MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for September 11th 2013
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Wednesday, September 11th 2013 - 23:49 UTC
Chilean delegates at corruption-prevention forum in Panama partly financed by the Foreign Office
Chilean delegates are attending a regional forum to discuss techniques for tackling corruption and collusion in Latin American procurement taking place in Panama City. The conference is a joint initiative of the UK Foreign Office, several Panama government offices and a regional Central America body established by the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.
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Wednesday, September 11th 2013 - 23:42 UTC
UK distributes LIBOR fines paid by banks among military charities
Almost £2.5 million to go to the British armed forces community, including those currently serving, veterans and families. Armed forces charities and good causes are to benefit from the latest tranche of funding from the £35 million Armed Forces Covenant (LIBOR) Fund, the government has announced.
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Wednesday, September 11th 2013 - 22:09 UTC
Venezuela media running out of newsprint; lack of dollars to import
While the world press decries plunging print readership and advertising revenue, newspaper editors in Venezuela are struggling with a much more fundamental problem: lack of newsprint.
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Wednesday, September 11th 2013 - 22:06 UTC
Venezuela inflation running at annualized 45.4%; government “admits economic success debt”
Venezuela's annual inflation rate hit 45.4% in August, the central bank revealed this week, the highest in five years and the highest in the region, even as consumer price increases slowed from the previous month.
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Wednesday, September 11th 2013 - 22:02 UTC
”If Brazil devalues, Uruguay will follow”, President Mujica tells farmers
President Jose Mujica said that Uruguay is ‘aligned’ with Brazil in economic policy, and if the government of President Dilma Rousseff decides to devalue its currency, “Uruguay will follow” and as Brazil, “Uruguay is not satisfied with the functioning of Mercosur”.
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Wednesday, September 11th 2013 - 00:59 UTC
“We will never concede one drop of our waters to Spain”, pledged Picardo on Gibraltar Day
By Jim Watt - The Gibraltar National Day political rally organised by the Self-Determination Group for Gibraltar (SDGG) was held at Casemates square on Tuesday. On stage were local politicians, including the leader of the opposition, heads and representatives of other British Overseas Territories, including the Falkland Islands, British MP's from all parties and Mr Perry Stieglitz Gibraltar's man in the US.
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Wednesday, September 11th 2013 - 00:57 UTC
Good news from China: manufacturing, retail sales and investment up in August
China's industrial production increased by more than expected in August the latest sign that the world's second-largest economy may be on the mend. According to data released on Tuesday factory output climbed 10.4% from a year earlier. Retail sales and fixed asset investment also rose during the month.
