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Stories for October 9th 2009
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Friday, October 9th 2009 - 10:39 UTC
Mercosur/EU extend sanitary cooperation in agriculture and livestock
Mercosur and the European Union signed this week an extension of an agreement for the financing of an agriculture and livestock health cooperation project according to the UE delegation office in Montevideo.
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Friday, October 9th 2009 - 10:15 UTC
Honduras crisis remains stalled but effective dialogue has started
Honduras ousted president Manuel Zelaya said on Thursday that the head of the de facto government Roberto Micheletti is planning to stay longer than anticipated in office.
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Friday, October 9th 2009 - 10:12 UTC
Economist Roubini warns about “the seeds of the next crisis”
The US economist widely credited with having predicted the financial crisis has warned we are already “planting the seeds of the next crisis”. Nouriel Roubini told the BBC that he is concerned about the growing gap between the “bubbly and frothy” stock markets and the real economy.
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Friday, October 9th 2009 - 10:08 UTC
Euro-zone leaves rates unchanged: “uncertainty remains high”
The European Central Bank left the main rate at 1% and President Jean Claude Trichet said at a press conference in Venice on Thursday that the ECB has no plans to raise borrowing costs, describing their level as “appropriate”.
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Friday, October 9th 2009 - 10:06 UTC
Gibraltar to UN: political deal against our wishes is democratically unsustainable
Gibraltar is politically, administratively and legislatively a self-governing country, Chief Minister Peter Caruana said Wednesday night during his address to the United Nations Fourth Committee in New York, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.
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Friday, October 9th 2009 - 10:04 UTC
Paraguayan president says he “does not want or wish” his re-election
“I don’t want nor do I wish my re-election” said Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo on Thursday. However he did admit he favoured the review of some of the Constitution’s articles.
