Stories for September 2001 , page 5

Wednesday, September 5th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

Royal Navy 60 million dollar drugs bust waging war in Latin American traffickers.

The Royal Navy has struck another blow against Latin American drugs runners in a dramatic encounter in the Caribbean, seizing a cocaine shipment with an estimated street value of 40-million pounds (nearly 60-million dollars).

Tuesday, September 4th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

Prado Agriculture Show

Uruguay's main agriculture and camp industries Show begins this Friday in Montevideo and will extend for a week with the participation of over 1,100 animals.

Tuesday, September 4th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

British Armed Forces Show of Strength.Biggest Armada since Falklands sails for Oman.

The biggest naval task force since the Falklands War has set sail from Portsmouth to demonstrate Britain's continuing capability to mount a huge military campaign of this kind, deploying a formidable armada of warships, strike aircraft , thousands of troops, and a vast array of weaponry.

Tuesday, September 4th 2001 - 21:00 UTC

“Bang the G8 door”

Uruguayan president Jorge Batlle proposed that the Cairns Group “bang the doors of the G 8 group” to try and obtain a political commitment for the coming World Trade Organization, WTO, meeting to be held in Doha, Qatar.

Monday, September 3rd 2001 - 21:00 UTC

Breaking News from South America.

Monday, September 3rd 2001 - 21:00 UTC

First Mercosur-USA talks

A hectic week for the Mercosur-United States trade talks scheduled to officially begin next September 21st., when the four Foreign Secretaries (Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay) will be meeting US Trade Representative Robert Zoellick.

Monday, September 3rd 2001 - 21:00 UTC

Election year budget.

Brazilian government presented Congress the 2002 budget, which will force much debate since its election year. Budget estimates forecast a GDP increase of 3,7%, based on a controversial estimate of 2,7% for the current year.

Monday, September 3rd 2001 - 21:00 UTC

British Armed Forces shrink.

The number of soldiers in the British Army has fallen steeply from 167,000 at the time of the 1982 Falklands Conflict to only about 100,000 now, according to the latest manpower statistics released by the Ministry of Defence in London.