Stories for June 19th 2002

Wednesday, June 19th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Breaking News from South America

Headlines: Tremor in Chile extends to Buenos Aires; Punta Arenas promotion in Valencia; Who's scared of the red tide?; Population policy; Combating poverty;Uruguayan Navy fires at Chilean trawler

Wednesday, June 19th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

G 7 Optimistic

Finance Ministers of the seven most industrialized countries, meeting in Halifax Canada, expressed confidence in the world's economic prospects, that they describer as “encouraging”.

The economies of the G 7, United States, Canada, Germany, Britain, Italy, France and Japan “have not ceased to strengthen and should continue to do so for the rest of the year”, said the official release after the meeting was over.

Wednesday, June 19th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Falkland Islands sends team to Commonwealth Games

The Falkland Islands, one of the most dynamic Overseas Territories of the United Kingdom, with a population of 2,379, will have a team of six competitors at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester.

Wednesday, June 19th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Prince Andrew for Argentina?

There are tentative plans for the Duke of York, who fought in the Falklands war as a Royal Navy helicopter pilot to visit Argentina, Chile and Uruguay when he travels to the South Atlantic in November.

His itinerary has yet to be finalised and confirmed.

Wednesday, June 19th 2002 - 21:00 UTC

Inflation under control

United States and United Kingdom seem to have inflationary pressures under control diminishing prospects of an interest rate rise in the coming months.