Archive for April 26th, 2008

GM to resume production at Detroit plant

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

U.S. automaker General Motors Corp. said Friday it will resume production at its assembly plant in Detroit next Monday, after a strike at a key supplier forced it to shut down a month ago. "We can resume regular production and we're ...

Lula dismisses claims bio-fuel production raises food prices

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has dismissed as a "shameless lie" claims that the production of ethanol increases food prices, saying the criticism showed the fact that developed countries fear Brazil's growth. "When B ...

Air strikes leave 15 suspected insurgents dead in Afghanistan

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Air raids carried out by international troops on Taliban militants in Afghanistan's eastern Paktika province have left over a dozen suspected insurgents dead, spokesman of provincial administration said Saturday. "The NATO-led Interna ...

Lula dismisses claims bio-fuel production raises food prices

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has dismissed as a "shameless lie" claims that the production of ethanol increases food prices, saying the criticism showed the fact that developed countries fear Brazil's growth. "When B ...

Ecuadorian president undergoes urgent ear checkup

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa received an urgent medical checkup Friday since his left ear was bothering him while he was changing flights in the southeastern city of Machala. A physician arrived at the airport to attend to Cor ...

Costa Rica protests against U.S. over detention of general prosecutor

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Costa Rica's Foreign Ministry on Friday expressed its protest to the United States following the detention of the country's general prosecutor. Francisco Dall'Anesse was detained at Miami airport on April 23when he was about to ente ...

Uruguayan gov’t defends tax system reform

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

The Uruguayan government on Friday defended the current tax regime that entered into force in July 2007, saying people's well-being "isn't an act of magic." In a press release entitled "The Solidarity Costs", the government said tha ...

Brazil changes time zone in SW Amazon region

Saturday, April 26th, 2008

Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday sanctioned a law approving a change in the western Amazon's time zone. The law stipulates that clocks will no longer be five hours behind Greewich Mean Time (GMT) -- the time zo ...