square km ice block, almost the area of the Falkland Islands (12.173 sq. km.), has broken off Antarctica's Wilkins Ice Shelf and fragmented into smaller icebergs reported on Tuesday the Spanish National Research Council, CSIC.

  • Wednesday, February 18th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

    Argentina opens to ideas to improve hake conservation

    Argentina's Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Food (SAGP&A) is temporarily exempting the use of the selective fishing device (DEJUPA) for catching hake (Merluccius hubbsi) while other alternatives are proposed.

  • Wednesday, February 18th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

    Bolivia: dengue death toll increases; malaria outbreak

    The number of deaths from hemorrhagic dengue so far this year in Bolivia has increased to 13, the government reported while admitting that an outbreak of malaria has been detected in three provinces.

  • Wednesday, February 18th 2009 - 20:00 UTC

    Beijing wants closer political and trade links with Latam

    Chinese Vice-president Xi Jinping currently in Venezuela, the fourth leg of a regional tour hailed the vigorous growth in relations between China and Latin America in recent years and described the pace of cooperation as “unprecedented”, according to reports from Beijing news agencies.

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