Stories for September 12th 2004

Sunday, September 12th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Project for Mercosur regional Defence Office.

Mercosur member countries, Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay, plus associate members Chile and Bolivia are considering the establishment of a regional Defence Secretariat which could then advance in regional defence matters.

Sunday, September 12th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Foot and mouth in Brazilian Amazon.

Brazilian authorities confirmed Saturday the discovery of foot-and-mouth in the Amazon region, where a previous outbreak was reported almost three months ago.

Sunday, September 12th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Gibraltar celebrates “self-determination is democracy”.

Thousands of Gibraltarians dressed in the Rock's national colours - red and white - celebrated their annual National Day last Friday September 10 under the banner ‘self-determination is democracy', reported The Gibraltar Chronicle.

Sunday, September 12th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

US bank donates 680,000 acres in Tierra del Fuego.

United States Investment Bank Goldman Sachs formalized this week in Punta Arenas the unprecedented gift of a sprawling wilderness in Chile to the Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS).

Sunday, September 12th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Mercosur-EU “joint assessment” in Brasilia.

Mercosur member country ministers will be meeting this Sunday in Brasilia with European Union Trade Commissar Pascal Lamy for a “joint assessment” of the difficult bilateral negotiations, said Brazilian Foreign Affairs minister Celso Amorim.