Stories for March 15th 2005

Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Saudis and Iran disagree over oil production.

Saudi Arabia Oil Minister Ali el Noeimi said that international crude is calling on the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC, to increase its current supply of 27 million barrels per day by “another half million barrels”.

Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Shell sales in Argentina collapse 70%

Sales of Shell in Argentina dropped 70% since last Thursday when President Nestor Kirchner called on consumers to boycott the oil company for having increased the price of fuels 4,2%, said Carlos Calabró, president of the Argentine Federation of Fuel Businessmen.

Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Bankrupt Pinochet nephew offering kidney on sale

A nephew of former Chilean dictator General Augusto Pinochet is offering on sale one of his kidneys in a last ditch effort to survive from bankruptcy, reports this week the Santiago press

Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Australia feels powerless about toothfish poaching.

An Australian fisheries patrol boat was powerless to stop six ships from suspected illegal fishing for the threatened Patagonian toothfish, reports the Federal Government in Canberra.

Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Brazilian cabinet reshuffle thinking in 2006 re-election.

Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to announce this week a major cabinet reshuffle giving greater participation to conservative parties with the purpose of paving the way for his re-election in 2006.

Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Poor ranking for S. American cities.

Kidnapping, robberies and killings have placed Buenos Aires in position 115 of a world safety ranking which includes 215 cities in all continents. The safest is Luxembourg and at the other extreme figures Baghdad.

Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

“Elqui” charged with illegal fishing.

The Falkland Islands Court in Stanley informed Tuesday the owners and master of the detained longliner “Elqui”, allegedly surprised poaching in South Georgia's waters that they face three charges each for permitting the vessel to fish without a licence.

Tuesday, March 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Next of kin hold service in Argentine Memorial

A delegation of Argentine next of kin and close friends held this Tuesday, under persistent rain, the first service ever at the recently built Argentine Memorial in the Falkland Islands Argentine Darwin Cemetery.