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• Tuesday, June 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Corruption: Brazil's Lula promises full investigation

  Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva promised Monday that in the fight against corruption he will look “stone under stone” and will prove to the country and his political allies his commitment to end with “this evil”.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Bielsa criticized for his double role, candidate and minister

  Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Rafael Bielsa who last weekend announced he will be running for office in the Lower House for the city of Buenos Aires came under heavy flak from his competitors who are demanding he abandons his cabinet post.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Falklands/Malvinas naming “a delicate issue”

  Lan Chile admitted that “the Falklands/Malvinas route naming is a delicate issue” because both Britain and Argentina are insistent, but what really matters is that in a global world “we must learn to incorporate the different country codes and that takes time”, said Ignacio Cueto, Lan's Passenger transport general manager.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine 2 Egypto 0

  Argentina kept alive their hopes of qualifying for the 2nd stage of the World Youth Championships with a easy 2-0 vistory over a poor Egypt team.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  FIFA Would welcome Argentine bid to host World Cup 2014

  FIFA President Jospeh Blatter, hosting a press conference prior to the Argentina-Egypt game,
  said that FIFA would 'welcome'a bid from Argentina to host the 2014 World Cup.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Earthquake devastates north of Chile

  At least eleven people died and hundreds were injured during a powerful earthquake that rocked Tuesday morning the north of Chile. People in the cities of Arica and Iquique, and in near by villages panicked into the streets as devastation extended. Energy and drinking water services were interrupted.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil and Argentina optimistic about trade talks

  Economy ministers from Brazil and Argentina meeting in Buenos Aires said that they are optimistic that both countries can reach agreements to overcome trade differences.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Limited refining capacity keeps oil prices strong

  OPEC producers considering an increase in oil output limits said they were powerless to rein in prices which this week were back in the 55 US dollars per barrel.

• Monday, June 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguayan UN soldier dies in Congo

  A Uruguayan soldier who was a member of the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) died in an accident in the African nation, the Army said Sunday in Montevideo.

• Monday, June 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Immediate debt relief for “poorest” countries

  The Group of Eight, G8, the world's most industrialized nations agreed in London to cancel “100 percent” of the multilateral foreign debt of 18 poor countries, including Bolivia, Honduras and Nicaragua.