MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for November 2006
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Wednesday, November 29th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Fears of dramatic collapse of the Ross Ice Shelf
Scientists researching in Antarctic fear the Ross Ice Shelf, the size of France, could collapse quickly, triggering a dramatic rise in sea levels, according to reports in the New Zealand press.
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Wednesday, November 29th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguay orders the Army the custody of Botnia pulp mill
Uruguay ordered the perimeter custody of the grounds where Finland's Botnia is building a controversial pulp mill plant on a shared river with Argentina and which is challenged by Buenos Aires alleging damages to the environment.
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Tuesday, November 28th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Colombia and Chile sign trade and investment accord
Chile and Colombia signed a trade agreement Monday that will eliminate the bulk of customs duties on the annual 689 million US dollars in goods traded between the two countries.
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Tuesday, November 28th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
UN trawling ban efforts frustrated
Fishing nations including China and South Korea have blocked UN negotiators from imposing a full-fledged ban against destructive bottom trawling on the high seas.
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Tuesday, November 28th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Pulp mill fight: Gorbachev intervention ?ridiculous'
Presidents Néstor Kirchner and Tabaré Vázquez act like two deaf men not willing to hear each other and who do not want to meet to talk, the 1980 Nobel Peace Laureate Adolfo Pérez Esquivel said yesterday.
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Tuesday, November 28th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Uncovering 19th century history in Valparaíso port bay
A delicately elaborated nautical telescope, metal handheld lamps, intact pieces of dinnerware, and even a sailor's shoe buckle are among the artifacts recovered from a sunken merchant ship in the bay of Chile's main port, Valparaíso, discovered by a submarine sent out to monitor the progress of a project to make the bay deeper.
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Tuesday, November 28th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Gibraltar referendum on new Constitution
The Gibraltar Government has issued a public call urging to “vote ?yes' for progress” in the coming Thursday referendum on the new Constitution, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.
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Tuesday, November 28th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Brazil's target: oil and gas reliable self sufficiency
Brazil's oil and gas industry already represents 9% of the country's GDP and should be reaching 10% some time next year, according to Haroldo Lima head of the Oil, Gas & Biofuels Nacional Agency.
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Tuesday, November 28th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Quebec, a nation within Canada, divides Liberals
The Canadian Parliament formally recognized this week French speaking province Quebec as a nation within Canada following a motion presented by Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
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Tuesday, November 28th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Bernanke: US economy set to grow at moderate rate
The United States economy appears healthy and likely to continue growing at “a moderate rate” over the next year or so, causing price pressures to gradually ebb, but risks of inflation and a worse than expected housing slump could complicate said Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke in New York.
