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Stories for June 12th 2010

• Saturday, June 12th 2010 - 04:54 UTC

  Argentine ministers call on pickets to abandon roadblock leading to Uruguay

  

  Argentine ministers went public again on Friday to insist that there are no excuses left for keeping a roadblock on a bridge leading to neighbouring Uruguay, a long standing protest since 2006 against the construction of the Botnia pulp mill.

• Saturday, June 12th 2010 - 04:51 UTC

  Uruguay targeting a US dollar at 21/22 Pesos to help exporters

  

  Uruguay will take ‘all the necessary measures’ to target the US dollar at 21/22 Pesos, its equilibrium point to help boost exports, according to Deputy Minister of Economy Pedro Buonomo.

• Saturday, June 12th 2010 - 04:49 UTC

  As US economy picks up, revenue increases and budget deficit drops slightly

  

  The US government posted a smaller budget deficit in May than forecast as a growing economy helped bring in more tax revenue, Treasury Department statistics showed. The excess of spending over revenue fell to 135.9 billion last month from a shortfall of 189.7 billion in May 2009, according to a report issued today in Washington.