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Greenpeace boards "Tireless"

Eight members of the environmentalist group Greenpeace were detained this week in Gibraltar after boarding a British nuclear submarine docked in the British colony, according to the head of the Spanish chapter, Mr. Xavier Pastor. Greenpeace activists in four dinghies eluded local police and Royal Navy guards reaching HMS Tireless from where they displayed a long banner demanding "Nuclear free oceans". Protest concluded when eight activists were detained and two dinghies confiscated, indicated Mr. Pastor. HMS Tireless has been docked in Gibraltar since last May when fissures in the nuclear reactor refrigeration system were discovered.. Although British and Spanish officials originally said repairs would be minor and not take long, Spanish public opinion is concerned about the extended stay of nuclear powered HMS Tireless.

"Centenary crossing"

A caravan of horse and ox pulled wagons will emulate next January 27th. the five days crossing a century ago that led Patagonian pioneers to the founding of Comodoro Rivadavia, later known as the oil capital of Argentina. The 110 miles "centenary crossing" is a reconstruction of the long march forced upon members of the then "Ideal" colony, --now the city of Sarmiento--, who in January 1901 were looking for a port from where to ship overseas their Patagonian production, mainly wool and hides. The wagons and riders, numbering almost one hundred and dressed as a century ago, will leave Sarmiento January 27th., early morning and travel eight full hours legs, with a break every two. At nine in the evening the caravan will stop to rest until the following day, not before lighting fires to cook meals, listen to folklore and sing popular ballads. Digna de Blanco, a Sarmiento Councillor and member of the organizing committee said that the "centenary crossing" will also have an education angle. "Besides discovering our roots and heritage, people will learn how pioneers' life really were and practical things such as elaborating home made bread, how to take advantage of a very austere environment", underlined Digna de Blanco. The Sarmiento Councillor added that invitations to participate in