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Stories for February 28th 2005

• Monday, February 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  U.N.: Population to top 9 billion by 2050.

  The world's population will rise from 6.5 billion to 9.1 billion by 2050, according to a United Nations survey released Thursday.

• Monday, February 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Riggs Bank to create Pinochet victim fund.

  A Spanish judge on Friday dropped fraud and money laundering charges filed against Riggs Bank in the United States in connection with millions of dollars deposited there by former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet.

• Monday, February 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Destinations 2005: tourism reps work hard to dispel myths.

  AFTER attending a travel show in London, the Director of Tourism says it was “surprising” to find so many people who are “still so mis-informed” about the Islands and, “...we clearly have a long way to go to communicate effectively to consumers that we are accessible and that it doesn't snow all year round.”

• Monday, February 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Fisheries News.

  Headlines:
  Trawler caught in South Atlantic EEZ limits tangle; Argentina's toothfish TAC: 2,250 tons; Poor Illex catches but better than 2004.

• Monday, February 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Venezuela insists with US plot against Chavez

  Venezuela whose leftist president Hugo Chavez claims the United States plans to kill him, said Monday that it has beefed up maritime and air-space “vigilance” following the announcement of U.S. military exercises near Curacao, an island off the country's northern coast.