MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for May 28th 2009
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Thursday, May 28th 2009 - 12:07 UTC
US reintroduction of dairy export subsidies trigger barrage of criticisms
Twenty-nine countries at the World Trade Organization criticized the United States on Wednesday for reintroducing export subsidies on US dairy products, calling the handouts a dangerous retreat into protectionism and warning of “subsidy wars.”
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Thursday, May 28th 2009 - 12:03 UTC
Group of countries call of a quick Doha round deal to combat protectionism
A group of exporting countries called this week for a deal in the World Trade Organization's long-running Doha round as the best way to tackle growing protectionism threats in the economic crisis.
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Thursday, May 28th 2009 - 08:46 UTC
Two possible scenarios for Uruguay’s recovery: 2010 and 2013
The Uruguayan economy has two possible scenarios for recovery from the impact of the current world slowdown, in 2010 and in 2013, according to a local economics and social think tank, Ceres and its leading economist Ernesto Talvi.
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Thursday, May 28th 2009 - 08:35 UTC
First two “imported” cases of A/H1N1 influenza in Uruguay
Uruguay’s Public Health Minister, María Julia Muñoz, confirmed the first two cases of influenza A (H1N1) in her country during a press conference Wednesday. One of the two Uruguayans infected is 24-years-old and the other is a 15-year-old minor, who had both travelled to Argentina and returned to their country without apparent symptoms.
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Thursday, May 28th 2009 - 07:20 UTC
Britain’s smelliest cheese named “Stinking Bishop”
Stinking Bishop has been officially voted Britain's most pungent cheese in the nation's first ever contest. Britain's Smelliest Cheese Championships were held at The Royal Bath and West Show in Shepton Mallet, Somerset.
