MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for February 3rd 2015
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Tuesday, February 3rd 2015 - 06:59 UTC
Toothfish poachers in Australian waters try to ram Sea Shepherd's “Sam Simon”
Two illegal fishing boats that evaded the New Zealand navy are now in Australian waters, but it's unclear whether local authorities will intervene. Conservation group Sea Shepherd on Monday said one of their ships patrolling the area, the Sam Simon, intercepted the Yongding and the Kunlun at 11.30am AEDT with prohibited fishing gear on its deck.
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Tuesday, February 3rd 2015 - 06:49 UTC
Brazil's nominal budget deficit far worse than expected, 6.7% of GDP
Brazil's federal, state and local governments ended 2014 with a cumulative primary budget deficit equivalent to 12.51 billion dollars putting public finances in the red for the first time since the current reporting methodology was adopted in 2001, the Central Bank announced.
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Tuesday, February 3rd 2015 - 06:35 UTC
Brazil's Lower House elects as speaker a critic of President Rousseff's policies
Brazil's Congress elected a conservative as speaker of the Chamber of Deputies on Sunday in a setback for the ruling Workers' Party that split President Dilma Rousseff's coalition and will complicate her legislative agenda.
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Tuesday, February 3rd 2015 - 06:22 UTC
Judges decline to handle Nisman's allegations against Cristina Fernandez
Two judges on Monday declined to handle the allegations brought by late prosecutor Alberto Nisman against Argentina's president, charging her with seeking to derail his investigation of the deadly 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center.
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Tuesday, February 3rd 2015 - 06:14 UTC
Obama's 4 trillion budget gives priority to the middle class and infrastructure
President Barack Obama's 2016 budget unveiled Monday sets priorities for the middle class and proposes major infrastructure improvements, to be paid for largely through increased contributions by the wealthy and corporate America.
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Tuesday, February 3rd 2015 - 00:10 UTC
Falklands' oil drilling program confirmed; rig from Western Africa on its way
Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd has confirmed that the Eirik Raude rig has commenced mobilization from West Africa to the Falkland Islands for the 2015 drilling program, which will be operated by Premier Oil and Noble Energy.
