Stories for May 15th 2002

Wednesday, May 15th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

US farm bill condemned

The Cairns Group, Mercosur and other Latinamerican countries highly dependent on agricultural commodities condemned United States for a bill that will hand out 190 billion US dollars to US farmers during the next ten years.

Wednesday, May 15th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Madrid Summit

The Latinamerican-European Union summit to be held this week in Madrid, a step more towards the attainment of a “strategic association agreement” between the two blocks, is expected to announce the conclusion of talks for a free trade agreement with Chile and the updating of a similar successful agreement with Mexico.

Wednesday, May 15th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Falklands Poignant Personal Memories

Of all the books written about the Falklands War ? now several hundred in the United Kingdom and Argentina ? none captures the mood in so personal a way as “Memories of the Falklands” because it brings together the vivid recollections of 66 diverse individuals.