MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for July 2005
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Monday, July 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Gibraltar urges UK to correct “inaccurate statement”
Gibraltar Government is pressing Britain to clarify to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) the legal position as regards the Gibraltar parliament's powers. The move follows a report in the local Chronicle newspaper on the current proceedings by Spain against the manner in which Gibraltarians have been granted the EU vote.
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Monday, July 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Gibraltar welcomes Menorca to Island Games
”We do not mix politics with sport, and the Gibraltar Island Games committee has welcomed Menorca (Spain) into the Island Games family,” Linda Alvarez, Secretary of the Gibraltar Island Games Committee, said at the end of the meeting which was also attended by President Freddy Chappory.
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Monday, July 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Preparing for the big November summit
Foreign Affairs ministers from the Group of Rio, G-Rio, will be discussing this week in Buenos Aires actions to help stabilize the situation in Haiti and the agenda of the coming Summit of the Americas, scheduled for next November and with the participation of United States president George Bush.
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Sunday, July 17th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Hurricane Emily will hover over Mexico for the next three days
Mexican authorities launched a massive evacuation of Caribbean resorts. Two pilots die in evacuation of Mexican oil rigs. Crude oil climbs.
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Saturday, July 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
US opens border to Canadian young cattle
A United States federal court ruled that meatpackers can again import Canadian cattle ending a two year ban imposed after Canada admitted its first case of mad cow disease.
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Saturday, July 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina-Uruguay dispute over cellulose project
Uruguay will go ahead with the establishment of two cellulose plants along the river Uruguay which it shares with Argentina in spite of Buenos Aires alleged environmental objections that have reached the World Bank, one of co financers of the billion plus US dollars project.
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Saturday, July 16th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Moderate optimism in pre-WTO discussions
World Trade ministers meeting in China have moved to more flexible positions on reducing agricultural tariffs, thus making possible advances in long-stalled World Trade Organization (WTO) negotiations, according to Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Peter Allgeier.
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Friday, July 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News Update.
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Highs and lows in Shetland Games; Silence for London; Alvarez for Foreign Ministry? -
Friday, July 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Leftist successor to Chile's President Lagos takes lead in polls.
Support for Chilean leftist presidential candidate Michelle Bachelet has surged, according to a respected poll, increasing the likelihood she will become the country's first woman leader in December elections.
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Thursday, July 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Chile begins development of gas deposits
Chilean government oil corporation ENAP will be investing 73 million US dollars in Tierra del Fuego's Lake Mercedes natural gas exploration and extraction project.
