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Stories for October 18th 2004

  • Monday, October 18th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

    Brazil shoot-down policy for unidentified aircrafts

    All suspicious aircraft entering Brazilian airspace which refuses to identify itself will run the risk of being shot down by the Air Force under a new security bill that became effective this Sunday.

  • Monday, October 18th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

    Cuba rejects EU approach.

    The Cuban government's expulsion of a Spanish Member of Parliament and two Dutch legislators is proof that Fidel Castro's Communist regime has no interest in patching up relations with Spain or the European Union, Cuban dissidents said in Havana.

  • Monday, October 18th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

    Sustainable Antarctic tourism challenges.

    Antarctic tourism and threats to the white continent biodiversity and conservation were at the heart of the “Science and Sustainable Tourism” seminar which took place in the framework of the APEC Third Tourism Ministers Encounter in Punta Arenas, sponsored by Magallanes Region government and the Chilean Antarctic Institute.

  • Monday, October 18th 2004 - 21:00 UTC

    Falkland Conservation Director to leave.

    The Director of the Falkland Islands principal non-governmental environmental research and protection organization will be leaving the Islands in March 2005.