MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 2004
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Sunday, December 5th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
South American Community not to compete with OAS.
Peruvian Foreign Minister Manuel Rodriguez Cuadros said on Saturday that the future South American Community of Nations will neither seek to minimize nor compete with the Organization of American States (OAS) because the two are complementary.
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Saturday, December 4th 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Anglo-Chilean Chamber of Commerce delegation in the Falklands.
A small delegation from the Anglo-Chilean Chamber of Commerce (Cámara Chileno Británica) in Santiago left the Falklands today, Saturday, after a week's fact-finding visit.
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Friday, December 3rd 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Korean jigger accident with ammoniac gas.
For the fifth time this year a Korean fishing vessel moored in the port of Montevideo experienced a leak of ammoniac gas with several crewmembers injured.
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Friday, December 3rd 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Lan Chile begins flights to Ushuaia
Lan Chile began this Wednesday three weekly flights to Ushuaia in Argentine Tierra del Fuego, with stops in Puerto Montt and Punta Arenas.
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Friday, December 3rd 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Gibraltar Breaking News.
Headlines:
Gibraltar/UK/Spain talks next week; Caruana satisfied with constitutional talks; Gibraltar to vote on EU constitution; GB Airways resumes Heathrow link. -
Friday, December 3rd 2004 - 20:00 UTC
EU urges negotiations to end Colombian conflict.
The European Commission believes Colombia will not solve its decades-old internal conflict with a strictly military approach and suggested negotiations should be explored.
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Friday, December 3rd 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Penguin News Update.
Headlines:
Record times for athletes; Extra ExCo sessions; Two ?assisting' police; Mail expected today; Quark case adjourned; This week's cruisers. -
Thursday, December 2nd 2004 - 20:00 UTC
US concerned with Venezuela's MiGs purchase.
A senior US President Bush administration official was critical of Venezuela's plans to acquire Russian-made MiG-29 fighter jets, adding that the United States “shoots down” this type of warplane.
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Thursday, December 2nd 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Killer of Chilean Senator arrested in Argentina
A Chilean judge on Wednesday indicted for murder and kidnapping a left-wing extremist arrested this week in Argentina
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Thursday, December 2nd 2004 - 20:00 UTC
Navy and Carabineros accept “individual excesses”
Carabineros, Chile's militarized police acknowledged that its members carried out human rights violations during the 1973-1990 dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet and condemned the repressive acts.
