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Stories for June 10th 2003

  • Tuesday, June 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    MV Tamar says goodbye to Punta Arenas.

    MV Tamar concluded this week an uninterrupted cycle of ten years of regular trips between Punta Arenas and the Falkland Islands.

  • Tuesday, June 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Powell and Chile's Lagos get past Iraq tiff

    Chilean President Ricardo Lagos and U.S.Secretary of State Colin Powell met in Santiago on Monday and managed to look past their differences over the war in Iraq.

  • Tuesday, June 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Powell Heads for Talks in Argentina.

    Secretary of State Colin Powell is on a goodwill mission to Argentina, ready to offer friendship to newly installed President Nestor Kirchner and hoping to put U.S.-Argentine relations on a sounder footing.

  • Tuesday, June 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Breaking News.

    Headlines:
    Consequences of the US-Chile free trade agreement; VAT increase to compensate tariff losses;
    Euro interests cut to 2%; Highest US unemployment in nine years.

  • Tuesday, June 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

    Fisheries News

    Headlines: Argentina increases hake quota to 300,000 tonnes; The business sector welcomed the increase in the hake TAC; Index on the health of world's oceans released; Satellite control, top priority for Santa Cruz; Chilean industry fears changes in fisheries law; Multinational salmon farms to quit Scotland for Chile?; Ready for the best World Fishing Exhibition.