MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2005
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Wednesday, November 23rd 2005 - 20:00 UTC
European satellite protects toothfish in Kerguelen
Since February 2004, the European Space Agency (ESA) satellite Envisat is playing a key role in the conservation of Patagonian toothfish (Dissostichus eleginoides) by locating and tracking vessels that illegally target this scarce resource in the Antarctic Ocean.
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Wednesday, November 23rd 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Eruption makes Sandwich Island grow in size
A rare volcanic eruption is expanding the size of Montagu Island in the uninhabited British Overseas Territory South Sandwich Islands chain in remote southern Atlantic Ocean, reported Wednesday scientists from the British Antarctic Survey, BAS.
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Tuesday, November 22nd 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Falklands de-mining group meets in London
The Joint Task Group for the de-mining of the Falkland Islands is currently holding a three days meeting in London according to the Argentine press.
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Tuesday, November 22nd 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina and Venezuela agree on regional alliance and trade
Venezuela and Argentina signed Monday in Puerto Ordaz several bilateral accords which lock the two countries into a tight strategic alliance targeted at converting Mercosur into the clear alternative to any trade agreement involving the hemisphere.
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Tuesday, November 22nd 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Another piece for the Fujimori puzzle
Former Peruvian vie president Francisco Tudela Van Breugel said that the downfall of President Alberto Fujimori in 2000 was very much influenced by his administration's lack of support for the United Stated sponsored Colombia Plan and the decision to purchase fighter bombers MIG-29 instead of F-16.
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Tuesday, November 22nd 2005 - 20:00 UTC
EU remains “unmovable” in WTO negotiations
The European Union Trade Commissar Peter Mandelson reiterated that the 25 member block will not improve its agriculture proposal for the coming World Trade Organization Doha Round negotiations.
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Tuesday, November 22nd 2005 - 20:00 UTC
New LegCo names ExCo; Clifton Speaker of the House
The first meeting of the newly elected Falkland Islands Legislative Council (LegCo) took place Tuesday in Stanley with new Speaker of the House, Lewis Clifton, chairing the meeting for the first time.
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Monday, November 21st 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Falklands Defence is 'money well spent'
A group of visiting British MPs unanimously said there is no need to justify the cost of defending the Falkland Islands.
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Sunday, November 20th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Pinochet and former aide exchange blames
Former Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet and the jailed ex-head of the secret police General Manuel Contreras had a face to face exchange Friday on orders of a judge who is investigating the disappearance of dissidents thirty years ago.
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Sunday, November 20th 2005 - 20:00 UTC
Lula confirms full confidence in Finance minister
Brazilian president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ratified his “full confidence” in Finance minister Antonio Palocci and considers “normal” the controversy with cabinet chief Dilma Rousseff regarding the magnitude of the fiscal surplus.
