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• Thursday, October 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazilian Indians fight back

  Indians demanding greater compensation from mining operations in the Amazon region have invaded a company town owned by the world's largest iron ore miner, the company said yesterday.

• Thursday, October 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil's Silva Leading Election

  Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva widened his lead over rival Geraldo Alckmin, the former governor of the country's richest and most-populous state, in a Datafolha poll.

• Thursday, October 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  HMS Endurance calls in Buenos Aires

  The Royal Navy's Ice Patrol vessel HMS Endurance under Captain Nick Lambert is scheduled to arrive today, Thursday to Buenos Aires, in a goodwill call before heading south for the 2006/07 Antarctic season, reports the Argentine press.

• Thursday, October 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  U.N.: Number of ocean 'dead zones' rise

  Scientists have found 200 “dead zones” in the world's oceans - places where pollution threatens fish, other marine life and the people who depend on them.

• Thursday, October 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile-Germany to Strengthen Links

  Chilean President Michelle Bachelet discussed cooperation in education and alternative energy Thursday with Chancellor Angela Merkel during a visit to Germany ? her home in exile during Chile's military dictatorship.

• Thursday, October 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  U.N. to postpone voting on seat for week

  The U.N. General Assembly will suspend voting over an open Latin American seat in the U.N. Security Council for a week to do other work and allow time to break a deadlock between the two countries bidding for the spot, Guatemala and Venezuela, officials said Thursday.

• Thursday, October 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  OPEC surprises with deeper oil cut

  OPEC, the producer of 40 percent of the world's crude oil, agreed to cut production by 1.2 million barrels a day to stem a three-month slide in prices.

• Wednesday, October 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina: one billion dollars fisheries exports in 2006

  Argentine fisheries exports, boosted by good squid catches, will range in the one billion US dollars mark this year and could jump to 1.2 billion in the next few years, reports the Mar del Plata press.

• Wednesday, October 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Lan begins Santiago/Punta Arenas night flights

  Almost a hundred passengers inaugurated this week the first of two weekly direct night flights between Santiago and Punta Arenas which Lan Chile has added for summer season's months.

• Wednesday, October 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  United States population hits 300-million mark

  The population of the United States officially hit the historic milestone of 300 million Tuesday morning, according to U.S. Census Bureau estimates.