Stories for December 12th 2009
Uruguay tells Stora Enso: no new pulp mills next to Botnia
Uruguayan president elect Jose Mujica said Friday that Finland’s Stora Enso will not be constructing a pulp mill along the border with Argentina close to where another mill, Botnia is already functioning and has led to an ongoing conflict with the neighbouring country.
Honduras ousted Zelaya to meet President elect Lobo in Dominican Republic
Honduras president elect Porfirio Lobo and ousted leader Manuel Zelaya agreed to meet in the coming days in the Dominican Republic to begin a “political dialogue” which will help the country solve the current political crisis, announced Dominican president Leonel Fernández.
Australia threatens Japan with international legal action over whaling
Australia has threatened international legal action after the new Japanese Government declared there would be no change to its stance on whaling. Japanese Foreign Minister Katsuya Okada said in Tokyo that he saw no need for a review of the Government's policy, disappointing those who thought it might break with the past.
Arctic climate change forcing Eskimos to build deep freezers to store game
Inuit communities (Eskimos) need funds to adapt to climate change in the Arctic, including measures to build communal deep freezers to store game because warming is reducing their hunting season, an Inuit leader said on Friday.
Four Korean fishing vessels burnt and lost in Montevideo in two months
Between forty and fifty Asian crewmembers from two Korean flagged fishing vessels that caught fire Thursday night while docked in Montevideo, are being questioned by Uruguayan judicial authorities.
The “blond angel of death” on trial in Buenos Aires
A former Argentine navy captain has gone on trial in Buenos Aires for his alleged involvement in the disappearance and torture of dissidents during the country's 1976 to 1983 military dictatorship.
Falklands’ oil deal with Chile much depends on Sunday’s election
Chile’s opposition presidential candidate Sebastián Piñera is open to discuss the proposal from Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd, FOGL, for Chile’s national oil corporation to explore for oil in Falkland Islands waters, if he wins the elections next Sunday or in the January run off, according to Lower House member Marcelo Forni.
Drastic budget cuts anticipated for UK Ministry of Defence
The British Ministry of Defence is facing hundreds of millions of pounds in cuts - including the closure of at least one RAF base - as it struggles to balance its books, it was reported.
