Conquer the United Kingdom as one of the main Chilean wine importers and extending the availability of the wines were the main objectives of the Annual Trade Testing, an event organised in London by Wines of Chile.
Peace and world security, sustainable growth and the reform of the United Nations will be priorities at the 59th General Assembly which has been inaugurated in New York by its president Jean Ping.
In a recent interview for the English language newspaper, The Buenos Aires Herald, Cesar Mayoral, Argentina's Ambassador at the United Nations, was reported to have made a number of statements about the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) and its inhabitants, which they might have been expected to find controversial.
The global financial system is stronger than at any point since the stock market bubble burst in 2001, the International Monetary Fund said on Wednesday, in spite of interest rate increases by the US Federal Reserve.
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The 20 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are expected to end 2004 with a gross foreign debt of $776 billion, a report released by Dresdner Bank Lateinamerika said.
Brazil has become the global capital for computer hacking and internet fraud, according to experts at a meeting in Brasilia, the Brazilian capital. 500 experts from around the world are attending the first international conference to combat electronic crime.
Australia will build in the south east of the country a ‘super-telescope' called SkyMapper with which it hopes to provide the first digital map of the sky in the southern hemisphere, the Australian National University (UNA) has reported.
Falkland Oil and Gas is to offer investors a stake on possible oil reserves near the Falkland Islands later this week, when it announces details of its planned Aim listing.
OPEC has agreed to increase official oil production by a million barrels a day, equivalent to 4%, up to 27 million barrels, in the hope off bringing prices down to under U$40.