MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for November 24th 2015
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Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 14:53 UTC
Summit of gas exporting countries opened in Tehran with nine leaders attending
A landmark summit of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) has opened in the Iranian capital Tehran with the participation of the heads of nine member states. Presidents of Iran, Russia, Venezuela, Iraq, Bolivia, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Turkmenistan as well as the Algerian prime minister are the key participants.
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Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 13:56 UTC
Biggest pharmaceutical deal in history criticized by US political presidential hopefuls
US drugs giant Pfizer has sealed a deal to buy Botox-maker Allergan for $160bn in what is the biggest pharmaceuticals deal in history. The takeover could allow Pfizer to escape relatively high US corporate tax rates by moving its headquarters to Allergan's Dublin base.
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Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 12:21 UTC
Macri will announce his economic team and measures once he has access to official data
In his first press conference as Argentine president-elect, Mauricio Macri announced on Monday he would not have a Secretary of Economy but rather an economic cabinet with six members, and anticipated that the team that will be taking office with him, as well as those in the province of Buenos Aires, “will include many officials which do not come from the political system”.
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Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 11:47 UTC
Argentine election: the Kirchners' Falklands policy has backfired spectacularly
By Dr Alasdair Pinkerton - For the first time in 12 years, the new occupant of the Casa Rosada, the presidential palace in Buenos Aires, will no longer bear the surname Kirchner.
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Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 11:29 UTC
Venezuelan military involved in cocaine transport, claims New York Attorney Office
The latest developments in the drug trafficking case with relatives of Venezuela’s first lady Cilia Flores indicate that the Venezuelan military is involved in transporting cocaine to Haiti for trans-shipment into the US.
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Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 10:24 UTC
China prepared to intensify strategic partnership with Argentina
China congratulated Mauricio Macri on Monday for winning Argentina's presidential election and underlined the comprehensive strategic partnership.
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Tuesday, November 24th 2015 - 10:13 UTC
Washington promises to cooperate closely with elected president Macri
United States State Secretary John Kerry congratulated on Monday newly elected president of Argentina Mauricio Macri saying Washington will cooperate “closely” with the administration that will take office on December 10.
