MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for June 20th 2006
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Tuesday, June 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Fears that IWC might become a “whalers' club”
A nonbinding declaration critical of the 1982 decision to impose a moratorium on commercial whaling was approved by a 33-32 vote Sunday at a meeting of the International Whaling Commission in the Caribbean island of St Kitts.
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Tuesday, June 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chile/Peru alliance to face “Asian challenge”
Chile praised Peruvian elected president Alan Garcia and proposed both countries team up to do business and jointly addresses the “Asian challenge”.
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Tuesday, June 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Judge approves sale of Varig to employees
A Brazilian bankruptcy judge approved on Monday an offer by an employee-led group to buy Varig, Brazil's flag air carrier after getting guarantees the buyers have enough money to finance the transaction.
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Tuesday, June 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
New vessel for Falklands patrol duties
THE ship that is to replace both the Castle-class ships, Dumbarton Castle and Leeds Castle for patrol duties in Falklands waters, was launched last week.
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Tuesday, June 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
LAN Argentina non-stop flight to USA
LAN Argentina announced that it will begin operating the Miami-Buenos Aires route on August 15, 2006, with a non-stop flight that departs from Ezeiza airport in Buenos Aires at 10:15 p.m. and arrives at Miami International Airport at 6:05 a.m. the following morning.
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Tuesday, June 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine fishing company pleads guilty
Estremar SA, an Argentine company formerly known as ASC South America SA, last week pleaded guilty to violating federal anti-fish and wildlife trafficking law by importing and attempting to sell Patagonian toothfish, often marketed by the trade name Chilean seabass, without the documentation required to show it was legally harvested.
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Tuesday, June 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Kirchner of business trip to Spain
Argentine president Nestor Kirchner begins Wednesday an official visit to Spain expected to the dominated by business discussions.
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Tuesday, June 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
EU admits “slight room” for concessions in trade talks
The European Union's Agriculture Commissioner said the EU still had ??slight room'' to offer more concessions in key world trade talks if others, notably the United States, were also ready to compromise more to open up agricultural markets.
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Tuesday, June 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Number of millionaires jumped to 8.7 million in 2005
The number of millionaires around the world rose to 8.7 million over the past year, fueled by a sharp increase in emerging markets such as South Korea, India and Russia, showed a survey released this week.
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Tuesday, June 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
New York the politest city; London half courteous
Brazil's Sao Paulo the second most populated city in Latinamerica, figures as the most polite megapolis in the region according to a good manners survey which rated New York in first place.
