Saturday, July 28, 2007

Daily Headlines: July 28, 2007

* Follow-up: Passenger safety will be given more importance than comforts and amenities, declared Brazil’s new head of aviation Nelson Jobim.

* Another opponent to free trade in the AmericasAustralian flower growers.

* The U.S. Senate overwhelmingly approved a measure to add $3 billion to border security.

* Cuba’s “active” foreign debt grew by almost $2 billion last year according to statistics released by the island’s government.

* “The project is cold,” said Hugo Chavez on the suspension of plans to build a major gas pipeline between Venezuela and Argentina.

Sources- USA TODAY, Guardian UK, Reuters, International Herald Tribune, ABC Rural

Image- tribunadireito.com.br (2005 image of Brazil’s current defense minister Nelson Jobim)

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