MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for January 8th 2014
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Wednesday, January 8th 2014 - 05:19 UTC
Panama Canal and construction companies closer to understanding on over-costs
Panama Canal officials offered Tuesday to share the burden in a 283 million dollars fund to end a spat with a consortium threatening to halt the waterway's expansion over huge cost overruns. The proposal came after two days of intense talks under mediation of a Spanish cabinet minister who flew to Panama City for emergency meetings aimed at preventing a shutdown of the major project.
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Wednesday, January 8th 2014 - 05:07 UTC
All 50 US states suffered freezing temperatures, affecting 190 million people
Weather records have tumbled across North America, as all 50 US states saw freezing temperatures. The most extreme arctic blasts, blamed on a weather pattern known as the polar vortex, were said to have affected nearly 190 million people.
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Wednesday, January 8th 2014 - 05:00 UTC
US dollar climbs to new record in Argentina: 10.90 Pesos
The newly appointed Argentine Central bank chairman Juan Carlos Fábrega strategy to make the money exchange markets converge does not seem to be working: on Tuesday the 'blue' or parallel dollar soared to a new record, 10.85 and 10.90 Pesos, while the gap with the official rate again climbed to almost 60%.
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Wednesday, January 8th 2014 - 04:56 UTC
Expectation: Cristina Fernandez is back and is scheduled to address the situation
Argentine President Cristina Fernández resumed on Tuesday her official activity in the Government House, after spending 18 days with her relatives in the Patagonia province of Santa Cruz. She arrived in Buenos Aires late Monday night and is scheduled to make a public appearance on Wednesday.
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Wednesday, January 8th 2014 - 01:00 UTC
IAATO expedition vessel helps HCA chart Antarctic waters
An IAATO sailing yacht has demonstrated that private and commercial vessels on expeditions in Antarctica can perform official hydrographic surveys and produce navigational charts that are still much needed for the region. Results were presented at the 13th Conference of the Hydrographic Commission on Antarctica (HCA) in Cadiz, Spain 3-5 December, hosted by the Spanish Navy.
