MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2001
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Thursday, March 8th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Foot-and-Mouth Disease Came from Asia
Suspicion has switched from Argentina to Asia as the original source of Britain's foot- and- mouth outbreak, causing wide-scale slaughter of farm animals.
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Thursday, March 8th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Rappallini loses licence for 4 months after Falklands flight.
Martin Rappallini, the intrepid pilot who in January became the first Argentine to land an aircraft in Port Stanley since 1982, has been ?grounded' for 4 months on the orders of the Argentine Air Force. 49 year old Rappallini flew his small Piper Aerostar aircraft from the Chilean port of Punta Arenas to the Falklands as he had not received permission from Argentine authorities to fly from Comodoro Rivadavia. He stayed 3 days in the Islands before flying directly back to Comodoro, accompanied by his 2 daughters, 23 year old Maria Eliana and 20 year old Maria Paula.
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Wednesday, March 7th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Hake TAC to be doubled.
According to the Argentine's Secretary of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries and Food, Antonio Berhongaray, this year's maximum permitted catch of common hake will double last year's.
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Wednesday, March 7th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland Census.
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Tuesday, March 6th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Landing Fee Tax bring rewards for Falklands.
The recently introduced £10 per person 'landing fee' which was subject to much debate and discussion within the Falklands Government is now reaping its rewards.
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Tuesday, March 6th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Geoff and Anthony in Montevideo.
After enjoying some good Uruguayan beef, early morning Tuesday pilots Anthony Tuson and Geoff Porter left with the British Antarctic Survey air flotilla for Sao Paulo, the first leg of the long hop back to Britain.
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Tuesday, March 6th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Breaking News from the Coast.
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Tuesday, March 6th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
October challenge
Ricardo López Murphy, an orthodox and experienced economist who believes in balanced budgets is Argentina's new Economy Minister. The former Defence Secretary replaces José Machinea who was unable in his fifteen months tenure, to pull Argentina from a two and a half years recession in spite of a massive international 40 billion contingency assistance.
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Monday, March 5th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Preventive role for IMF
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Monday, March 5th 2001 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil has its own tempo
