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• Saturday, July 9th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  London: Death toll rises above 52

  More than 50 people were killed in Thursday's terror attacks in London, Metropolitan Police Commissioner Sir Ian Blair said.

• Friday, July 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Mrs. Kirchner launches Senate candidacy

  With no party emblems just the Argentine flag, First Lady Cristina Kirchner launched Thursday evening her campaign to the Senate for the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina's main electoral district and turf of former caretaker president Eduardo Duhalde.

• Friday, July 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Methanex joins gas exploration in Magallanes

  Methanex the world's leading methanol company with a huge plant in Punta Arenas has offered ENAP, Chile's oil company aid in exploring for natural gas in Magallanes Region.

• Friday, July 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Lula's dancing chairs: now it's a minister

  The wave of corruption shell shocking the Brazilian government reached Communications Minister Luiz Gushiken on Thursday when it was revealed that a consulting firm which formerly belonged to the minister has enjoyed skyrocketing revenues since President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva took office.

• Friday, July 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Spanish becomes second language in Brazil

  Brazilian Congress gave final approval Thursday to a bill that makes Spanish a second language in the country's public and private primary schools. The bill awaits now President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's signature.

• Friday, July 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  IDB presidency, a repeat of the OAS dispute?

  The coming departure of long-serving president Enrique Iglesias is sparking an unprecedented fight over leadership of the Inter-American Development Bank with the United States backing a Colombian diplomat and the region's left-leaning governments supporting the IDB's current Brazilian vice president.

• Friday, July 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Blair vows to secure G8 agreements

  Tony Blair will seek to tie up agreements on Africa and climate change after returning to the G8 summit.

• Friday, July 8th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  World condemns savage attacks in UK

  World leaders condemned the deadly attacks on London's transport system yesterday as ??barbaric,'' ??odious'' and ??despicable'' in a globe-spanning pledge of solidarity ? and vowed to cooperate to track down the terrorists.

• Thursday, July 7th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  A Scottish relief for Brazilian president Lula

  Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva left Wednesday for Scotland where together with the leaders of China, India, South Africa and Mexico, he will be a special guest of the G-8 summit.

• Thursday, July 7th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Chavez calls on the US to “bury FTAA” proposal

  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez called on United States to definitively bury the frustrated attempts to create a Free Trade Association of the Americans, FTAA since the project has failed.