MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for November 8th 2004
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Monday, November 8th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Cruise season begins in Buenos Aires
“Saga Pearl” and “Amsterdam” with 1,556 tourists officially inaugurated the 2004/05 cruise season in Buenos Aires which according to Argentine sources will represent over 53,000 visitors.
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Monday, November 8th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Poppy Appeal launch in UK Embassy.
The Poppy Appeal in Argentina was officially launched at an event held at the British Embassy in Buenos Aires on Friday, October 29.
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Monday, November 8th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Joint British-Argentine search and rescue exercise.
Argentine and British military concluded Sunday search and rescue exercises in the South Atlantic in the vicinity of Falklands/Malvinas waters according to reports in the Buenos Aires press.
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Monday, November 8th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Mercosur debates institutional reforms.
The four Mercosur member countries are currently discussing reforms to the 1994 Ouro Preto Protocol, a milestone in the building of the block but which lately has been seen as an impediment for a closer knit organization and achievement of further expansion.
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Monday, November 8th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Breaking News form the area.
Headlines:
Five stars Sheraton for Ushuaia; Sky airline for competition and “reciprocity”; Unemployment in Magallanes, 8,5%.; Punta Arenas celebrates Chilean Antarctica Day; Argentina opens cinema in Antarctica. -
Monday, November 8th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina plays the Chinese card.
Argentine Foreign Affairs Secretary Rafael Bielsa confirmed this Sunday significant Chinese investments in energy, railways and infrastructure, as well as South Korean financial support, the first credit since Argentina defaulted at the end of 2001.
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Monday, November 8th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
FI Defence Force Anniversary.
History was made during Saturday's Falkland Islands Defence Force anniversary celebration marking one hundred and fifty years since the first volunteer force was formed here.
