MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for September 28th 2011
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Wednesday, September 28th 2011 - 02:34 UTC
Bolivia’s Interior minister steps down and controversial jungle road is suspended
Bolivia's Interior minister and his Deputy resigned Tuesday after mounting recriminations over a violent police crackdown on marchers opposed to a jungle highway that they say would despoil an indigenous preserve.
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Wednesday, September 28th 2011 - 01:42 UTC
UK opens consultation period on new strategy for Overseas Territories
The Foreign Office has launched a consultation on a new strategy for the Overseas Territories and is inviting views from people of those Territories and the UK on how to implement the goals.
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Wednesday, September 28th 2011 - 01:21 UTC
Falklands’ governor says relations with Chile go back over 200 years
Falklands’ Governor Nigel Haywood said UK relations with Chile go back over 200 years and it was “natural to have a strong relationship with a good neighbour”, reports the latest edition of Penguin News.
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Wednesday, September 28th 2011 - 01:17 UTC
Germany promises help to rebuild confidence in debt-stricken Greece
Germany will do all it can to rebuild confidence in debt-stricken Greece as it implements reforms to meet the conditions of its international bailout package, Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Tuesday.
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Wednesday, September 28th 2011 - 00:58 UTC
Argentine 2010/11 crop a “historic record” breaks 100 million tons benchmark
Argentina 2010/2011 crop reached 102.082 million tons of grains and oil seeds, a ‘historic record’, according to an official release from the Ministry of Agriculture.
