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• Friday, October 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Iran strongly rejects Argentine prosecutors' accusation

  Iran strongly rejected Argentine prosecutor charges against former high-level Iranian officials over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires.

• Friday, October 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  EU vessels “threaten” Chilean fisheries

  Chile's fishing industry is on alert over the presence of two European Union fishing boats off the coast of Chile, just outside the 200 miles of Chile's Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), over which the country has rights over the exploration and use of marine resources.

• Friday, October 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Clear lead for Lula in Brazilian presidential run-off

  Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva heads to this Sunday's presidential run-off in Brazil as the favourite, according to a poll by Datafolha published Thursday in Folha de Sao Paulo.

• Friday, October 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Spanish construction group after majority stake in Repsol-YPF

  Spain's construction and services group Sacyr Vallehermoso has plans to become the main shareholder of oil company Repsol-YPF, ahead of the Catalonian financial group La Caixa according to Spain's Securities and Exchange Commission, CNMV.

• Friday, October 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Mexico condemns the “shameful” border wall with US

  Mexican president Vicente Fox called the wall United States is planning to build along the common border “shameful” and a decision “with no vision of future”.

• Friday, October 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  US economy growth dips to an annualized 1.6%

  United States economic growth slowed down to 1.6% in the third quarter, the lowest in three years, according to the US Department of Commerce. This compares negatively with the 2.6% of the second quarter and market expectations of 2.1%.

• Friday, October 27th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Latinamerican stock markets global leader

  Latin American stocks are currently the world's most profitable, according to investment bank Morgan Stanley.

• Thursday, October 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  WWF: “ecological overshoot” threatens Earth's resources

  The world's natural ecosystems are being degraded at a rate unprecedented in human history, according to a report released this week by WWF, the global conservation organization.

• Thursday, October 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine prosecutors accuse Iran and Hezbollah

  Argentine prosecutors formally charged the Iranian government and the Lebanese militia group, Hezbollah, over the 1994 bombing of a Jewish centre in Buenos Aires killing 85 and injuring 200.

• Thursday, October 26th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Pinochet's secret gold

  Chile's government has asked a special prosecutor to investigate reports that former dictator Augusto Pinochet, already facing charges related to secret bank accounts, hid about nine tons of gold in a Hong Kong bank.