MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 2006
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Wednesday, October 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Bolivia, Venezuela's candidate for the Security Council
Bolivia will replace Venezuela as the candidate for the non permanent seat of the United Nations Security Council, announced late Tuesday Bolivian president Evo Morales.
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Wednesday, October 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Three marines return to Falklands to keep a pint promise
Next November 2, three Falklands veterans are returning to the Islands to keep a promise they made 25 years ago at the start of the conflict: “yomp” 75 miles to claim a pint of beer in Port Stanley.
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Wednesday, October 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Gibraltar's Constitution referendum November 30
A referendum to decide whether Gibraltar accepts or rejects the new Constitution is to be held on November 30.
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Wednesday, October 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
UK to pioneer controversial full face transplant
British surgeons could perform the world's first full face transplant within months after being given the go-ahead. Consultant surgeon Peter Butler was granted permission for the pioneering surgery by the ethics committee at the Royal Free Hospital in Hampstead, north London.
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Wednesday, October 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Fed rates unchanged but inflation risks “remain”
The Federal Open Market Committee decided Wednesday to keep interest rates unchanged at 5.25% for the third consecutive month but also expressed concerns about inflation risks.
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Tuesday, October 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Islander named as Principal Crown Counsel
A new Attorney General has been named by the Falkland Islands government and for the first time ever an Islander will become Principal Crown Counsel, was announced Monday by Gilbert House in Stanley.
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Tuesday, October 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
China's economic growth “softens” to 10.4%
China's GDP expanded slightly slower in the third quarter, 10.4% as a direct consequence of measures to contain the overheating of the economy, reported the Chinese Statistics Office in Beijing.
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Tuesday, October 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Ozone hole over South Pole breaks record
US National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) report this year's ozone hole in the polar region of the Southern Hemisphere has broken records for area and depth.
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Tuesday, October 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina forecasted to expand for fifth year running
The Argentine economy is forecasted to expand over 8% in 2006 for the fourth year running and with a comfortable carry on effect of 3% into 2007, reported Argentina's Central Bank, which originally was estimating a 7% growth.
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Tuesday, October 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Who has a free press and who hasn't
North Korea is the worst violator of press freedom in the world while journalists in Finland, Ireland, Iceland and the Netherlands enjoy the most liberty, according to a new index released this week by “Reporters Without Borders”.
