MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 25th 2016
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Friday, March 25th 2016 - 05:57 UTC
New Zealanders have voted in a referendum to keep their existing flag
New Zealanders have voted to keep their existing flag after a national referendum, preliminary results show. The referendum asked whether the flag which includes the Union Jack should be replaced by a design called Silver Fern, which won an earlier ballot. The results show 56.6% voted for no change, while 43.1% opted for the new design. Just over 2.1m votes were cast.
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Friday, March 25th 2016 - 05:30 UTC
One of the greatest football players of all time is dead at the age of 68
Johan Cruyff was voted world player of the year three times in four years in the early 1970’s and led the Netherlands to the World Cup final in 1974. He later managed Barcelona for eight years, with the club winning 11 trophies, including its first European Cup title.
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Friday, March 25th 2016 - 05:26 UTC
Unemployment in Brazil reaches 9.5%, the highest level since 2012
Unemployment in Latin America's largest country is at its highest level since 2012, the Brazilian government said on Thursday. Brazil's IBGE statistics bureau said that the jobless rate in the three months through January was 9.5%, compared to the 6.8% in the same period one year ago.
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Friday, March 25th 2016 - 05:20 UTC
US government supports Argentine appeal to lift injunctions in its debt dispute
In another display of support for the Argentine administration of president Mauricio Macri, the government of the United States affirmed it has “significant foreign policy interests” in finding a “rapid” resolution to the long-standing dispute between Argentina and bondholders.
