MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for November 2004
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Saturday, November 27th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Hillary criticizes US and UK activities in Antarctica.
Sir Edmund Hillary from New Zealand the first man to conquer Mount Everest and the second to reach the South Pole in 1958 is back in Antarctica strongly criticizing United States and Great Britain two of the countries most involved in Antarctic activities
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Friday, November 26th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
“Acceptable price” for oil barrel, 50 US dollars.
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez said today in Moscow that 50 US dollars per barrel of oil is “an acceptable price” adding that OPEC (Oil Petroleum Exporting Countries) must make sure the price does not drop below 30 US dollars.
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Friday, November 26th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
IAEA and Brazil agree on atomic inspection
International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) in Vienna confirmed Thursday that it had reached an agreement for inspecting Brazil's Resende uranium-enrichment plant.
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Friday, November 26th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Warning about Mercosur “institutional weakness”
“Mercosur institutional weakness is unsustainable and conspires against the results that could be obtained” Uruguay's future Minister of Economy Danilo Astori said this Thursday during a forum on “The challenge of a shared prosperity” in Montevideo.
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Friday, November 26th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Penguin News Update.
Headlines:
Meet Argentina head on';
Petition lodged requesting changed Murrell road route;
News in brief: New child sex charge; Cruise ships this week; House and Camp fires. -
Friday, November 26th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Next-of-kin premier documentary of war and post war Argentina
Under the poignant motto of “ One is like the memories we chose to preserve” and before a packed auditorium the Families Commission that groups the next-of-kin of servicemen killed during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict premiered its documentary film “Locos de la bandera” “Lunatics of the flag - A documentary on the war and post war in Argentina”.
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Thursday, November 25th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Round trip Santiago/Punta Arenas starting at 165 US dollars
Aerolíneas del Sur, the air carrier that will begin flying to Punta Arenas next December 5 announced this week fares and flight schedules.
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Thursday, November 25th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
FT demands strong action from IMF against Argentina
Britain's Financial Times severely criticized Argentina for its current handling of defaulted debt and suggests the IMF “must be prepared to halt new lending”.
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Thursday, November 25th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguay ambivalent about South American integration
Uruguay will not support the creation of a South American Community of Nations, CSN, which is scheduled to be launched next December 9 in Peru.
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Thursday, November 25th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Sheep skin specialist's visit approved
THE Falkland Islands Development Board (FIDB) has approved funds for the visit from a sheep skin specialist.
