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Stories for October 2006

• Tuesday, October 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Ban Ki-moon next UN Secretary General

  The Security Council on Monday formally chose Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon of the Republic of Korea as its nominee to be the next Secretary-General of the United Nations for a five-year term when incumbent Kofi Annan steps down on 31 December.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Enap invites private companies to exploit gas in Tierra del Fuego

  Chile's oil company Enap will invite private companies to participate in the exploration for hydrocarbons in the extreme south of the country announced this week Energy Minister Karen Poniachik.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Trips to see penguins selling like hot cakes

  Between ''An Inconvenient Truth,'' the Al Gore movie highlighting the plight of polar bears, and Luc Jacquet's documentary ''March of the Penguins,'' polar expeditions have never been so hot.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chinese substitutions endanger Chile's copper industry

  High copper prices are pressing copper-consuming countries such as China to substitute the red metal with lower-priced steel and aluminum, according to information shared at a seminar at Chile's Copper Commission (Cochilco).

• Tuesday, October 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar Constitution referendum, “an act of self determination”

  The British government will not enter into a process (with Spain) of sovereignty negotiation with which Gibraltar was not content, stated the UK Deputy permanent representative and Ambassador to United Nations Karen Pierce.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chile fruit industry calls for higher valued US dollar

  The annual convention of Chile's federation of fresh fruit growers (Fedefruta) began with a strong appeal for the government to push for a higher valued U.S. dollar.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Democrats feel they can regain control of Congress

  In the 1994 mid term elections when Bill Clinton was president, the Republican Revolution stormed and took control of both houses of the US Congress.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  The 280 US dollars per month poverty line in Argentina

  An Argentine family to be considered above the poverty line needs a minimum income of 862 pesos equivalent to approximately 280 US dollars, which is the value of basic basket of goods and services, according to the September estimate of the country Statistics and Census Office.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  EU extends Spain over a billion Euros in fisheries funds

  Spain is the European Union country most benefited from the allocation of funds made available under the European Fisheries Fund, (EFF) for the period extending from January 2007 to December 2013.

• Tuesday, October 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  “Be nice to the Falklands” advice to Argentina

  Visiting the Falkland Islands this week is the recently appointed Head of the British Foreign Office's (FCO) Overseas Territories department, Leigh Turner.