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• Wednesday, August 17th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Marchers support Lula and condemn impeachment

  Some 10,000 demonstrators marched Tuesday in Brasilia to protest against corruption and express solidarity with embattled President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva while Congress kept ahead with the investigation on bribes for votes and illegal financing of political parties.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Record oil prices set to chip 0,8% from world growth

  Record oil prices will cut world economic growth by 0,8% this year and will increase the gap between rich and emerging countries according to the International Energy Agency chief economist Fatih Birol.

• Wednesday, August 17th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Bush still strong with base supporters

  United States President George W. Bush's standing with a US public anxious about Iraq and the nation's direction is lower than that of the last two men who won re-election to the White House ? Ronald Reagan and Bill Clinton ? at this point in their second terms.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Comodoro will cash “green bonds” from eolic energy

  Comodoro Rivadavia in Patagonia wind swept, and with its electricity generating wind mills expects to begin cashing “green bonds” in early 2006 to the tune of 70,000 US dollars annually.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  More funds for Chilean Antarctic research

  The Chilean Antarctic Institute and the Chilean Science and Technology Council are sponsoring with World Bank funding multi-disciplinary Antarctic research rings announced in Punta Arenas Jose Retamales, head of the Chilean Antarctic office.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Maradona and Pele launch talk show

  Former soccer superstar Diego Maradona began a new career on television last night with a show of his own, to which he added a big roster of guests including his Brazilian peer Pelé.

• Tuesday, August 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Venezuela: Plane with 160 aboard crashed

  A Colombian charter jet carrying tourists from Panama to Martinique crashed in Venezuela yesterday after its engines failed, killing all 160 aboard in one of the country's worst air disasters.

• Monday, August 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Oil prices and Chinese textiles boost US trade deficit

  The United States trade deficit jumped 6% in June reaching 58,8 billion US dollars boosted by the soaring price of oil. The gap in May was 55,4 billion US dollars.

• Monday, August 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile limits compulsory military service

  Chile drastically reformed the selection and recruiting system limiting compulsory military service to the needs of the Chilean Armed Forces.

• Monday, August 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Cabinet crisis sweeps support for Peruvian president

  Peruvian president Alejandro Toledo's public opinion support plummeted following the cabinet crisis he created when naming a political ally to a key post, a move rejected by the rest of cabinet members.