Stories for 2005 , page 171

Sunday, March 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Sol won't mimic Shell, Esso hikes in Argentina.

State-run Uruguayan oil company Sol Petroleo on Saturday rolled back the price hikes it had imposed on fuel sold in Argentina, following Shell and Esso's example, a few hours earlier.

Saturday, March 12th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Venezuela and Iran seal cooperation agreement

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez and visiting Iranian president Mohammed Khatami stated Friday they “will stand together and strongly against any United States aggression”.

Saturday, March 12th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

K: ?worst investment' unwelcome

During the ceremony the president read from a report by US business watchdog Multinacional Monitor, which releases an annual ranking of the “worst corporations in the world” that takes into consideration “fraud, price abuses, pollution and poisoning cases.”

Saturday, March 12th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Spain recalls Atocha

Spain commemorated the first anniversary of the Madrid train bombings yesterday with tears, church bells and silent tributes to the 191 people who died in al Qaeda's worst attack in Europe.

Saturday, March 12th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Top Spanish Politician Visits Rock.

Rafael Estrella, PSOE spokesman for the Foreign Affairs Committee at the Congreso, arrived in Gibraltar on Friday for a 48 hour visit.

Saturday, March 12th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Families' Commission Group Arrives in Islands

A group representing the families of Argentine servicemen killed during the conflict in 1982, arrived in the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) today, Saturday 12th March, without incident.

Friday, March 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Brazil legalizes GM seeds.

In a triumph for United States based biotechnology firm Monsanto Co., Brazil's lower house of Congress endorsed the creation of a framework to legalize biotech seed sales in Latin America's largest country.

Friday, March 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Boycott Shell's raising fuel prices, says Kirchner.

Amid growing inflation fears Argentine President Nestor Kirchner called for “a national boycott” against Royal Dutch/Shell Group for raising fuel prices.
Thursday's statement was President Kirchner's second verbal attack on the British-Dutch oil company in two days.

Friday, March 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Flag incident: three foreigners indicted

An Argentine Federal Judge indicted this week three foreign tourists who were arrested last January in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego for trampling and trashing an Argentine flag.

Friday, March 11th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Natural gas supplies in Kirchner-Lagos agenda

The natural gas crisis, following the latest supply cuts to Chile by Argentina, has irrupted into Monday's bilateral agenda when Argentine president Nestor Kirchner meets with his Chilean counterpart Ricardo Lagos in Santiago.