MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for April 2006
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Wednesday, April 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands Councillors in Malta for Regional CPA Conference
Two members of the Falkland Islands Legislative Council (LegCo) are bound to Valetta, Malta next week to attend the annual conference of the British Isles and Mediterranean Region of the British Commonwealth Parliamentary Association.
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Wednesday, April 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
British MEPs on Gibraltar fact finding visit
Conservative Member of the European Parliament for the South West and Gibraltar Mr Neil Parish visited his constituents on the Rock last week and was briefed on the latest developments in Gibraltar.
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Wednesday, April 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
The US Navy is “not going to intimidate us”
Venezuelan Vice President Jose Vicente Rangel said Wednesday that the United States military exercises in the Caribbean “are not going to intimidate us”.
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Wednesday, April 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur is “not useful” for Uruguay's objectives
Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez said that Mercosur is “not useful” to his country's aspirations and proposed deep changes in the functioning of the South American block which also includes Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay.
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Wednesday, April 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
UK Parliament seats for Overseas Territories
A bill to make provision for the representation of the British Overseas Territories in the European Union and in Parliament was presented this week by Conservative MP Daniel Kawczynski from Shrewsbury and Atcham.
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Tuesday, April 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Gold, oil up, yet rate fears weigh
Gold hit a fresh 25-year high on Tuesday as oil neared a record, pushing shares of Asian commodity firms like BHP higher, but broader stock gains were checked by fears that high oil prices would hurt economic growth.
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Tuesday, April 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Common hake landings pegged at more than 75,000 tonnes
Up to the first week of April, 75,218 tonnes of common hake (Merluccius hubbsi) were landed at Argentine maritime ports.
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Tuesday, April 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela took back 27,000 sq. km from oil companies
Venezuela reclaimed more than 27,000 square kilometers in potential drilling acreage from private oil companies last month by requiring them to join new state-controlled joint ventures, a local daily reported yesterday.
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Tuesday, April 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
UT scientist sheds light on ocean bacteria
Research by a University of Tennessee scientist shows that tiny bacteria that help regulate greenhouse gases survive best in specific water temperatures, a finding with significant implications in the face of global climate change.
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Tuesday, April 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil's landless peasants recall massacre
Brazil's Landless Movement, MST, marked this week the tenth anniversary of the deaths of a score of its members at police hands by occupying ranches, blocking roads and looting cargo trucks in protests that extended across the country.
