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Montevideo, April 16th 2024 - 13:05 UTC

Stories for August 2nd 2014

  • Saturday, August 2nd 2014 - 07:48 UTC

    Growing concerns the Ebola outbreak could spread globally by travelers

    Thousands are believed to have been infected by the virus, which can go unnoticed for three weeks and kills up to 90% of victims.

    Concerns have been expressed about the possibility of the current Ebola outbreak spreading globally after an infected airline passenger introduced the deadly virus to Nigeria. All outbreaks since 1976, when Ebola was first identified, have been confined to rural and forested areas in Africa, with the previous highest death toll being 280.

  • Saturday, August 2nd 2014 - 04:08 UTC

    Griesa orders Argentina/holdouts to resume negotiations and an end to 'misleading information'

    The Judge told Argentina lawyers “to take steps to stop the misleading information being released by the Republic”

    US District Judge Thomas Griesa presiding over Argentina's bitter dispute with two hedge funds left the country stranded in default on Friday, ordering it to hold new negotiations and calling for an end to “mistrust”. In a stern tone Griesa slammed the decision by Argentina to defy his order that it pay in full holdout investors and instead opted to default on 29 billion dollars in debt.

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