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Santiago, Sep 28 (EFE).- Thousands of Chilean women celebrated with green handkerchiefs on Tuesday the approval in the Chamber of Deputies of a bill that seeks to decriminalize abortion up to 14 weeks of pregnancy.The largest gathering took place in Plaza Italia, a popular roundabout in central Santiago that was the epicentre of the massive protests of 2019, the most serious since the end of the military dictatorship. (Camera: ESTEBAN GÓMEZ).SHOT LIST: WOMEN DEMONSTRATE IN FAVOR OF FREE ABORTION OUTSIDE THE CONSTITUTIONAL CONVENTION IN SANTIAGO DE CHILE, CHILE.
A U.S. national security panel has cleared ChemChina's $43 billion takeover of Swiss pesticides and seeds group Syngenta, boosting chances that the largest foreign acquisition ever by a Chinese company will go through. As Hayley Platt reports, the decision removes significant uncertainty over the takeover of the world's largest pesticides maker after the two companies agreed a deal in February.
Swedish Defence Minister Pal Jonson says the "northern flank of NATO is more complete" as he holds a press conference with his Norwegian and Finnish counterparts in Troms, Norway. Swedish troops are taking part in a vast NATO military exercise to simulate repelling an invasion of neighbouring Norway. SOUNDBITE
NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg welcome Turkey's decision to push ahead with ratifying Finland's membership, and says Sweden should also be allowed to join as soon as possible. "The most important thing is that both Finland and Sweden become full members of NATO quickly, not whether they join at exactly the same time," Stoltenberg said. SOUNDBITE
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says "the time has come to ratify both Finland and Sweden and to make them full members of our alliance " during a press conference in Ankara with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu. SOUNDBITE
NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg says Sweden and Finland are committed to working with Turkey to address its concerns over their possible membership in the alliance, saying it was time to welcome them. "It's time to welcome Finland and Sweden as members of NATO," he tells a press conference with Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu in Istanbul. SOUNDBITE
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