MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 2nd 2002
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Wednesday, October 2nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC
“Protest” vote growing
With just six months to the presidential election, the Argentine electorate is sending ever more clear signals of its rejection of the political system.
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Wednesday, October 2nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC
Punta Arenas in brief
World conferences / Spanish investment in port / Ozone hole splits / Unemployment at 8,5% / Eco-tourism in wildlife parks / Blackout in Town Hall? / Fourth methanol plant / Spanish partner for DAP airlines / Juvenile delinquency / Academic advance / Regional government in the red / UN ozone research in Punta Arenas.
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Wednesday, October 2nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC
UK's new “Flexi-Carriers”
Britain's two new super aircraft carriers will be much more versatile and adaptable than those that fought in the Falklands War, according to new details announced by the Ministry of Defence.
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Wednesday, October 2nd 2002 - 21:00 UTC
MP who aborted Argentine invasion visit
A former Member of Parliament, Sir Frederic Bennett, who criticised what he regarded as the complacency of the British Embassy in Buenos Aires on the eve of the Argentina's invasion of the Falkland Islands, has died aged 83.
