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Stories for March 12th 2010

• Friday, March 12th 2010 - 00:56 UTC

  Piñera names tourism entrepreneur governor of Magallanes region

  

  Magallanes region in the extreme south of Chile has a new provincial governor, Liliana Kusanovic Marusic, a well known tourism entrepreneur in Punta Arenas who last year was distinguished among the top 100 “Women Leaders” of Chile.

• Friday, March 12th 2010 - 00:08 UTC

  “God is Bolivarian” and will bring rain to Venezuela’s power stations, says Chavez

  

  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez faces a major power shortage that could severely damage the country’s economy and plunge his popularity, but he is confident sufficient rainfall is on the way to fill the lake of a crucial dam because “God is Bolivarian”.

• Friday, March 12th 2010 - 00:00 UTC

  February inflation in China anticipates further tightening of credit

  

  Chinese inflation hit a 16-month high in February, causing economists to call for the government to tighten the economy to prevent overheating. The annual rate of consumer price inflation rose to 2.7% in February, up from 1.5% in January, and ahead of analysts' expectations of 2.3%.