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Stories for December 12th 2003

  • Friday, December 12th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

    Tribute and thanks to Falklands champion.
    Merle Christie's half a century service

    A long-serving champion of the Falkland Islands in the campaign to protect British sovereignty has announced her retirement from the Falkland Islands Association Executive Committee. Mrs Merle Christie has worked tirelessly for the Falklands' cause for more than half a century. Even now, at the aged of 81, her expertise will not be lost. She is continuing to compile and catalogue the Association's unique archives.

  • Friday, December 12th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

    Uruguayan General to command Cyprus UN peace mission

    Uruguayan General Hebert Figoli will be taking over December 29 as the next commander of the United Nations peace keeping force in Cyprus. UN troops have been in Cyprus, a former British colony, since the follow up of the 1963 armed conflict between local Greek and Turkish communities.

  • Friday, December 12th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

    EU promises flexibility in trade talks

    European Union Trade Commissioner Pascal Lamy currently in Buenos Aires said the EU is willing to be flexible with the purpose of reactivating the deadlocked negotiations in the framework of the World Trade Organization, WTO.

  • Friday, December 12th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

    Lavagna anticipates hard line in agriculture commerce.

    Argentine Economy minister Roberto Lavagna said Argentina must advance aggressively with its agriculture claims in the coming months, once the WTO peace clause expires.

  • Friday, December 12th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

    Chilean peso below the 600 benchmark.

    The Chilean peso finished this Thursday below the 600 benchmark against the US dollar in Santiago money markets.

  • Friday, December 12th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

    G.20 prepare for the WTO Geneva talks

    Foreign ministers from the Group of 20 or G-20, a main player in the agricultural subsidies battle are gathered in Brasilia preparing for the next World Trade Organization confrontation in Geneva the coming week, following the collapse of the Cancun talks.

  • Friday, December 12th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

    UK MPs monitor Argentine Falklands' action.

    As Argentina intensifies hostile pressure on the Falkland Islands, a strong message of
    support has come from the British Parliament saying the Argentine Government's actions are being kept under scrutiny.

  • Friday, December 12th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

    Penguin News Front Page plus Editorial

    Headlines :
    Nothing to apologise for: Governor Pearce: ?No nuclear weapons entered Falklands or Argentine waters'; Sir Rex Hunt's warning; Passengers left behind; Flight lobby continues; Ship Orion on its own; Students' change to benefit hospital patients; Editorial.