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Friday, December 1st 2006 - 20:00 UTC
China planning third Antarctic permanent station

China has decided to build a third permanent research station in the Antarctic and refurbish its two existing stations to upgrade science facilities on the continent, reports Xinhua, the country's official news agency.
Friday, December 1st 2006 - 20:00 UTC
World Bank: China's 10% poorest situation has worsened

China must concentrate on social security and welfare programs now that it has advanced in achieving a reduction in poverty, said the World Bank Friday.
Friday, December 1st 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguay cancels all debts with the IMF

Uruguay has paid off its full debt of some 1.09 billion US dollars to the International Monetary Fund, “which will grant the country greater financial autonomy” according to Central Bank sources.
Friday, December 1st 2006 - 20:00 UTC
LAN Chile consolidates as leading regional airline

Chile's flag carrier LAN announced Friday the fifth incorporation this year of a new long range Boeing 767-300, which is part of the 2006/08 fleet's expansion and renewal program costing two billion US dollars.
Friday, December 1st 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Pulp mills: Royal envoy begins shuttle diplomacy

A Spanish royal envoy acting as a “dialogue facilitator” between Argentina and Uruguay that are engaged in an escalating pulp mills controversy is scheduled to arrive next Monday for a round of contacts in Buenos Aires and Montevideo.
Thursday, November 30th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina/UK Navy chiefs embrace in Valparaiso

Two Falklands/Malvinas veterans who fought on opposite sides and now command their countries' navies embraced amicably on Wednesday when they met at a naval exhibition in Valparaíso, Chile.
Thursday, November 30th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Morales land distribution plan passed by Senate

Bolivia's Senate handed President Evo Morales this week another key political victory, following his nationalization of the energy sector: the passage of his controversial land-reform project.
Thursday, November 30th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina blasts Uruguay for involving Army in pull mills dispute

Argentina's president urged Uruguay on Thursday not to send troops to guard a pulp mill on a border river with Argentina that is at the core of an escalating dispute between the South American neighbors.
Thursday, November 30th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Brazil's growth “disappointing” in spite of lower rates

Brazil's economy grew 3.2% in the third quarter from a year earlier, compared with 1.2% in the second quarter, the government revealed Thursday in Rio de Janeiro.
Thursday, November 30th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Gibraltar approves new constitution

On Thursday 20th November, Gibraltarians voted in a referendum to approve a new constitution.