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Stories for 2006

• Tuesday, January 10th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Goodbye Grey Rover: RFA ship heads north for decomissioning

  THE Falklands said a sad farewell to Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship Grey Rover last month, as the vessel left the Islands for the last time before being decommissioned.

• Monday, January 9th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Spain's Army Commander relieved for “indiscipline”

  Spain's Army Commander Lieutenant General Jose Mena Aguado was relieved from his duties following threatening comments on Spain's unity, which Defence Minister Jose Bono described as an act of “indiscipline” but “isolated”.

• Monday, January 9th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Migration to the US, key issue of Mexican election

  The illegal migration of Mexicans to United States is rapidly becoming a key topic of this year's Mexican presidential election: the current administration claims the number of “wetbacks” has considerably dropped in recent years and the opposition argues poverty and unemployment is pushing hundreds per day to the north.

• Monday, January 9th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Chinese buses and trains for Cuba

  Cuba received twelve locomotives and the first 80 out of a total 1,000 buses purchased from China, an operation involving 100 million US dollars.

• Monday, January 9th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile's international reserves steady above 16 billion US dollars

  Chile's international reserves closed 2005 at 16.193 billion US dollars with a December increase of 938 million US dollars, reports the country's Central Bank.

• Monday, January 9th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Massive rally to close Bachelet's campaign in Chile

  Chilean ruling coalition presidential candidate Michelle Bachelet will be holding a massive final rally, ahead of Sunday's run off, with full support from local and Spanish artists who have promised to sing and entertain a crowd estimated in over 100.000.

• Sunday, January 8th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Bolivian elected president woos China

  Bolivian elected president Evo Morales began Sunday his visit to China declaring himself a great admirer of Mao Zedong and his “proletarian revolution” but also urged Chinese businesses to invest in key sectors of the Bolivian economy, including natural gas and oil.

• Sunday, January 8th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  New electoral timetable in volatile Haiti

  The first round of presidential and parliament elections in Haiti has been reprogrammed for February 7, revealed Sunday Chilean diplomat Juan Gabriel Valdes who is the United Nations envoy to the Caribbean country immersed in violent political turmoil.

• Sunday, January 8th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Japanese whaler rams Greenpeace vessel in Antarctica

  Greenpeace accused Sunday the Japanese whaling vessel Nisshin Maru of deliberately ramming its boat the Arctic Sunrise, in Antarctic waters before steaming off at high speed.

• Saturday, January 7th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  GOL Launches Flights to Montevideo

  Brazil's low-cost, low-fare airline, began today operating flights to Montevideo, the capital of Uruguay