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• Monday, September 16th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile's growth forecast downed

  Chile's Central Bank downed to 2% the country's 2002 economic growth forecast and estimated that next year Chile will fluctuate between 3,5 and 4,5%, given adverse world conditions.

• Monday, September 16th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  European Union interest rates unchanged

  The ruling body of the European Union Central Bank left the basic interest rate unchanged at 3,25% as anticipated by financial markets.

• Tuesday, September 10th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Breaking News

  Headlines:
  Paraguay to Brazil: Shut Oviedo up; Chile sets up its first unemployment compensation program; Brazilian presidential candidate Lula climbs in polls;Brazil gets $30bn IMF loan

• Tuesday, September 10th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile marks its own Sept. 11

  Chile on Wednesday marks its own Sept.11, that of 1973, when the presidential palace La Moneda was bombed and the long Pinochet dictatorship, known worldwide mainly for wholesale abuse of human rights, began.

• Monday, September 9th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Violence Erupts at March in Chile

  Police used tear gas and water cannons to disperse demonstrators Sunday after violence erupted during a march marking the 29th anniversary of the military coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet

• Sunday, September 8th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Holland impress with 3-0 victory over Belarus

  by Patrick Watts in Eindhoven.

• Sunday, September 8th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Argentine Crime Wave Hits AP, Others

  Gunmen entered a 13-story office tower housing The Associated Press and other organizations Sunday, tying up and blindfolding about 10 people as they went floor by floor stealing valuables.

• Friday, September 6th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  Brazil: 17th World Petroleum Congress

  Green energy sources cannot meet global development needs and no matter how hard ecologists push for viable alternatives, hydrocarbons will continue to fuel the world for decades, experts at the 17th World Petroleum Congress say.

• Friday, September 6th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  IMF defers Argentine repayment

  The Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved this Thursday a request from Argentina to extend by one year the repayment expectation of SDR 2.091 billion (about US$2.8 billion), which arises on September 9, 2002 under the Supplemental Reserve Facility (SRF).

• Wednesday, September 4th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

  More security in Santiago airport

  A more rigorous checking of passengers and luggage, compulsory X rays for all luggage and hand pieces, plus a last generation scanner soon to be installed, are some of the current security measures in Santiago de Chile's airport, almost a year from the horrendous September 11th. terrorist attacks in the United States