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• Thursday, September 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine Economy Minister Denies Resignation.

  Argentine Economy Minister Roberto Lavagna, the most influential member of President Kirchner's cabinet has denied rumours that he is to resign.

• Thursday, September 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  President Lagos Travels to New York.

  Chilean President Ricardo Lagos will travel this coming weekend to New York to participate in the ”hunger summit'' and the General Assembly of the United Nations.

• Thursday, September 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean Wines Hope to Become UK Leader.

  Conquer the United Kingdom as one of the main Chilean wine importers and extending the availability of the wines were the main objectives of the Annual Trade Testing, an event organised in London by Wines of Chile.

• Thursday, September 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Sixty Seven Counties at UN General Assembly.

  Peace and world security, sustainable growth and the reform of the United Nations will be priorities at the 59th General Assembly which has been inaugurated in New York by its president Jean Ping.

• Thursday, September 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  IMF sees stronger global financial system.

  The global financial system is stronger than at any point since the stock market bubble burst in 2001, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday, in spite of interest rate increases by the US Federal Reserve.

• Wednesday, September 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazilian Debt Greatest in Latin America.

  The 20 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are expected to end 2004 with a gross foreign debt of $776 billion, a report released by Dresdner Bank Lateinamerika said.

• Wednesday, September 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil is Hackers Favourite.

  Brazil has become the global capital for computer hacking and internet fraud, according to experts at a meeting in Brasilia, the Brazilian capital. 500 experts from around the world are attending the first international conference to combat electronic crime.

• Wednesday, September 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Worlds First Super Telescope.

  Australia will build in the south east of the country a ‘super-telescope' called “SkyMapper” with which it hopes to provide the first digital map of the sky in the southern hemisphere, the Australian National University (UNA) has reported.

• Wednesday, September 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Oil: OPEC Agrees to Increase Production Quota.

  OPEC has agreed to increase official oil production by a million barrels a day, equivalent to 4%, up to 27 million barrels, in the hope off bringing prices down to under U$40.

• Wednesday, September 15th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile's Pinochet Enters Hospital.

  Chilean former dictator Augusto Pinochet was admitted to a Military Hospital, apparently with “an acute respiratory condition,”, the hospital said