MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2004
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Friday, May 28th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Magallanes businessmen concerned with freight costs
The rising price of fuel and freight costs are causing concern among Punta Arenas business community which is highly dependent on long distance transport for supplies.
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Friday, May 28th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean justice blocks Menem extradition.
Former Argentine President Carlos Menem won a first round in the Chilean courts Thursday as a high-ranking judge threw out one of two requests from Argentina for Menem's extradition to answer to corruption charges.
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Friday, May 28th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News Update
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“Significant” deficit in budget.
Tiphanie is crowned May Queen
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Thursday, May 27th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Influenza epidemic in Santiago.
Chilean Public Health Minister Pedro García confirmed that metropolitan Santiago is suffering from an influenza epidemic and an outbreak of the highly contagious respiratory sincicial virus, VRS.
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Thursday, May 27th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Lula announces China-Mercosur talks.
Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva announced that Mercosur and China would begin in the near future talks to reach a free trade agreement.
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Thursday, May 27th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Spanish investors “delighted” with Chile.
Chilean president Ricardo Lagos on an official visit to Spain said the controversy between Spanish investors and members of his cabinet was over and emphasized it was part of the “rules of the game” in a democracy with open markets.
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Thursday, May 27th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
EU: Mercosur trade proposal “insufficient”.
The European Commission considered the improved offer for trade liberalization presented by Mercosur this week in Brussels as “insufficient” and not “as ambitious” as the EU would have expected.
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Thursday, May 27th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Complete squid ban in Argentina.
INIDEP (Argentina's Fisheries Research and Development Institute) has recommended Argentine Fisheries authorities to establish a squid catch ban to the north of parallel 44 South, and a decision is imminent, according to local internet reports from Mar del Plata.
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Thursday, May 27th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Kofi Annan: decolonization “is incomplete”
United Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan has restated his commitment to decolonization in territories regarded by the organisation as non-self governing, including the Falkland Islands.
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Thursday, May 27th 2004 - 21:00 UTC
Royal Navy in D day commemorations.
The Royal Navy is marking the 60th anniversary of the D-Day Landings by taking part in two events on Sunday 6 June, the international multi-event celebrations in France and the Plymouth Civic Memorial Service on the Hoe.
