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Stories for March 27th 2013

• Wednesday, March 27th 2013 - 07:53 UTC

  YPF and US based DOW sign memorandum to develop shale gas in Patagonia

  

  Argentina’s nationalized energy company YPF on Tuesday signed a memorandum of understanding with the local subsidiary of the US Dow Chemical to develop the shale gas deposits in the southern Nequen province.

• Wednesday, March 27th 2013 - 07:46 UTC

  ‘Olympic’ embarrassment for Brazil which is forced to close indefinitely major stadium

  

  A stadium in Brazil that was due to host athletics at the 2016 Olympics has been closed indefinitely because of structural problems with its roof. The Joao Havelange stadium in Rio de Janeiro was built only six years ago. It was also being used as the main football venue in Rio, while the city's Maracana stadium is being renovated for next year's World Cup.

• Wednesday, March 27th 2013 - 07:39 UTC

  Falklands ‘Counter Strike’ online game has ‘British terrorists’ eliminated by ‘Argentine patriots’

  

  An Argentine company has developed a map for the popular online game Counter Strike in which players fight British “terrorists” on the Falkland Islands. The setting created by Dattatec.com has clocked more than 9,000 downloads in a few hours, after “going viral”.