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Tuesday, April 13th 2010 - 05:40 UTC
Chilean quake almost aborts secret mission to ship enriched uranium to the US

Andrew Bieniawski, assistant deputy administrator of the United States National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) had one thing in mind while lying in his hotel bed in Chile during the Feb. 27 earthquake: a secret mission.
Tuesday, April 13th 2010 - 00:25 UTC
Washington Post ad calls on Mrs Kirchner to cancel coal plant in Patagonia

In an attempt to take advantage of President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's visit to the US (CFK is attending the Nuclear Security Summit), Greenpeace has posted a paid announcement on The Washington Post newspaper as a way to protest against the construction of a coal-fuelled power plant in Río Turbio, Santa Cruz province.
Monday, April 12th 2010 - 05:13 UTC
Kissinger accused of turning blind eye to Latam military regimes political killings

Henry Kissinger while United States Secretary of State, halted a plan to warn South American military regimes against international political assassinations such as those involving the 1976 death in Washington of former Chilean minister Orlando Letelier, a document shows.
Saturday, April 10th 2010 - 04:55 UTC
Major US banks lowered debt levels to mask risks, claims Wall Street Journal

Major US banks temporarily lowered their debt levels just before reporting in the past five quarters, making it appear their balance sheets were less risky, the Wall Street Journal said, citing data from the Federal Reserve Bank of New York.
Saturday, April 10th 2010 - 04:49 UTC
US stocks DJ at 11.000 for the first time since September 2008

United States stocks rose Friday sending the Dow Jones Industrial Average briefly above 11,000 for the first time since September 2008, as growth in wholesale inventories added to signs the economy is strengthening.
Thursday, April 8th 2010 - 23:42 UTC
US/China hold talks on “economic relations” and global situation

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner held talks Thursday in Beijing with Vice-Premier Wang Qishan. Neither the US nor Chinese officials would comment in detail on the meeting. But it is understood to be part of a long-running dispute over the value of the Chinese Yuan, which the US says has been kept artificially low.
Thursday, April 8th 2010 - 04:21 UTC
Brazil and US sign defence cooperation accord next week, first since 1977

Brazil and the United States will sign a defence-cooperation agreement next week, Defence Minister Nelson Jobim said Wednesday. This would be the first major bilateral military cooperation agreement since 1977.
Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 23:57 UTC
US federal judge rules in favour of Argentine sovereign bonds “holdouts”

A United States federal judge ruled in favour of seizing 105 million US dollars from the Argentine Central Bank deposits in New York in order to pay the debt the country holds with two investment funds.
Wednesday, April 7th 2010 - 23:40 UTC
Bernanke warns US economy still faces ailing housing and employment

United States Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke cautioned the US economy still faces significant headwinds, including a housing sector that has yet to recover convincingly and an ailing employment market.
Wednesday, March 31st 2010 - 18:20 UTC
Texas Congress discuss violence from drug war along border with Mexico

The violence raging in Mexico’s drug war is worse now than the terror that enveloped Colombia during the 1980s and 1990s ever was, Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steve Mc Craw told state lawmakers this week in Austin.