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Stories for March 7th 2005

• Monday, March 7th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Sheep Farming in the Falkland Islands.

  The Falkland Islands are truly a special place, where “nature is still in charge”.

• Monday, March 7th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Bolivian president offer his resignation today.

  Bolivian President Carlos Mesa announced Sunday that he would submit his resignation to Congress, saying in a nationally televised speech that growing protests against his government were “blocking” the country.

• Monday, March 7th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Chilean Communist Party leader dead at 63

  Gladys Marin, the combative leader of the Chilean Communist Party who became a symbol in the fight against the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet, died early Sunday after a long fight with cancer, the party reported. She was 63.

• Monday, March 7th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Uruguay: Punta del Este sparkles once more.

  It was shortly after midnight on a warm summer night at the harbor in Punta del Este, Uruguay, and tanned young couples were streaming out of restaurants, wondering what to do next.

• Monday, March 7th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Naval Base Protest.

  A team from the UK who had come to prepare and initiate procedures for the Infrastructure Services Provider left Gibraltar last week.

• Monday, March 7th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Former US ambassador warned about plot to kill Chavez

  Venezuelan Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel revealed in an interview published Sunday in a Peruvian newspaper that former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela Charles Shapiro warned him of a possible plot to kill President Hugo Chavez.

• Monday, March 7th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  “U2” singer Bono, World Bank president candidate

  United States Secretary of the Treasury John Snow did not discard Bono from the Irish rock group “U2”, and a great fighter for the cancelling of poor countries debts, as a candidate to preside over the multilateral World Bank, WB.

• Monday, March 7th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  OPEC targets “reasonable” price: 40/50 dollars pb

  Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez currently visiting India said that OPEC (Organization of Petroleum Oil Exporting Countries) could decide to establish the crude price band between 40 and 50 US dollars per barrel, adding that “the days of cheap oil are over”.

• Monday, March 7th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

  Suspect longliner escorted into Stanley harbour.

  The longliner “Elqui” is being investigated by South Georgia Fisheries officials on suspicion of toothfish poaching.