Mercosur

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Death Toll Passes 800 in Haiti Flooding.

  U.N. peacekeepers fired into the air to keep a hungry crowd at bay Wednesday as aid workers handed out the first food in days for some in this city devastated by floods from Tropical Storm Jeanne. Meteorologists said the storm could strike the United States by this weekend.

• Wednesday, September 22nd 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Fishermen attack striking rangers at Galapagos nature preserve.

  Scores of fishermen on Wednesday stormed Galapagos National Park and attacked striking park rangers who were preventing the newly appointed park chief from assuming his post, one of the rangers told to the press.

• Tuesday, September 21st 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Mercosur has become more operational.

  Argentina and Brazil sought to play down their trade differences yesterday during a meeting between Presidents Néstor Kirchner and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in New York.

• Tuesday, September 21st 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Annan urges nations to restore respect for rule of law.

  Decrying what he described as “shameless” disregard for the rule of law around the globe, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today urged world leaders gathered at the General Assembly to do everything within their power to restore respect for the fundamental principles of law ? in domestic affairs, as well as on the international arena.

• Monday, September 20th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Dollar gains on eve of Fed interest rate decision.

  The dollar nudged higher against the euro and yen as dealers marked time on the eve of a US Federal Reserve interest rate announcement.

• Monday, September 20th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Close to 100 national leaders head to UN for General Assembly meeting.

  Leaders from nearly 100 countries are headed to New York to participate in the main annual debate, which is slated to open tomorrow and run through the end of the month at the United Nations General Assembly.

• Monday, September 20th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Floods Kill More Than 500 in Haiti.

  The death toll from the disastrous passage of Tropical Storm Jeanne over Haiti topped 500 on Monday, with the northern city of Gonaives cut off.

• Monday, September 20th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  U.N. Summit: Fight to end hunger merits top priority.

  The fight to eradicate hunger and poverty is a moral obligation that merits top priority, the leaders of Spain, France, Brazil and Chile said here Monday at a summit they convened in the hopes of spurring coordinated efforts to combat malnutrition and indigence worldwide.

• Sunday, September 19th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil President to Lead Poverty Crusade.

  A grade school dropout and ex-factory worker, President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva vividly recalls his struggle to survive in Brazil's backwoods and urban squalor. Now, Silva hopes to lead a global crusade to help the worlds needy.

• Sunday, September 19th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine central bank chiefs to go.

  Argentina's centre-left government is to replace Alfonso Prat-Gay, central bank president, as part of a wide-ranging shake-up of the country's highest monetary authority.