MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 2006
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Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine fisheries 2006 TAC for hake and hoki
Argentina's Federal Fisheries Council (CPF), following on scientific recommendations, established total allowable catches (TAC) for common hake, hoki, Patagonian toothfish and southern blue whiting.
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Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
President Bachelet's approval rating eroding
Chilean Socialist President Michelle Bachelet's approval rating has dropped 8 points since last May and now stands at 57% according to the latest public opinion review from Santiago's pollster CERC.
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Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Happy final for Mexican fishermen
Three Mexican fishermen who claim they spent nine months adrift in the Pacific Ocean finally reached dry land when the fishing boat that rescued them arrived at a remote island chain thousands of miles from their homeland.
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Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Castle remembers Glamorgan
HMS Dumbarton Castle spent the weekend completing her final preparations for passage before sailing to complete important upper-deck maintenance.
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Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur official says “FTAA is dead”
A top Argentine trade official was quoted in Bs. Aires Tuesday as saying the Free Trade Area of the Americas, or FTAA, a hemispheric commerce initiative pushed by the Bush administration, “is dead.”
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Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Arrest of British terrorist suspects helps Bush
United States president George W Bush popularity increased following the arrest in Britain of the suspects in the terror plot to blow up US-bound passenger planes according to a USA Today public opinion poll published Tuesday.
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Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Fed member does not rule out further rates hike
The Federal Reserve “pause” in the series of rate hikes which was interrupted earlier this month has proved “constructive”, but further increases might be needed to tame inflationary tendencies admitted Tuesday Michael Moskow, president of Chicago's Fed branch.
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Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay planning to cancel IMF debt by 2010
Uruguay will have cancelled all IMF debts by March 2010, when the current government's mandate comes to an end announced in Montevideo the country's Finance Minister Danilo Astori.
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Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean fisheries exports reach 718 million US dollars
Chile fisheries exports during the first half of this year increased 7.6% in value totalling 718.5 million US dollars, in spite of a slight 4% drop in landings which was compensated with an increase in prices and greater added value
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Tuesday, August 22nd 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands' aquaculture development project
Falkland Islands Aquaculture Development Manager, Brendan Gara has 18 months left of his contract and
thinks it would be a good idea to introduce someone who will benefit from 12 months training rather
than to keep bringing consultants in.
