MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for September 7th 2006
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Thursday, September 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Bingham: moral high ground lost to ?greed and corruption'
CONSERVATIONIST and former Falklands resident, Mike Bingham is hoping the launch of his new book in Argentina will alert the world to the decline of “political morality” in the Falkland Islands.
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Thursday, September 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland's coastal shipping contract awarded
In a country which consists of two large islands and a multitude of smaller islands, many of which are occupied by wool and meat producers, as well as providers of tourism opportunities, there has been considerable interest expressed recently in which company would be awarded the contract to provide internal shipping services to the Falkland Islands.
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Thursday, September 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd signed contract for seismic survey
Falkland Oil and Gas to conduct new 2D seismic survey Falkland Oil and Gas Limited has signed a contract with Wavefield InSeis AS (“Wavefield”) to undertake a 10,000 km 2D seismic survey over the company's licences in the South and East Falkland Basins.
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Thursday, September 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil hosts new global trade talks launching
Brazil will be hosting this week end a high level meeting in an attempt to rescue World Trade Organization negotiations with the participation of the G-20 group of emerging countries and negotiators from the leading powers, Europe, United States and Japan.
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Thursday, September 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Lowest annualized inflation since 1998 in Brazil
Brazilian consumer prices rose only 0.05% in August after a 0.19% increase in July, according to government figures released Thursday, surprising market experts and even Brazil's government.
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Thursday, September 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chavez gets a taste of his won medicine
Manuel Rosales, the main opposition candidate in Venezuela's December's election claimed Thursday that President Hugo Chavez, running for re-election, has ordered his assassination.
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Thursday, September 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
No end to the Uruguay/Argentina pulp mills controversy
The Arbitration Tribunal of Mercosur partially accepted Uruguay's demand and ruled that Argentina did not take necessary action to guarantee free circulation of goods and services into Uruguay as contemplated in the block's charter.
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Thursday, September 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Naming ceremony for new Falklands patrol vessel
Today, Thursday, 7th September saw the naming ceremony in Portsmouth of the British Royal Navy's 80m offshore patrol vessel, HMS Clyde, which it is expected will arrive in the Falkland Islands in 2007.
