MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for April 10th 2003
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Thursday, April 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland Islands Holdings PLC enjoy improved prosperity.
Once the Falkland Islands Company (FIC) owned almost 50% of all the farmland in the Falklands, and more than half a million sheep; now they own just 22 small uninhabited Islands and 300-400 acres of land in the capital, Stanley.
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Thursday, April 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Paraguay elects president April 27
With just two weeks for the April 27 Paraguayan presidential election, ruling party candidate Nicanor Duarte Frutos leads opinion polls with 34% of vote intention followed by Liberal Party candidate Julio César Franco with 28% and an independent hopeful that musters 24%.
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Thursday, April 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Breaking News.
Headlines:
Sixty cruise calls this summer in Uruguay.“Positive” tourist season in Ushuaia. Russia “fishing” in Uruguay. OPEC ensures supply and prices. Food scandal in Punta Arenas -
Thursday, April 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands Councillors say “NO” to air link with Argentina.
Plans announced today by Aerolineas Argentinas to commence a twice weekly air link between Buenos Aires and the Falklands have received a firm and precise refusal by the Falkland Islands Government.
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Thursday, April 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Regional News.
Headlines:
Antarctic Institute in Punta Arenas; Illegal drug use down in Chile
