Stories for August 10th 2005
Serbian war criminal accepts extradition to Holland
Serbian war criminal Milan Lukic, 37, accused of the murder of hundreds of Muslim during the Balkans conflict agreed Tuesday to be extradited and face charges before a United Nations tribunal in The Hague.
“Malvinas and the South American Union” conference
A two days conference on the Falkland Islands conflict and sovereignty dispute to be opened and closed by Foreign Affairs Minister Rafael Bielsa will be held this week in Buenos Aires, sponsored among others by the Malvinas Families committee.
Chavez extends his influence to Mercosur
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez arrived late Tuesday night in Montevideo as part of a brief visit to the “Southern axis” which includes Uruguay, Argentina and Brazil where he's scheduled to sign several bilateral trade and integration agreements.
Havana calls for release of alleged spies
The United States should immediately release five Cubans convicted on espionage charges following an appeals court's decision to grant them a new trial, a high-ranking official said in Havana.
China reveals composition of currencies basket
The United States dollar, the Euro, the Japanese Yen and the South Korean won are the main currencies of the new reference basket introduced by China following the July 21 revaluation of the Yuan.
Volcano doubles area of toothfish rich island
The sub-Antarctic Australian McDonald Island has doubled in size in a week, with lava slowly engulfing two neighbouring outcrops after several eruptions over the past 13 years. The volcano had laid dormant for 75,000 years before erupting in 1992. Some landmarks have been obliterated and others created on the rarely visited cold and windswept island 4.100km southwest of Western Australia.
Peru supplied aircrafts and personnel to Argentina in 1982
Argentina acknowledged the significant military support it received from Peru during the South Atlantic conflict in 1982.
Mercosur “energy grid”, mere “newspaper talk”
Bolivia's new chairman of the government owned Oil Company described Argentina and Chile's initiative of a “regional natural gas grid” to supply Mercosur countries as mere “newspaper talk”.
Ireland willing to hand IRA suspects to Colombia
The Irish government called Wednesday on the three suspected IRA members who fled Colombia after a conviction on terrorist-training charges to turn themselves in to the national police
Chile's country risk in new historic minimum
Chile's country risk dropped to a new historic minimum, 55 basic points. This is one point below July 29 last record and nine points below the end of 2004.
