MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2005
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Tuesday, July 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands at Calgary oil conference
Interest in the Falkland Islands at the biggest worldwide oil exploration conference was down this year; however this has been attributed to increased use of the Mineral Resources Department's website.
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Tuesday, July 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Rockhopper to raise funds for Falklands' oil exploration
United Kingdom registered Rockhopper Exploration plans to raise 30 million pounds on the London AIM stock exchange in early August for exploration offshore the Falkland Islands, according to company sources.
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Tuesday, July 19th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Fisheries Hot news
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Argentina evaluates changes to vessel sanction system; Chile promotes jumbo squid extraction in Region V. -
Monday, July 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Bush lobbying strongly for “pro-jobs” Cafta
Facing continued political resistance in the Lower House, United States President George W. Bush took his defense of the Central American Free Trade Agreement directly to the industrial heartland with a visit on Friday to a textile factory in North Carolina.
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Monday, July 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Alvarez admits he will “consider” a cabinet post
Former Argentine vice-president admitted his interest in a cabinet post in the president Kirchner administration, following the mid term October election results.
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Monday, July 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Machu Picchu park forest on fire
A forest fire which broke out in the world known Archeological Machu Picchu Park in the Andes highlands has been burning for the last four days with little prospects of a quick extinction reports the Peruvian newspapers.
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Monday, July 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela will launch a satellite in 2008 from China
President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that Venezuela plans to launch a satellite from China in 2008 enabling the country to “obtain strategic information on all types of communications”.
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Monday, July 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil purchases 12 French Mirage 2000
Brazil purchased twelve French combat aircraft Mirage 2000 during the official visit of President Lula da Silva to Paris where he was the guest of honour for the July 14th Bastille Day celebrations.
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Monday, July 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Gibraltar urges UK to correct “inaccurate statement”
Gibraltar Government is pressing Britain to clarify to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) the legal position as regards the Gibraltar parliament's powers. The move follows a report in the local Chronicle newspaper on the current proceedings by Spain against the manner in which Gibraltarians have been granted the EU vote.
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Monday, July 18th 2005 - 21:00 UTC
Gibraltar welcomes Menorca to Island Games
”We do not mix politics with sport, and the Gibraltar Island Games committee has welcomed Menorca (Spain) into the Island Games family,” Linda Alvarez, Secretary of the Gibraltar Island Games Committee, said at the end of the meeting which was also attended by President Freddy Chappory.
