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Stories for April 4th 2008

  • Friday, April 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Colombian rebels demand a major exchange of prisoners

    A leader of Colombia's rebel group FARC ruled out the release of a high profile seriously ill French-Colombian hostage, (“she will remain in our camps”), unless there is a major prisoner exchange. The statement cast doubt on a French humanitarian mission sent to treat her.

  • Friday, April 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Uruguay considering food price subsidies to contain inflation

    Uruguay's March consumer price index CPI jumped 1.14%, the highest since last August and fourth running in the past six months, according to the latest release from the Statistics Office. Government officials expressed concern but cautioned that “consumer inflation has become a challenge all over the world”.

  • Friday, April 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Diversified markets have cut Brazil's exposure to US crisis

    Brazil's Foreign Secretary Celso Amorim said that those countries which have signed free trade agreement with United States are the most vulnerable to the consequences of the US housing and banking crisis, contrary to Brazil that has “diversified markets”.

  • Friday, April 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Darwin guesthouse, linked to Falklands' history is for sale

    A FALKLANDS guesthouse, situated less than fifteen minutes walk from the site where the bloody battle for Goose Green took place in 1982, is on the market.

  • Friday, April 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

    Headlines: Happy Birthday RAF!; Blind runner embarks upon marathon challenge; Who will get oil money?; Man jailed; Credits in question; Woken with a bang; Dream heralds end of season.

  • Friday, April 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Heathrow “chaos” T5 cost B Airways loss of 2.8% pax in March

    The London Heathrow airport Terminal 5 debacle hit British Airways' monthly passenger figures for March 2008. Despite the benefit of an early Easter, BA carried just fewer than 2.72 million passengers last month, a 2.8% dip on the March 2007 total according to reports in the British press.

  • Friday, April 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Brazil plan to increase wheat production and cut imports

    Brazil announced drastic plans to increase wheat production and cut its dependency on imported grain mainly from Argentina. The target is by 2012 to supply 60% of the domestic market. Brazil currently imports 80% of the wheat consumed by its population of 186 million.

  • Friday, April 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Antarctica tour operators meeting in Punta del Este

    The International Association of Antarctica Tour Operators, IAATA, will be holding its19th Annual General Meeting in Punta del Este, Uruguay from April 28 to May first. The changing industry and challenges, particularly environmental and safety will figure top of the agenda.