Stories for 2003 , page 41

Monday, September 22nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Fisheries News.-

Headlines:
Australia applauds arrest in Torres Strait; Brazil eyes joint ventures with Spain; Sustainability risks in deep-water fisheries; Chile targets crab production; Fish Names Committee asks for law change; Chilean salmon exports 1,2 billion US dollars; Argentine Federal Fisheries Council runs shrimp fishery; more...

Monday, September 22nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Chavez “ousted before the end of 2003”

Twice former Venezuelan president Carlos Andrés Pérez forecasted that current president Hugo Chávez will be ousted from office “this year”, and his ousting “will not be without violence”.

Monday, September 22nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Uruguay's UN troops under the spotlight

Uruguayan authorities have ordered an inquiry into allegations that Uruguayan peace keeping troops in the Democratic Republic of Congo under United Nations umbrella, have been involved in human rights abuses, following a report from Amnesty International.

Monday, September 22nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Regional News from Pta. Arenas.

Headlines:
International Tourism Day; Hepatitis A: thirty cases; “Esmeralda” to call in Punta Arenas; New jetty for methanol and oil; Save Tierra del Fuego trees; Lobbying for a marine conservation park; Three shoplifters per day;

Monday, September 22nd 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Governor Pearce offered a conference in the World Fishing Exhibition Vigo 2003.

The concluded this Sunday. The event not only exceeded the organisation expectations, but also enabled some business that could become historical for the Spanish fishery, pointed out Alfonso Paz Andrade, president of the Exhibition Executive Committee, during the closing ceremony.

Sunday, September 21st 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Rescue plane lands at South Pole base.

After days of delays, a rescue flight reached the South Pole on Saturday to pick up an ailing worker at a research station there.

Saturday, September 20th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

IMF approves Argentina's program, but?.

After two long months of tough negotiations, the Executive Board of the International Monetary Fund approved this Saturday the three years 12,5 billion US dollars agreement reached with Argentina. The board meeting was presided by First Deputy Managing Director Anne Krueger and extended for over three hours

Saturday, September 20th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

French Request for Argentine Rejected.

A federal judge today Saturday rejected a French request to extradite a former Argentine naval captain wanted in the deaths of two French nuns killed during Argentina's Dirty War.

Friday, September 19th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Penguin News Friday 19th update

Headlines: Portillo to support Falklands at Argentine/British conference?; Watch your feet; Meat overboard; Penguins online; ExCo approve issue of Falklands £2 coin; Blonde angel arrest; Gurkhas recorded.

Friday, September 19th 2003 - 21:00 UTC

Fisheries News.

Headlines:
Vigo all decked out for World Fishing Exhibition; Chilean shipyard booming with foreign orders; Merger with Chilean group boosts fishery potential; Russia plans aggressive fishing expansion; China agrees to cooperate in jack mackerel fishery; Seafood trade barriers could disappear by 2005; Growing overseas resistance to EU fisheries policy; Japan signs agreement with Solomon Islands.