Stories for November 8th 2003

Saturday, November 8th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Greenpeace requests info on radioactive load

Greenpeace has once again requested Argentine Foreign Affairs officials to demand their Australian counterparts exact information as to the course of the “Fret Messelle” that is carrying nuclear waste, as well as evidence to support the statement “that the vessel will not be crossing Cape Horn”.

Saturday, November 8th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Kofi Annan lobbies for UN reforms.

United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan said in Chile that there can be no further delays with reforms and the functioning process of the UN Security Council.

Saturday, November 8th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Chavez promises to stay on until 2021

Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez said this Friday that he will be involved in politics until 2021 when he'll be 67. However Mr. Chávez was also quiet clear that he has no intention of leaving office until then.

Saturday, November 8th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

“Crystal Symphony” starts cruise season in Buenos Aires

The 940 passengers of the “Crystal Symphony” officially inaugurated the 2003/04 cruise season in Argentina that this year is expecting sixty vessels with 70,000 visitors.