Stories for 2005 , page 90

Friday, July 22nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

China scraps currency link to the US dollar

China, Asia's second economy behind Japan revalued Thursday its currency 2%, the first time in a decade, and will let the Yuan float against a basket of currencies.

Friday, July 22nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Bush pushes strongly for CAFTA

President George W. Bush used a speech Thursday at the Organization of American States headquarters in Washington to put pressure on the U.S. House of Representatives to ratify a free-trade agreement with Central America, CAFTA.

Friday, July 22nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

London in shock; Police call for new powers

British police called for sweeping new powers Thursday - including holding terrorism suspects for up to three months without charge - after a second wave of bombings struck London's transport system.

Friday, July 22nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Palermo Show opened in Buenos Aires

A red Aberdeen Angus heifer was the first to access the Palermo grounds in Buenos Aires where Argentina's main agriculture and livestock show opened Thursday and will extend to August 2.

Friday, July 22nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Argentina begins squid survey next July 25.

Next Monday 25 July a group of 16 Argentine flagged jiggers and trawlers will be participating in a shortfin squid (Illex argentinus) research survey undertaken by the Mar del Plata National Institute for Fisheries Research and Development, INIDEP.

Friday, July 22nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

New target date for EU-Mercosur accord: May 2006

The European Union seeks to reach an associative agreement with Mercosur in May 2006, and will attempt to achieve a breakthrough in the stagnated negotiations at a September meeting in Brussels.

Friday, July 22nd 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Penguin News Update.

Headlines:
”Trail of destruction': man arrested; Argentine complaint at London meeting; Guilty verdicts in longline fishing cases.

Thursday, July 21st 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Gibraltar MEP warns about new EU funding

Gibraltar must work to ensure that it continues to receive European Union funding under a new five-year financing programme currently being prepared, or risk losing it to new EU members, reports Gibraltar's Chronicle.

Thursday, July 21st 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Penguins, subject of box office hit documentary

Antarctic Emperor Penguins have become this year's unlikely Hollywood superstars as the documentary ?March of the Penguins' takes cinemas by storm.

Thursday, July 21st 2005 - 21:00 UTC

Falklands' resilience in Shetlands NatWest Games

Britain's most northerly outpost played host this week to the biennial Island Games. Doug Gillon toasts the spirit of all involved.