Stories for September 17th 2004

Friday, September 17th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Penguin News Update.

Headlines:
Mayoral remarks dismissed;
News in brief: Falklands to feature in fishermen film; Expert to visit Islands; Investigation continues.

Friday, September 17th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Latin-American integration has to be a priority.

The presidents from Brazil, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, and Venezuela, Hugo Chavez, appealed to make Latin-American integration a priority, according to a joint statement made after the meeting held on Wednesday in Manaus and disclosed yesterday in Brasilia.

Friday, September 17th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Batlle to attend General Assembly of the United Nations.

President Jorge Batlle will travel to the United States between Sunday 19 and Thursday 23 to meet with world leaders on the issues of hunger and poverty and to attend the 59 Session Period of the General Assembly of the United Nations, as informed today by the Presidency of the Republic of Uruguay.

Friday, September 17th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

Vaclav Havel, favourite candidate, Bush in the last place.

Former Check President Vaclav Havel has a lot of chances of getting the Nobel Peace Prize while the President of the United States, George W. Bush, ranks last in the list, said several forecast experts only three weeks away from the final verdict.