MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2005
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Tuesday, March 29th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
NZ bugs to help contain invasive species
Punta Arenas Agriculture and Livestock Laboratory, following on a New Zealand experience, are considering the biological control of a weed that is proving particularly harmful for Magallanes Region grassland.
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Tuesday, March 29th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean leader calls for more flexible OAS
Chile's socialist president has called for a radical overhaul of the Organisation of American States, saying the most important regional organisation in the Americas must be “faster, more responsive and more flexible”.
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Tuesday, March 29th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Government defines procedures to ensure onshore squid processing
The Argentine Undersecretariat of Fisheries and Aquaculture has established a series of control procedures for companies holding squid (Illex argentinus) licences to fish in the Argentine fishing ground, chiefly aimed at ensuring a minimum onshore processing of the resource.
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Tuesday, March 29th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Quake panics Asia; 2,000 feared dead
A powerful earthquake struck off Indonesia's west coast late Monday, killing scores of people whose homes collapsed on them and spreading panic across the Indian Ocean that another killer tsunami was on the way. Indonesia's vice president predicted up to 2,000 deaths
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Tuesday, March 29th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner to run in Bs. Aires
Government sources yesterday leaked the news that first lady Cristina Fernández has finally decided to run for national senator for the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina's largest electoral district, in the October 23 midterm elections.
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Tuesday, March 29th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Duhalde calls for an emancipated, united South America
Eduardo Duhalde president of the Mercosur Permanent Representatives Commission called on the South American block country members to keep advancing in the consolidation of common institutions, “the creation of new ones”, and invited to make effective the dream of “an emancipated South America”, growing in unity.
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Tuesday, March 29th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Councillors in EU OCT ministerial meeting in Tahiti
Two Falkland Islands Councillors will be participating at the European Union Overseas Countries & Territories EU meeting in Tahiti, French Polynesia scheduled for this week. Ian Hansen and Mike Summers left the Islands last Saturday.
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Monday, March 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Lifetime dream of a floating city: “Freedom Ship”
Imagine a floating community that will travel round the world once every three years. The idea belongs to Norman Nixon a billionaire from Florida, USA, for whom it's the dream of a lifetime.
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Monday, March 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands holds mysteries of world climate evolution
A researcher from the University of Ulster is finding out what the climate and landscape was like thousands of years ago from a unique rock formation in the Falkland Islands.
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Monday, March 28th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
“Pardelhas” to be auctioned April 15.
Two fishing vessels belonging to the Portuguese company Pardelhas Fishing Company which have been abandoned for years in Punta Arenas will be auctioned next April 19, following the ruling of a local court.
