MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 10th 2010
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Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 06:26 UTC
China looks into developing vast resources of “combustible ice”
China's western Qinghai Province, containing major deposits of the country's “combustible ice,” will see increased explorations for this emerging clean energy, Provincial Governor Luo Huining said on Saturday quoted by Xinhua news agency.
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Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 05:49 UTC
Argentina’s YPF imports fuel to meet demand for the first time in 30 years
Argentine-Spanish oil company YPF said on Tuesday that it plans to import 50 million litres of gasoline as demand outstrips supply. Argentina, an oil-producing country where fuel is subject to government price controls, has not imported gasoline in 30 years.
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Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 05:46 UTC
Brazil expects second best crop this year with 145.1 million tons
Brazil will harvest a grain crop of 145.1 million tons this year, a volume very close to the record 145.8 million tons of 2008, said the government’s statistics office, IBGE on the basis of February field data.
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Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 00:42 UTC
Germany wants “Graf Spee” Nazi eagle displayed in a museum
German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle called Tuesday for wreckage from a Nazi-era warship recovered off the coast of Uruguay to be displayed in a museum rather than auctioned to the public.
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Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 00:39 UTC
Brazilian former political prisoners call for creation of Truth Commission
A group of former radical militants that were viciously tortured during the Brazilian military regime (1964/1985) supported the creation of a Truth Commission to unveil human rights violations, during a ceremony at the Ministry of Justice in Brasilia.
