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Hake quotas protest in Argentina; EU: no financial aid for new fishing vessels.
European Commission president Jose Manuel Durao Barroso promised Thursday to step up the bloc's trans-Atlantic efforts because it is important that Europe does not disappoint our friends in Latin America.
In December, the issuing of two new licences for exploration and production by the Falkland Islands Government announced the arrival of a new player in the search for hydrocarbons in the South Atlantic.
George W. Bush pledged on Thursday to use United States' power to spread liberty around the world, supporting the growth of democratic movements and institutions in every nation and culture, with the ultimate goal of ending tyranny.
Commodore Allan Adair RN has been appointed new Commander of British Forces following the shock death of his predecessor David White in circumstances that are still under investigation.
European government leaders on Tuesday used the ceremonial unveiling of the Airbus A380 superjumbo to issue a rallying call for deeper European integration and industrial co-operation.
President Néstor Kirchner and most of his Cabinet start today on a four-day official visit to France, where he is to meet with French President Jacques Chirac and local businessmen with interests in Argentina's utility sector.
German holders of bad Argentine bonds are having none of the South American nation's push to exchange them for new ones, asking why they should trade old funny money for what they suspect will turn out to be more of the same.
Far from apologizing as has been demanded by Venezuela, Colombia says it is the offended one in the case of a key Colombian insurgent captured by bounty-hunters in Caracas, and that it will provide proof that the Marxist guerrilla had received protection from Venezuelan authorities.
A record two million foreign tourists visited Cuba last year (15% increase over 2003) confirming the leisure industry as the Communist nation's most important earner of hard currency according to official figures released Monday.