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Stories for April 16th 2004

  • Friday, April 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

    Penguin News Update.

    Headlines:
    Scores flock to see giant squid; Islander in charge of Public Works; Tough budgeting to follow illex closure; Sanders to Ascension; Nurse trial begins Monday; Change your clocks.

  • Friday, April 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

    Bielsa: “we're waiting for a gesture from the English”.

    Argentina will not try “to seduce” the “kelpers in Malvinas” again, nor will it continue pushing, for the time being, for the resumption of flights to the Falkland Islands from Argentine territory, Argentine Foreign Affairs Secretary Rafael Bielsa told the Foreign Affairs Committee of the Lower House last Wednesday.

  • Friday, April 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

    UN condemns Cuba on human rights.

    The United Nations Human Rights Committee based in Geneva this Thursday condemned Cuba for its spring 2003 crackdown that sent 75 peaceful dissidents, mostly democracy advocates and independent journalists to prison for terms averaging 20 years.

  • Friday, April 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

    Chile consolidates lead in fisheries.

    Chilean fishery exports increased 14.9% in the first two months of 2004 compare to the same period a year ago totalling 435,5 million US dollars, reports National Association of Fisheries. (SONAPESCA).

  • Friday, April 16th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

    E. J. Hughes next British Ambassador in Argentina.

    Argentina granted its placet to Edgar John Hughes who has been appointed as the next British Ambassador in Buenos Aires.