MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for June 2006
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Sunday, June 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Appointed Falklands' governor on familiarization visit
The appointed governor of the Falkland Islands Alan Huckle spent a week in the Islands for what was described as a familiarization visit.
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Sunday, June 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela to take over “inactive” mines
Venezuela plans to take over all inactive mining areas to form new joint ventures with a state majority stake and state-backed small mining groups foreseen under a mine law reform, announced Heavy Industries and Mining Minister Víctor Alvarez.
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Sunday, June 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Anti-whaling alliance winning this year's conference
Japan's attempt to revive commercial whaling looks dead for another year after the country lost a third crucial vote at an international meeting. Conservationists and anti-whaling nations had feared the pro-whaling camp led by Japan, Norway and Iceland might have got over the line at this year's International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in Caribbean island of St Kitts.
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Sunday, June 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Bolivia's ambitious plan to reduce poverty
Bolivia announced a massive plan involving 12 billion US dollars to reduce poverty and creating jobs.
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Sunday, June 18th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela and pulp mills conflict, “no risk for Mercosur”
Brazilian Foreign Minister Celso Amorim emphasized Sunday that Venezuela's membership and the current pulp mills dispute between Argentina and Uruguay pose no threat or risk to Mercosur.
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Saturday, June 17th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Pulp mills dispute: Argentina talks of “political solution”
Argentine Interior Minister Anibal Fernandez said on Friday there “was always an open door” to find a “political solution” to the dispute with Uruguay over the construction of two pulp mills which is currently under consideration at the Hague International Court.
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Saturday, June 17th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
US current account deficit drops 6,5%
The U.S. current account deficit fell 6.5% to 208.7 billion US dollars in the first quarter of this year, the Commerce Department reported Friday. The figure equaled 6.4% of gross domestic product but this is tipped to rise next quarter as oil prices rise.
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Saturday, June 17th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Japan suffers two defeats in Whaling meeting
Australia and other anti-whaling nations achieved two victories on Friday at the International Whaling Commission's annual general meeting currently underway in the Caribbean island of St. Kitts.
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Saturday, June 17th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
UN warns urgent action needed to protect world oceans
Swift and wide ranging actions are needed to conserve the world's entire marine environment amid fears that humankind's exploitation of the deep seas and open oceans is rapidly passing the point of no return, according to a United Nations-backed report issued Friday that calls for urgent measures to conserve areas where more than 90% of the planet's living biomass lives.
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Saturday, June 17th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Fuel costs sink Carnival cruises profits
The world's biggest cruise firm has seen profits fall in the second quarter amid rising fuel costs and lower demand for Caribbean cruises.
