MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2006
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Friday, March 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News Update.
Headlines:
Conservationists convene; Endurance heads to Argentine dry dock.
News in brief:
Illex catch rates are ?reasonable'; No news' on John Cheek; Inquest opened and adjourned; A striking military exercise. -
Friday, March 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Aerolineas Argentinas grounded by workers
The 24-hour strike launched at midday Thursday by pilots and mechanics at Aerolineas Argentinas forced the cancellation of 38 flights and left some 10,000 passengers stranded, the carrier said.
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Friday, March 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Lula and Blair push trade talks
Brazil and Britain have called for a summit of world leaders to give a decisive push to global trade liberalisation talks.
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Friday, March 10th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
The World Gets 102 More Billionaires
As emerging stock markets surged during the past year, 102 wealthy people around the world won a much-coveted title along with their stellar gains - they all became billionaires.
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Thursday, March 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Another first for HMS Endurance
“Next Friday, 10th March at 1400 hours the ice breaker HMS Endurance, belonging to the British Royal Navy, will enter dry dock for repair at the Naval Dockyard at Puerto Belgrano.”
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Thursday, March 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
US Congress looks into cruise vessels' crime
Twenty four passengers have gone unaccounted for in United States cruises in the Caribbean and 178 have suffered sexual attacks in the last three years claimed this week relatives and solicitors from the alleged victims before the United States Congress.
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Thursday, March 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine reactions disturb Galician fishing industry
The Argentine/British controversy over the arrest of the Falkland Islands flagged “John Cheek” partly owned by a Spanish company, Pescapuerta, could have consequences for the Galician companies currently operating in Argentine waters, writes J. Carneiro in the newspaper El Faro de Vigo.
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Thursday, March 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
To check inflation Argentina bans beef exports
The Argentine government announced the “emergency” suspension of beef exports for 180 days in an effort to contain soaring prices in the domestic market
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Thursday, March 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
OPEC decision soothes world oil markets
Oil markets stabilized following the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries decision to leave production at a near a two-decade high. Meeting in Vienna OPEC agreed to keep quotas at 28 million barrels a day, Saudi Arabian Oil Minister Ali al-Naimi told reporters.
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Thursday, March 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Stanley hosts international albatross and petrel workshop
This Saturday's LAN Chile flight to the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) will bring together in Stanley environmentalists from several countries, including Chile, Brazil and Argentina, to participate in a workshop entitled, “Albatross and Petrels in the South Atlantic: Priorities and Conservation”.
