Stories for January 23rd 2005

Sunday, January 23rd 2005 - 20:00 UTC

Canadian MPs blast Argentinean “stranglehold” on Falklands development.

“If any other country were subject to such economic warfare, the rest of the world would not stay silent. It is time to break that silence.”

Sunday, January 23rd 2005 - 20:00 UTC

Petrobras to invest a billion dollars in Espirito Santo

Brazil's government owned oil company Petrobras plans to invest the equivalent of 994 million US dollars in the South-eastern state of Espírito Santo, north of Rio do Janeiro, to develop oil and gas production projects, according to the Brazilian press.

Sunday, January 23rd 2005 - 20:00 UTC

High official Chinese visit to Latinamerica and Caribbean

Chinese Vice President Zeng Qinghong travelled Sunday to Mexico, the first leg of a Latin American tour that will take him to Peru, Venezuela, Trinidad and Tobago, and Jamaica, where he is slated to attend the China-Caribbean Economic and Trade Cooperation Forum 2005, the official Xinhua news agency reported.

Sunday, January 23rd 2005 - 20:00 UTC

HMS Endurance cheered Ellen MacArthur

HMS Endurance, the Royal Navy's Ice Patrol vessel, paused briefly over the weekend on her long passage to Antarctica to meet up with solo yachtswoman Ellen MacArthur in her trimaran B&Q.

Sunday, January 23rd 2005 - 20:00 UTC

New British Ambassador in Uruguay.

Dr Hugh Salvesen has been appointed Her Majesty's Ambassador to The Oriental Republic of Uruguay in succession to Mr John Everard who will be transferring to another Diplomatic Service appointment.