Stories for 2005 , page 56

Wednesday, September 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Brazilian concern with Paraguay's Mercosur commitment

Brazilian Foreign Affairs Minister Celso Amorim expressed concern over the possibility Paraguay and United States sign a free trade agreement and called for transparency in the military cooperation agreement between both countries.

Wednesday, September 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Pre-Katrina US trade gap drops slightly

United States trade deficit last August dropped 2,6% with exports reaching a new record while imports of consumer goods and capital equipment slowed according to the latest release from the US Department of Commerce.

Wednesday, September 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Venezuelan corporations protest rash of expropriations

Venezuela's main business association called Tuesday on the National Assembly and the Supreme Court to “restore legal and constitutional order” which is being destroyed by the Executive's expropriation of supposedly “inactive” companies and idle farms.

Wednesday, September 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Argentine-Chilean combined exercises in South Atlantic

Argentine and Chilean naval forces participated last week in joint exercises in the South Atlantic with the purpose of increasing the two navies' capabilities and in a near future operating as a “Multinational Task Force”.

Wednesday, September 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Chile's presidential campaign takes off

Chile's December presidential campaign officially kicked Tuesday with five candidates running to succeed President Ricardo Lagos, four men and a woman. Opinion polls show the ruling coalition candidate very close to achieving the absolute majority in the first round thus avoiding a run off.

Wednesday, September 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Surging oil prices force air industry to raise fares

Anticipating huge losses because of soaring fuel prices Latinamerican and United States airlines have began raising fares in their regional flights.

Tuesday, September 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Australia arrests Cambodian flagged toothfish poacher

Australia arrested a Cambodian long-liner suspected of fishing illegally in sub-Antarctic waters which was later discovered to have 130 tons of Patagonian toothfish in the haul. The armed Australian patrol Oceanic Viking escorted Saturday the 76 metre, 2,145 tons Cambodian-flagged FV Taruman to port in Hobart in Tasmania, said Australian Fisheries Minister Ian Macdonald.

Tuesday, September 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

G-10 bankers committed to keep inflation “low”

The Central Banks of the ten leading industrial countries of the world warned that the strong surge in oil prices will slow global economic growth.

Tuesday, September 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

UN: Illegal fishing and tourism threaten Antarctica

Substantial increases in illegal fishing, tourism, bio-prospecting, climate change and depletion of the ozone continue to pose major challenges to the Antarctic, and governments should continue to make major efforts to secure the area as a natural reserve, says United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Tuesday, September 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC

The importance of information technology for self determination

Gibraltar opposition spokesman Charles Bruzon told the Small Countries conference of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association meeting in Fiji that one day all remaining British colonies shall take their place in the Commonwealth as fully self-governing territories.