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• Monday, June 5th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Venezuela: Arrival of Russian rifles is “historic” event

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday called the arrival of a shipment of 30,000 Russian assault rifles as “historic.”

• Monday, June 5th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Today is “World Environment Day”

  World Environment Day, commemorated each year on 5 June, is one of the principal vehicles through which the United Nations stimulates worldwide awareness of the environment and enhances political attention and action

• Monday, June 5th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina presses for annual OAS Falklands' claim

  Argentina will again request for a solution to the sovereignty dispute with the United Kingdom over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands issue during the Organization of American States annual assembly currently taking place in the Dominican Republic.

• Monday, June 5th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Ollanta Humala admits defeat

  Ollanta Humala admitted early Monday Alan Garcia's victory in the Sunday Peruvian presidential run-off.

• Monday, June 5th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Kirchner administration furious with former minister

  The Argentine government said Sunday that former economy minister Roberto Lavagna is a “cosmetic candidate” supported by former presidents Eduardo Duhalde and Raúl Alfonsín who are longing “to have some presence in the polls” for next year's presidential elections.

• Monday, June 5th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Pulp mills dispute: 6 to 8 weeks before a ruling

  Argentina believes it will take six to eight weeks before the “no innovation” clause in the pulp mills dispute with Uruguay currently before the International Court of The Hague, is accepted or rejected.

• Monday, June 5th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  “Bewildering array” of standards in fishing industry

  The 10th meeting of the FAO Sub-Committee on Fish Trade in Santiago de Compostela, Spain was marked by vigorous debate among the 61 participating countries regarding the increasingly complex challenges of responsibly managing the globe-spanning fish trade sector.

• Sunday, June 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Mega refinery project for Mesoamerica

  Ten Latinamerican countries led by Mexico and Colombia agreed in Santo Domingo the building of a mega oil refinery which will ensure energy supply to the region at preferential prices.

• Sunday, June 4th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Peru: more than 16 million to vote a new President

  Peruvians will vote today in a presidential election that may be closer than has long been expected.

• Saturday, June 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Shell sells Uruguay operations

  Brazil's state-run oil giant Petrobras said yesterday it has completed the purchase of Royal Dutch Shell's fuel-and-distribution operations in Uruguay, acquiring 89 service stations across the country.