Stories for 2003 , page 28

Tuesday, October 28th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Seven marathon challenge hit by blizzards.

Sir Ranulph Fiennes has been forced to alter his seven marathons on seven continents challenge after blizzards and engine trouble scuppered his Antarctic start.

Tuesday, October 28th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Press release for the eighth Argentine British Conference.

The Eighth ABC, a private initiative, organised jointly by the UK Organising Committee and the Consejo Argentino par alas Relaciones Internacionales (CARI), was held at the headquarters of CARI in Buenos Aires from 24 to 26th October 2003. The objectives were to discuss the bilateral relations between Argentina and Britain, including South Atlantic issues.

Monday, October 27th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Brazil's economy “in order” and ready to take-off.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva administration has put Brazil's economy “in order” and established the necessary conditions for renewed growth and the rapid implementation of proposed reforms, announced Finance Minister Antonio Palocci in a national broadcast last Friday.

Monday, October 27th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Regional News from Pta. Arenas.

Headlines:
Relief among Magallanes sheep farmers; Skorpios inaugurates new jetty in Puerto Natales; Argentina and Chile eliminate migratory red tape; Airline project delayed; Medicine School in Magallanes; Cheaper flights from Río Gallegos.

Monday, October 27th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Gibraltar election November 27

Gibraltar will be going to the polls on November 27th. The dissolution of the House of Assembly by Governor Sir Francis Richards “at the Chief Minister's request” was the starting gun that sets the race for the biggest prize in local politics: 6 Convent Place.
Nomination papers must be delivered at the House of Assembly not later than noon on Thursday November 6 2003.

Monday, October 27th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

HMS Endurance: Furthest South.

Royal Navy ice patrol ship HMS Endurance is about to venture further south than ever before.

Sunday, October 26th 2003 - 20:00 UTC

South Atlantic cooperation main topic in ABC

Virtually unnoticed by the Argentine press the Argentine British Conference, Buenos Aires 2003 edition, took off Saturday morning in the Argentine Council for International Relations, CARI, with former British Defence Secretary Michael Portillo giving participating in the opening conference, “Developments since the last ABC in 2000”.

Thursday, October 23rd 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Chile linked to the world's main trade blocks

Following the approval this Wednesday by the Chilean Senate of the Free Trade Treaty with United States that was signed last June, Chilean Foreign Affairs Minister Soledad Alvear underlined that the “ratification of the treaty means the job has been done”.

Thursday, October 23rd 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Fisheries News

Brazil seeks investors in South Korea; Chile claims Spain is over catching swordfish; Koreans, world's main consumers of seafood; Online auctions in Galicia by 2005.

Thursday, October 23rd 2003 - 20:00 UTC

Repsol-YPF to increase investments in Patagonia

Repsol-YPF announced in Buenos Aires that the Spanish-Argentine consortium has plans to invest the equivalent of 750 million US dollars in the coming fiscal year in further exploration and exploitation in the continental shelf of Patagonia.