Stories for March 3rd 2006

Friday, March 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Penguin News Update.

Headlines:
Sports Week victory; July earliest for police trial; Ship still detained; ?Otter' inspections; Teenager killed in road crash; Reports rubbished.

Friday, March 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Sweden's first case of mad cow

Sweden's first case of Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, mad cow disease, has been confirmed by the European Union's central laboratory and in the Netherlands an 8 year old cow was also diagnosed with BSE.

Friday, March 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Chilean Consumer prices drop 0.1% in February

The February Consumer price index in Chile dropped 0.1%, accumulating 4.1% in the last twelve months and 0% over December 2005, according to a Friday release from the National Statistics Institute.

Friday, March 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Record cruise season for Ushuaia

Ushuaia in the extreme south of Argentina is living a record summer season with fifty cruise vessels calling and almost 100.000 visitors, according to a report from the Argentine Coast Guard.

Friday, March 3rd 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Chilean president praises Chavez, rejects “leftist wave”

Chilean President Ricardo Lagos, whose term expires March 11, had kind words for controversial Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez at an economic forum in Santiago.