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• Thursday, July 7th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine June inflation triggers controversy

  A day after it was officially announced that June's consumer price index in Argentina had jumped an unexpected 0,9%, Economy minister Roberto Lavagna tried on Thursday to sooth market expectations saying that “inflation is reasonably under control”.

• Thursday, July 7th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentina preparing the ground for IMF talks

  Just a few days away from the beginning of negotiations on a new stand by agreement Argentine officials demanded this week “coherence and predictability” from the International Monetary Fund.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  FT tops list of world's best newspapers

  The Financial Times topped a list of the world's best newspapers, according to a survey of executives, politicians, university lecturers, journalists and advertising professionals conducted by a Swiss-based consultant.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Bolivia to hold elections

  The Bolivian Senate on Tuesday approved the constitutional reforms OK'd by the lower house, setting the stage for early general elections in December which Bolivians hope will do something to defuse the bitter political conflict that has driven two presidents from office since October 2003.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Kirchner: some reporters schizophrenic

  “If I announce public works, they say that I am campaigning and they say that we announce them and don't do them... some friends who engage in journalism must calm down, because that is really schizophrenic,” Kirchner said when announcing a home-building programme in San Juan province.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Leaders fly in for G8 summit

  Prime Minister Tony Blair flew into Edinburgh to be whisked by helicopter to host the G8 summit at Gleneagles.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Crude futures top US$61 a barrel

  Crude oil prices rose, close $61 a barrel in New York, as Tropical Storm Cindy in the Gulf of Mexico disrupted the arrival of shipments to the United States.

• Wednesday, July 6th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  London edged it by four votes

  Four votes were enough to give London a dramatic victory over Paris over the right to host the 2012 Olympics here on Wednesday.
  
  The final count was 54-50 for Paris.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Joint Chile/Argentine armies South Pole expedition

  The Antarctic Departments from the Chilean and Argentine Armies are planning a joint expedition to the South Pole and common regional celebrations for 2010 when both countries will be celebrating two centuries of independence from Spanish colonial rule.

• Tuesday, July 5th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Crucial ruling party meeting in Brazil

  Brazil's ruling Workers Party, WP, is holding this Tuesday an Executive emergency meeting to address the ever expanding bribes and money skimming scandal which now admittedly directly involves the party structure and president, Jose Genoino another crucial man in president Lula da Silva's administration.