ARGENTINA Summer News, Mar 17, 2012

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Early-planted Argentine corn hit by Dec-Jan drought Reuters Dry, hot weather that blighted the Pampas during the dog days of the Southern Hemisphere summer chopped corn yields by 40 percent in the Bragado district of key agricultural province Buenos Aires, the Agriculture Ministry said in a report. See all stories on this topic »

Argentina struggles to harvest soy crops China Post Downpours have been bogging down harvesting machines as they try to move across fields in the Pampas farm belt that were bone dry only two months ago during the dog days of the Southern Hemisphere summer. The hot, dry weather hit soy and was especially ... See all stories on this topic »

Buenos Aires kicks off the 2018 summer YOG bid campaign Sports Features Communications ... has launched its candidature to host the 2018 summer Youth Olympic Games (YOG) by finalizing the International Olympic Committee (IOC) YOG Candidature Procedure. "It is a great honour for Buenos Aires, Argentina and our National Olympic Committee ... See all stories on this topic » Sports Features Communications

Global LNG-Asian LNG prices inch toward $16/mmBtu Reuters Japan has begun restocking LNG in recent weeks ahead of the summer as it braces to handle peak demand with less than 5 percent of its nuclear capacity on line. The country has been depending heavily on LNG and crude to fill the power supply vacuum ... See all stories on this topic »

Black Sticks draw with Argentina Newstalk ZB The women's Black Sticks are racking their brains for positives following their nil-all draw with Argentina in their third test in Auckland. The side's regretting a game where they had the running of the play, but were unable to land the killer blow. See all stories on this topic » Newstalk ZB

Cracking Jokes in Addition to Skulls Wall Street Journal Martinez, an elite middleweight boxer from Argentina, has an important bout Saturday night at Madison Square Garden against Matthew Macklin. He hopes to build on his 48-2-2 record and cement his reputation as one of the world's finest pound-for-pound... See all stories on this topic » Wall Street Journal

Marcus Hayes: Sixers smart not to make major changes at deadline Philadelphia Inquirer They gave up the rights to Ricky Sanchez, a 24-year-old, 6-11 project who has collected checks in two American minor leagues and in five different Spanish-speaking countries, most recently Argentina. Young is a 6-6, 220-pound bulldog who weighs as much ... See all stories on this topic »

The trades were good. The Rockets improved. The wait continues for something more. Houston Chronicle (blog) (Eric Gay / AP) Marcus Camby played in a charity game in Houston this past summer. (Smiley N. Pool / Houston Chronicle) Marcus Camby throws down a dunk. (Nick Wass / AP) Marcus Camby was a big hit in New York with the Knicks. See all stories on this topic » Houston Chronicle (blog)

Lakers get Ramon Sessions from Cavs in trade The Missoulian Cleveland Cavaliers' Ramon Sessions (3) passes in front of Houston Rockets' Luis Scola (4), from Argentina, and Jonny Flynn (9) in the first quarter in an NBA basketball game Sunday, March 11, 2012, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak) The Los Angeles ... See all stories on this topic »

Erik Pieters re-emerges as Newcastle United target Journal Live by Mark Douglas, The Journal ALAN Pardew is ready to add a left-back to hissummer shopping list after Holland defender Erik Pieters re-emerged as a Newcastle United target. Europe-chasing United have performed superbly this season, but The Journal ... See all stories on this topic »

Grains Outlook Inside Futures Bullish factors include (1) a possible increase in foreign demand for US corn after Argentina, the world's second-largest corn exporter, delayed granting more corn export permits until April as it studies crop damage caused by drought, (2) USDA's Mar 9 ... See all stories on this topic »

Wilson: To win, or to play well? ESPN STAR Sports By Jonathan Wilson To win, or to play well is a fundamental issue that lies always at the heart of football - perhaps even of life - but it seems always more fraught in Argentina where, for a time in the seventies and eighties the two extremes of the ... See all stories on this topic » ESPN STAR Sports

San Antonio Spurs Try to Rekindle Old Flame with Stephen Jackson Bleacher Report That next summer, in 2004, Ginobili carried Argentina to a gold medal in the Athens Olympics. Parker snatched Finals MVP honors in 2007 and guided France to an automatic London berth in 2011's Eurobasket tournament. San Antonio's newest re-addition,... See all stories on this topic » Bleacher Report

EU/Mercosur will exchange market access proposals when Brazil chairs the round MercoPress It has been agreed that we exchange proposals on goods and services before the (boreal) summer holidays”, said the European Trade Commissar Karel de Gucht, at the end of a meeting of EU Trade ministers council celebrated on Friday. See all stories on this topic » MercoPress

Falklands War survivor Simon Weston on the TV documentary that finally helped ... WalesOnline “It's a strange thing really, being back here,” smiles Weston, basking in brightsummer sunshine amid lush, rolling landscape quite unlike the bleak, barren greyness synonymous with those news reports from the '80s. “It all feels like a lifetime ago ... See all stories on this topic »

Sounding Off: Mexican Institute of Sound Gets Political Washington City Paper (blog) The cumbia-playing electronic music act will release a new album, Politico, this summer. The record is a reaction to the current political climate of Mexico, according to band leader and DJ Camilo Lara. At home in Mexico City, Lara and I talked over ... See all stories on this topic » Washington City Paper (blog)

Never too old to learn Deseret News We named him in honor of our eldest son's mission to Argentina. Smart, loyal and gentle to the end of his life, Gaucho adapted to three different houses with each move we made. In the last two houses, our wonderful dog never let age or arthritis ... See all stories on this topic » Deseret News

Fly shop lands lunker of a location Pueblo Chieftain The shop also offers fly-fishing classes and even destination travel trips personalized for those who want to travel everywhere from Argentina and Chile to Russia and Alaska. Royal Gorge Anglers' new 20-acre site includes a 4000-square foot stucco ... See all stories on this topic »

A Tale of Filipino New Yorkers who took the plunge, and traveled Asianjournal.com Born and raised in the Philippines, Dennis' earliest recollections of childhood trips were those that involved going every summer to Bohol. “It was not only the destination that intrigued me but the journey itself. Experiencing long road trips and ... See all stories on this topic »

Vulcan Minerals Inc.: Corporate Update Energy Digital (press release) A larger follow-up financing would be carried out in the context of the market over the next few months in order to maintain a drilling program for latesummer/fall on the potash targets. Managements' final decision on the Red Moon financing plan is ... See all stories on this topic »

Food processor trades at substantial discount to book: Stockhouse TickerTrax Stockhouse “Since Asia Bio-Chem went public in Canada in the summer of 2008 we have invested over $150 million into our two manufacturing plants at Changtu and Daqing. These facilities are the most modern starch plants in all of China” These companies are penny ... See all stories on this topic »

Testament and truths Financial Times Any proper understanding of Greece needs to take into account the Ottoman occupation, the civil war of the 1940s, the military junta that seized power in April 1967, an ironic prelude to the summer of love. During that last dark period, my family used ... See all stories on this topic » Financial Times

Video Blog: Don't cry for me Patrick Vieira Oxford Student The only reaction to such a dire situation was tears, justified as the club look into the abyss of another summer of spending, with only the likes of Ezequiel Lavezzi and Nicolas Gaitan possible targets for the hardest hit club in the country. See all stories on this topic »

First Cup: Friday ESPN (blog) He is playing in Argentina and will never wear a Grizzlies uniform. Marcus Hayes of the Philadelphia Daily News: The Sixers risk the same playoff danger posed by the talented Knicks, who this week purged themselves of a sideshow coach. See all stories on this topic »

Concepcion Industries Inc. eyes IPO‏ The Online Zamboanga Times Concepcion said CCAC exports its airconditioning units to as far as Argentina, Brazil, Hong Kong, Australia, and Malaysia. "I think 10 countries. Right now, 20 to 30 percent of our production is exported," Concepcion said. See all stories on this topic »

FTSE CLOSE: Strong manufacturing and US jobs data triggers market gains; oil ... This is Money The index closed down 4.71 points at 5940.72 yesterday, having shed 0.2 per cent in the previous session following five successive days of gains - the longest winning streak since last summer. US shares gained last night, with the S&P 500 closing above ... See all stories on this topic » This is Money

UK Stocks-Factors to watch on Friday March 16 QFINANCE.com OIL EXPLORERS - Argentina will take legal action against any companies involved in oil exploration off the disputed Falkland Islands as part of a drive to pressure Britain into sovereignty talks, the foreign minister said. * LLOYDS BANKING GROUP Eric ... See all stories on this topic »

New York giant Irish Post Since then he has won ABA, Irish, British and European titles and last summerwas the sufferer of a terrible injustice when Felix Sturm was awarded a points decision in a WBA championship fight that Macklin clearly won. Yet in defeat, came a victory of ... See all stories on this topic »

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