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Stories for October 12th 2010

• Tuesday, October 12th 2010 - 00:49 UTC

  Netherlands Antilles disappear, become autonomous within the Kingdom

  

  Dutch Caribbean dependency the Netherlands Antilles has ceased to exist with a change of the five islands' constitutional status. Curacao and St Maarten have become autonomous countries within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, joining Aruba, which gained the status in 1986.

• Tuesday, October 12th 2010 - 00:48 UTC

  Brazilian auto production up but exports threatened by the strong Real

  

  Automobile production in Brazil is forecasted to grow 13.1% this year, more than the 6.5% expansion predicted previously according to the national automakers' association Anfavea. Output will probably end the year at 3.62 million units, Anfavea said.

• Tuesday, October 12th 2010 - 00:42 UTC

  Spanish, the third most common language in the web

  

  Spanish is the third most common language in the web with 136 million users which represents 8% of the total number of internauts in the world, behind English (38%) and Chinese (22%) according to a report from Fundacion Telefonica New York.

• Tuesday, October 12th 2010 - 00:31 UTC

  EU/Mercosur talks in Brussels to outline ‘work scheme’ for trade accord

  

  The European Union and the Mercosur trade bloc resumed on Monday a new round of talks in Brussels aimed at reaching free trade agreement in the near future after years of no talks. In the immediate the blocs are seeking to outline a “work scheme” that could be kicked off in December.