MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2003
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Sunday, February 16th 2003 - 21:00 UTC
DAP helicopter operations.
Punta Arenas based DAP airlines that pioneered flights from Chile to the Falkland Islands in the early nineties have incorporated two helicopters to its regional fleet of aircraft.
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Friday, February 14th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
International Fisheries News
Headlines: Australian armed patrols to combat toothfish poaching; December 2002 inventory figures released; Marine fish farming offers huge economic opportunity; Private sector funds shrimp research; Brazil after Spanish know-how; EUR 40.8 million for Spanish fisheries.
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Friday, February 14th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
Penguin News Update
Headlines: Tourism insurance FIDC take advice / Squid conference / FIDC defend project / Dennis home at last - thank you say Middletons / Mental Health new officer / Kays overseas close / Vehicle accident / MP's pay a visit.
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Friday, February 14th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
Actualización Penguin News
Titulares: FIDC se asesora por seguros para Turismo / Conferencia sobre calamar / FIDC defiende proyecto / Dennis finalmente en casa - familia Middleton agradece / Nueva encargada de Salud Mental / Kays ultramar cierra / Vehículo accidentado / Diputados de visita.
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Friday, February 14th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
Former Peruvian economy minister arrested in Argentina
Former Peruvian Economy Minister Jorge Francisco Baca Campodonico, who stands accused of being a part of the corruption network run by former presidential advisor Vladimiro Montesinos, was arrested Thursday by Interpol in Buenos Aires.
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Friday, February 14th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
Fish exports surpass traditional beef sales
Argentina: In 2002, exports of raw and processed fish and shellfish surpassed beef, both meat products and livestock, which is traditionally the country's staple export commodity.
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Friday, February 14th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
Brazil jet-maker cuts delivery target
Shares of Brazil's Embraer, the world's fourth-largest commercial jet manufacturer, fell on Thursday after it cut its aircraft delivery targets for this year and next.
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Thursday, February 13th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
Epic long-distance toothfish swim
Scientists say that a fish normally found only in South Atlantic waters must have made an epic unprecedented journey of eight-thousand miles (nearly 13-thousand kilometres) when it was caught off the coast of Greenland. The furthest north that a Patagonian toothfish has previously been caught is in the Atlantic Ocean off Uruguay.
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Thursday, February 13th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
Fisheries News
Headlines: Spanish rock cod project in Southwest Atlantic; Fishing companies take subsidy battle to WTO; Galicia calls for ban to reduce fishing effort; Lula vetoes unemployment benefits for fishermen; Proposed Bush budget hikes fisheries funding; Researchers recycle aquaculture waste as fertiliser; Special compensations in Galicia postponed
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Thursday, February 13th 2003 - 20:00 UTC
Brazil cuts budget to show fiscal discipline.
The Brazilian government announced draconian cuts in this year's budget on Monday but sought to highlight efforts to resolve social and economic problems with a series of emergency measures.
