Stories for 2005 , page 124

Sunday, May 29th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Mercosur-EU resume trade talks next July

Next July 4 Iberoamerican and Mercosur Foreign Affairs ministers will be meeting in Brussels with European Union Commissars, announced Saturday in Portugal Laila Rachid Cowles, Mercosur's pro tempore chair.

Sunday, May 29th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Falklands' Councillors face busy June overseas.

Falkland Islands Councillors have a busy schedule of activities in June particularly a meeting with the new British Overseas Territories minister, Lord Triesman followed by the annual speeches before the United Nations Decolonisation Committee in New York on June 15.

Sunday, May 29th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

French NO sends shockwaves to EU project

French voters overwhelmingly rejected this Sunday the European Union's proposed constitution in a key referendum that sent shockwaves to the whole continent, possibly dealing a fatal blow to the whole process.

Saturday, May 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Argentina says Brazil bid for UN seat Is 'Elitist'

Argentina's Foreign Minister Rafael Bielsa said Brazil's request for a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council is ''elitist and not very democratic.'

Saturday, May 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Uruguay and Paraguay to fortify Mercosur.

Montevideo: Presidents of Uruguay and Paraguay Tabare Vazquez and Nicanor Duarte, respectively, agreed to meet to strengthen the Southern Common Market.

Saturday, May 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Bush to speak at OAS session June 6

The White House confirmed that President Bush will speak at the Fort Lauderdale General Assembly of the Organization of American States next month.

Friday, May 27th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Religious festivity calms Bolivian protests

Bolivia's capital La Paz woke up Thursday in relative peace after protesters who for the last few days had paralyzed the city declared a truce in honour of a religious festival.

Friday, May 27th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Brazil-Japan team after permanent Security Council seats

Japan and Brazil plan to press ahead in their efforts to gain permanent United Nations Security Council seats, forging a new “alliance” to bolster economic links and bring Asia and South America closer.

Friday, May 27th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Insulza promises to make OAS effective and global

Chilean Socialist Jose Miguel Insulza took office Thursday as Secretary General of the Organization of American States, OAS, one of the oldest hemispheric associations but also considered in Washington circles as one of the most ineffectual and discredited.

Friday, May 27th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Penguin News Update.

Headlines:
Budget deficit forecast but ?finances in good shape'; Governor: relations with Argentina ?disappointing'; Search for runaway teens ends happily; University students pass; Frances is May Queen.