Copyright © 2007 Yahoo! All rights reserved. http://uk.news.yahoo.com/latin-america.html en-en Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:09:00 +0000 5 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/latin-america.html http://l.yimg.com/eur.yimg.com/i/uk/any/u/news.gif 30 140 http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080724/twl-uk-storm-dolly-oil-20a4dd5.html /rtrs/20080724/r_t_rtrs_wl_oilgasup/twl-uk-storm-dolly-oil-20a4dd5_1 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 19:09:00 +0000 U.S. Gulf of Mexico energy producers mopped up from Tropical Storm Dolly on Thursday after the diminished hurricane barely put a dent in crude oil, natural gas and fuel output. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080724/twl-environment-oil-spill-closure-dc-1202b49.html /rtrs/20080724/r_t_rtrs_wl_environm/twl-environment-oil-spill-closure-dc-1202b49_1 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:57:22 +0000 Efforts to control a fuel spill after a ship collision on Wednesday have stopped vessel traffic on a 97-mile stretch of the Mississippi River from New Orleans to the Gulf of Mexico, the Coast Guard said Thursday. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080724/twl-us-mexico-weather-storm-2802f3e.html /afp/20080724/r_t_afp_wl_usa/twl-us-mexico-weather-storm-2802f3e_2 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:01:00 +0000 Hurricane Dolly was downgraded to a tropical storm late Wednesday after it tore into the south Texas coast with 160-kilometer (100-mile) per hour winds and left 250,000 people without drinking water in Mexico. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080723/twl-uk-storm-dolly-20a4dd5.html /rtrs/20080723/r_t_rtrs_wl_oilgasup/twl-uk-storm-dolly-20a4dd5_4 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 20:26:00 +0000 A stronger Hurricane Dolly slowly steamrolled across the Texas coast on Wednesday, cutting production at some oil refineries but missing most offshore oil and natural gas production facilities in the Gulf of Mexico. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080723/twl-us-mexico-weather-storm-2802f3e.html /afp/20080723/r_t_afp_wl_usa/twl-us-mexico-weather-storm-2802f3e_5 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 23:33:00 +0000 Hurricane Dolly pounded the Texas-Mexico border region on Wednesday with rain and powerful winds, flooding part of a Mexican city where 250,000 people were left without drinking water. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080723/twl-uk-storm-dolly-bd5ae06.html /rtrs/20080723/r_t_rtrs_wl_other/twl-uk-storm-dolly-bd5ae06_4 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 18:25:00 +0000 Hurricane Dolly hit the south Texas coast on Wednesday bearing 100 mph (160 kph) winds and lashed low-lying areas on the U.S.-Mexico border with torrential rain as it marched toward a flood-prone region. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080723/twl-uk-storm-dolly-oil-20a4dd5.html /rtrs/20080723/r_t_rtrs_wl_oilgasup/twl-uk-storm-dolly-oil-20a4dd5_1 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:40:00 +0000 A stronger Hurricane Dolly slowly crossed the Texas coast on Wednesday, cutting production at some oil refineries but missing offshore oil and natural gas production facilities in the Gulf of Mexico . Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080723/twl-uk-storm-dolly-a7cf3b4.html /rtrs/20080723/r_t_rtrs_wl_transprt/twl-uk-storm-dolly-a7cf3b4_1 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 15:51:00 +0000 Hurricane Dolly strengthened on Wednesday as it neared southern Texas, and was expected to lash low-lying areas on the U.S.-Mexico border with winds of 100 mph (160 kph) and torrential rain when it comes ashore around mid-day. Reuters http://uk.news.yahoo.com/afp/20080723/twl-skorea-mexico-kidnap-4bdc673.html /afp/20080723/r_t_afp_wl_other/twl-skorea-mexico-kidnap-4bdc673_2 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 07:47:00 +0000 Five South Koreans held hostage in a Mexican border town for eight days have been released unharmed, the foreign ministry said Wednesday. AFP http://uk.news.yahoo.com/rtrs/20080723/twl-uk-brazil-economy-rich-bd5ae06.html /rtrs/20080723/r_t_rtrs_wl_other/twl-uk-brazil-economy-rich-bd5ae06_1 Wed, 23 Jul 2008 04:47:00 +0000 When Fabio Calderaro was a 23-year-old cadet at Brazil's military academy in 2000, he invested a couple of thousand dollars in the stock market. Reuters