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Thursday, August 28, 2008 Thursday, August 28, 2008
Barak Obama officially nominated by acclamation Argentine president ranks 13 among world’s powerful women
Barack Obama made history as he became the first African-American to win the presidential nomination of a major US political party. ... Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and Chile’s Michelle Bachelet figure among the hundred most powerful women in the world according to a ...
Thursday, August 28, 2008 Thursday, August 28, 2008
Oil rig for South Atlantic exploration arrives next month Chilean to head IMF Western Hemisphere Department
Argentine and Chilean government and private oil companies announced Wednesday they would be investing 150 million US dollars to search for hydrocarbons in the ... Chile’s former Finance minister Nicolas Eyzaguirre was named to head the International Monetary Fund Western Hemisphere Department that oversees Latin ...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Canada reaffirms Arctic presence mapping resources Polar bears detected swimming in high seas miles from shore
A major initiative that involves mapping out the geological resources in Canada's Arctic was announced with great media display this week in Ottawa. Prime ... An aerial survey by United States government scientists in Alaska’s Chukchi Sea has recently found at least nine polar bears swimming in open water, with ...
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The Brazilian economy and the dividends of stability Hugo Chávez tightens the state’s grip on politics and the economy
Brazil’s Central Bank president Henrique Meirelles was the guest this week of the Brazilian-American Chamber of Commerce in New York, where he talked ... Last July 31st. Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez extraordinary powers came to an end but it was also a day of great announcements. Twenty six decrees were ...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Listerosis scare in Canada and class action lawsuit US scientists say Arctic sea ice melting at record pace
Canadian Maple Leaf Foods faces millions of dollars in demands from a class action lawsuit following an outbreak of listerosis (meat poisoning) linked to the ... Sea ice in the Arctic Ocean has melted to its second lowest level since satellite observations began according to the National Snow and Ice Data Center in ...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Firm vote intention support for Uruguay’s opposition Argentine inflation running at an annualized 28/30%
Vote intention for Uruguay’s main opposition party continues to inch upwards according to the latest public opinion polls while the ruling coalition ... Accumulated inflation in Argentina over the last 12 months by the end of July was 28%, with food prices having risen 39% in that period and index-linking ...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Hillary Clinton calls on supporters to rally behind Obama UK presents before UN sea bed claim around Ascension Is
Hillary Clinton delivered an unequivocal endorsement of Barack Obama in her prime time speech at the Democratic convention in Denver tonight and called on her ... Britain is to formally present its case to the United Nations in New York for extending its territorial rights around Ascension Island in the South Atlantic. ...
Wednesday, August 27, 2008 Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Mar del Plata claims fisheries industry “no longer profitable” Argentine fisheries exports unchanged in 12 months
Fisheries in Argentina has become a non profitable business according to several industry chambers mostly based in Mar del Plata where 50% of the ... Argentine fisheries exports reached 318.372 tons and 657.5 million US dollars respectively during the first seven months of 2008 which represents a slight 6% ...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Brazil ponders about wealth from recent huge oil finds World poverty down: 1.4 billion lives on less than USD 1.25
Towering above the beautiful bay of Angra dos Reis near to Rio de Janeiro a vast oil platform stands almost ready to head out to sea. Work is almost completed ... The World Bank said improved economic estimates showed there were more poor people around the world than previously thought while also revealing successes in ...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Fossil fuel subsidies and growth: UN changes criteria US median household income: USD 50.233; poverty 12.5%
Challenging the widely-held view that fossil fuel subsidies benefit the poor, a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme, UNEP, calls for cutting ... Real median household income in the United States climbed 1.3% between 2006 and 2007, reaching 50,233 US dollars according to a report released Tuesday by the ...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Argentine wheat crop forecasted to drop steeply Falklands Government renews Legislative Council website
Wheat production in Argentina will suffer a steep decline because of the government’ inefficient agriculture policies claimed the leader of one of the ... The Falkland Islands Government has launched a new website - www.falklands.gov.fk/legco - which ...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Tierra del Fuego flock infested with melophagus ovinus Falklands: Results of 3D Interpretation and Operational Update
A controversy over the presence of melophagus ovinus (*), or sheep ked in the Chilean Tierra del Fuego flock has broken out between Chilean animal health ... Rockhopper Exploration plc the AIM traded (RKH) oil and gas explorer with licences in the North Falkland Basin, is pleased to provide an update on further ...
Tuesday, August 26, 2008 Tuesday, August 26, 2008
Spanish pulp group admits deforesting “error” in Uruguay Grazing cattle shown to align north-south direction
Uruguay suspended a Spanish pulp mill forestry plans following the discovery the group had cleared hectares of natural forest to have it replaced by eucalyptus. ... Have you ever noticed that herds of grazing animals all face the same way? Images from Google Earth have confirmed that cattle tend to align their bodies in a ...
   
 
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