MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2005
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Monday, August 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Lab produced meat from cells to feed millions
According to scientists from the University of Maryland advances in cell and tissue engineering could lead to the production in laboratory conditions of meat from cells extracted to animals.
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Monday, August 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Magallanes export boom in second quarter
Magallanes region exports increased 36% during the second quarter totalling 245,2 million US dollars, compared to the same period last year.
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Monday, August 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands' war film in Spanish film festival
“Enlightened by fire”, the Argentine film showing how Argentine soldiers were mistreated and humiliated by their own officers during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict will be competing in the San Sebastian, Spain, film Festival next September.
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Monday, August 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur-CAN speed integration process
The full integration timetable for Mercosur and the Community of Andean Nations could be advanced from 2014 to 2010 in the coming South American Nations Community presidential summit which will be hosted by Brazil next September.
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Monday, August 15th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Rockhopper jumps on AiM debut
Rockhopper Exploration plc, the oil and gas exploration company with a number of licences in the North Falkland Basin, has announced that following the successful placing of 35,714,285 shares at 42p to raise £15 million (before expenses), its shares have been admitted to trading on AIM and dealings will commence at 8.00am today under the symbol: RKH.
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Sunday, August 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Bishops call for an end to the “scandalous gaps” in Chile
Chilean bishops from the Catholic Church Standing Episcopal Committee called on all candidates campaigning for December elections to make public proposals to achieve greater equality in the Chilean society helping to overcome the current “scandalous social, economic and cultural gaps”.
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Sunday, August 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Breaking News.
Governor goes Top Gun in F3 Tornado jet: Governor Howard Pearce went “top gun” last month when he was given a flight in an RAF F3 Tornado fighter jet by 1435 Squadron at Mount Pleasant.
FIBS to FIRS on Monday: The Falkland Islands Radio Service will come into existence next week as the new name of the radio station. -
Sunday, August 14th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland veterans angry with UK Lottery snub
Officials with a charity hoping to build a refuge on the Falkland Islands for veterans of the conflict reacted angrily over the weekend after being snubbed by the National Lottery.
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Saturday, August 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Castro turns 79 and still going strong
Fidel Castro, the world's longest ruling head of state turns 79 Saturday, is celebrating a key political and legal victory over his enemies in exile after a U.S. appeals court ordered a new trial in the high-profile case of five alleged Cuban spies.
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Saturday, August 13th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Oil industry drastically cuts investment in Bolivia
Investment in Bolivia by the mainly foreign-owned petroleum companies dropped 40% in the first half of this year compared to the same period in 2004, reported the oil and gas industry in La Paz.
