MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2005
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Wednesday, April 27th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Huge but quiet Airbus makes first test flight
The world's largest passenger plane, the Airbus A380, completed a maiden flight Wednesday that took it over the Pyrenees mountains, a milestone for aviation and for the European aircraft-maker's battle with American rival Boeing Co.
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Wednesday, April 27th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina protests inclusion of Falklands/Malvinas in EU constitution
Argentina officially rejected Wednesday the inclusion of the Falkland Islands, South Georgia and South Sandwich islands as “British Antarctic Territory” in the European Union Constitutional Treaty and has informed European institutions of its “reservations” about the case.
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Tuesday, April 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland's wool “is very much a secret”
The Falkland Islands' traditional production was very much in the news this month according to the latest Penguin News edition.
A report from the British Wool Marketing Board (BWMB) indicates that the Islands wool characteristics are not fully reflected in market prices; a Beef Day was organized to address the growing industry's challenges and a paper before the Development Corporation Board informs of delays in the export season. -
Tuesday, April 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina: record crop with logistics problems
Argentina is harvesting a record crop of 82 million tons in 2005, almost 12 million over last year, but is also facing serious logistics problems because of insufficient transport and port facilities to handle the greater volumes.
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Tuesday, April 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Conciliatory Mexico City's Mayor returns to office
Bolstered by a Sunday million people support march, the judicially beleaguered mayor of Mexico City defied Monday the Attorney General's office and returned to his workplace nineteen days after the Mexican Congress stripped him from prosecution immunity.
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Tuesday, April 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Ecuador's new ruler under strong diplomatic pressure
Doubts about the legitimacy and future steps of Ecuador's new administration were confirmed Monday by the European Union statement recognizing “the new government, and the previous government”, until the political and social situation of the country “returns to normal”.
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Tuesday, April 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
A long agenda awaits Rice in Brazil
United States Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice arrives Tuesday in Brasilia for the first leg of a brief tour of the increasingly volatile Latinamerica that also includes Chile, Colombia and El Salvador.
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Tuesday, April 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Greenspan insists with floatation of Chinese currency
Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan said China is harming its future by not allowing its currency, currently fixed to the US dollar, to float.
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Tuesday, April 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Oil: Saudi Arabia to produce more.
Crude prices fell yesterday as the world's leading exporter Saudi Arabia said it could quickly bring online spare production capacity if buyers needed more oil.
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Tuesday, April 26th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina: Beef exports fall as livestock prices rise
The rise in livestock prices during the last year resulted in a drop in beef exports, which in the first quarter of 2005 posted a 5 percent decrease from 2004, according to the ABC Beef Exporters Chamber.
