MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 2nd 2009
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Friday, October 2nd 2009 - 09:26 UTC
Brazilian Senate suspends vote on Venezuela’s Mercosur incorporation
The Brazilian Senate Foreign Relations committee suspended on Thursday for thirty days the consideration of Venezuela’s Mercosur incorporation protocol, following on rapporteur Senator Tasso Jereissati veto recommendation because of the “authoritarian” character of President Hugo Chavez regime.
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Friday, October 2nd 2009 - 09:23 UTC
Former Argentine president Menem indicted for alleged “terrorist cover up”
An Argentine judge has indicted former President Carlos Menem, several of his aides and an ex judge Juan Jose Galeano for allegedly trying to cover up evidence related to a deadly 1994 terrorist bombing in Buenos Aires against a Jewish organization.
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Friday, October 2nd 2009 - 09:21 UTC
Gay penguins and Harry Potter’s witchcraft in US banned books list
Authors, artists and musicians are due to gather at a library in San Francisco to protest against the banning of books in schools and libraries in the United States. The event, part of the 27th annual Banned Books Week, has been organised by the American Library Association.
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Friday, October 2nd 2009 - 09:18 UTC
US Congress agrees 350 million USD for small dairy farmers
The United States Congress has agreed to provide 350 million US dollars to struggling dairy farmers following a compromise during negotiations on a 23.3 billion USD agriculture bill.
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Friday, October 2nd 2009 - 09:13 UTC
EU emergency meeting to deal with dairy farming crisis and export subsidies
Less than two weeks after the start of a European dairy farmers’ strike, Sweden’s agriculture minister said that he would meet with other European agriculture ministers in Luxembourg on 5 October to discuss the ongoing milk crisis.
