MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 5th 2003
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Sunday, October 5th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur extraordinary meeting in Montevideo
Mercosur full member countries Ministers of Foreign Affairs and Economy will be meeting as of this Monday in Montevideo, Uruguay to consider free trade market negotiations with the Community of Andean Nations, CAN.
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Sunday, October 5th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
“Encouraging” news for Falklands oil prospects
THE state of the oil industry is picking up, and that's good news for the Falkland Islands. That's the message Director of Mineral Resources Phyl Rendell brought back to Stanley from the American Association of Petroleum Geologists, AAPG conference in Barcelona, Spain that extended from September 21 to 24.
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Sunday, October 5th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands in travel brochures of world's main tourist operators
At least twenty one tourism buyer companies from Europe, America and Oceania present at the latest convention of Travel Mart Latin America held in Ecuador, have listed the Falkland Islands in their operating profiles.
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Sunday, October 5th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay's toothfish quota at risk
Although all eyes will be set in the trial and “exemplary measures” Australia has promised for the Uruguayan flagged longliner and alleged poacher of Patagonian toothfish, “Viarsa 1”, actually the future of Uruguay's toothfish industry will be decided in mid month in Tasmania.
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Sunday, October 5th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Clash with the Bush administration.
Chilean inflation in nine monthsBrazilian Minister of Foreign Affairs Celso Amorim accused United States of “threats” and insisting with a “very destructive” pressure to push forward negotiations for a Free Trade Association of the Americas.
