MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2003
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Sunday, October 12th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
“Fluctuating G” and Buenos Aires Consensus.
Thirteen countries of the original group of 20 (21 or 22) that was formed in the recent failed World Trade Organization meeting in Cancun, Mexico to fight agriculture protectionism in developed countries, confirmed last Friday in Buenos Aires “the importance of the full standing of the multilateral trade system and the WTO”.
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Sunday, October 12th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
UNITAS naval exercise in South Atlantic.
Beginning this week navies from several South American countries, Spain and United States will be participating in the annual Unitas exercise that deploys surface vessels, submarines and air support in the South Atlantic.
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Sunday, October 12th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Child prostitution scandal in Santiago.
A Chilean politician who accused three fellow members of Congress of alleged links with a child prostitution ring currently under investigation, resigned from her party.
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Sunday, October 12th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Breaking News from Pta. Arenas.
Headlines: Chile moves into summer time; UK Ambassador to visit Punta Arenas; DAP incorporates Dash 7; ENAP denies existence of oil in Beagle Channel; Overseas bargains for strong peso.
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Friday, October 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil: Oil new project in the Amazon jungle.
Brazil's state oil industry is extracting more natural gas and crude in the country's jungled north as part of a development program that is bringing investment and jobs on pipelines and at refineries, in the remote and left-behind region.
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Friday, October 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty is the ultimate goal.
Argentine Ambassador Federico Mirre takes up his new position as Argentine Ambassador in London next week. Mirre is a lawyer and a career diplomat. Previous foreign posts include The Vatican, Germany, France, Ivory Coast and Norway the last two where he served as Ambassador. He was born in Argentina in 1939, is married and has two daughters. He is currently director of the Western Europe Desk at the Argentine Foreign Affairs Ministry in Buenos Aires.
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Friday, October 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Senate Suspends Court Justice.
Argentina's Senate voted overwhelmingly Thursday to suspend a controversial Supreme Court justice, the second targeted in a high court purge led by President Nestor Kirchner.
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Friday, October 10th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Five charged with illegal fishing in Australia's sub-Antarctic waters.
The Australian Fisheries Management Authority (AFMA) has charged five foreign nationals with illegal fishing following the seizure of the Uruguayan-flagged vessel Viarsa 1.
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Thursday, October 9th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Breaking News.
Headlines:
Over the South Pole in a single engine plane; American tourist demands Punta Arenas; Chileans in Santa Cruz; Magallanes,gateway to Chile; ENAP finds oil in Egypt; Compensation for missing crewmember; Praise for Lan Chile. -
Thursday, October 9th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur against extending “Peace Clause”
Mercosur will not accept an extension of the World Trade Organization, WTO, “Peace Clause” which expires next December 31 and impedes taking countries that subsidize agriculture before international tribunals.
