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• Monday, April 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  G-7 ask China, and Asian nations, to revalue currencies

  The G-7 meeting of Finance Ministers and Central Bank presidents in Washington considering actions to reduce global economic imbalances, have asked China and other Asian nations to adopt a more flexible currency system.

• Monday, April 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Giant iceberg changes Antarctic geography

  One of the largest icebergs ever seen and drifting in Antarctica, B-15A last week broke a five kilometres piece of the continent after colliding with the Drygalski ice tongue, forcing the redrafting of Antarctic maps.

• Sunday, April 17th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguayan Navy incorporates support vessel

  The Uruguayan Navy officially incorporated this week a former German multi purpose support vessel which was refurbished in Wilhelmshaven and is expected to arrive in Montevideo at the end of the month.

• Sunday, April 17th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Preparing for the Arab-South American summit

  The organization of the coming summit between leaders from Arab countries and South America scheduled to be held in Brazil was the main issue in the Arab League's chairman Amr Mussa visit to Brazil.

• Sunday, April 17th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Ecuadorian president lifts state of emergency

  Ecuadorian President Lucio Gutierrez on Saturday lifted the state of emergency that he had imposed on Quito's metropolitan area not 20 hours earlier.

• Sunday, April 17th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  G7 urges Argentina to re-negotiate debt

  “Following the debt exchange, Argentina needs to address the remaining defaulted debt, in line with the lending-into-arrears policy of the IMF, and undertake structural reforms to ensure sustainable growth,” the G7 said in a statement signed by its financial officials after a meeting in Washington.

• Sunday, April 17th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News from Pta. Arenas.

  Headlines:
  Chilean icebreaker ends Antarctic season; Dollar exchange activity returning to normal; Magallanes hospital among the top 15; Punta Arenas US sister city; Patagonia South-South integration.

• Saturday, April 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  EU candidate closer to becoming WTO head

  Former European Union Trade Commissar Pascal Lamy received this week the most support in the first round of consultations for a new head of the World Trade Organization, according to officials in Geneva.

• Saturday, April 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  US open to a “consensus candidate” for OAS post

  United States is considering “all alternatives” for the election of the Organization of American States next Secretary General and doesn't discard supporting a consensus candidate, said Friday US Under Secretary for Hemispheric Affairs Roger Noriega.

• Saturday, April 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  “Intelligent interaction” instead of Washington consensus

  Surging raw material prices, better trade figures, stronger currencies and the lessons from the past seem to have imposed a sober mood in the Inter American Development Bank, IDB annual Assembly held this week in Okinawa, Japan.