MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for September 15th 2005
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Thursday, September 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
UN Assembly adopts watered down document
The UN General Assembly adopted a watered-down document on poverty, human rights and UN reform for world leaders to approve at a summit this week, after shedding many of Secretary-General Kofi Annan's most ambitious goals during weeks of bitter debate.
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Thursday, September 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Kirchner in UN calls for Falklands' sovereignty talks
Argentine president Nestor Kirchner, speaking before United Nations, called on the British government for a quick resumption of negotiations leading to a solution for the Malvinas Islands disputed sovereignty, which he described as “a central issue for the Argentine people”.
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Thursday, September 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Malvinas veterans protest in downtown Buenos Aires
Demanding compensation for past military services a group of some 30 Malvinas war veterans took the main offices in downtown Buenos Aires of the Argentine government agency managing health-care programs for pensioners.
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Thursday, September 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil cuts basic interest rate after 17 months
The Brazilian Central Bank cut the benchmark Selic lending rate 25 points to 19,5% from a two-year high, 19,75%. The rate reduction, the first in 17 months, follows nine rate increases since September 2004 that stemmed a surge in inflation.
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Thursday, September 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Japanese vessel will survey squid in Argentina's EEZ
Japanese flagged research vessel Kiyo Maru will begin next Friday September 16 a research cruise in the South Atlantic to assess squid (Illex argentinus) juveniles from the summer spawning stock (SDV) and from the southern Patagonian stock (SSP).
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Thursday, September 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Colombia requests extradition of 3 Irish nationals
Colombia formally requested the government of Ireland the extradition of three Irish nationals sentenced to 17 years for training Colombian FARC insurgents in terrorist tactics.
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Thursday, September 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Scandal rocked Brazilian Congress expels “whistleblower”
The Brazilian deputy who triggered the worst crisis in the country's Congress in the last two decades was expelled Wednesday during a tumultuous session full of shouting, threats and recriminations.
