MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2006
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Saturday, February 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
191 nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 2006
Altogether 168 individuals and 23 organizations have been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize 2006. This is slightly less than last year's record of 199 candidates. The Norwegian Nobel Committee will announce the winner in the middle of October.
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Saturday, February 25th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Paintings by European masters stolen from Rio museum
A spectacular robbery of art works by Picasso, Matisse, Monet and Dali marred the start of the Rio Carnival on Friday, which saw a slimmer than usual King Momo kick off festivities to feverish samba rhythms.
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Friday, February 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
BBC's “Calling the Falklands” comes to an end.
The Falkland Islands Government, Falkland Islands Media Trust and BBC World Service have signed an agreement to strengthen the development of a strong, modern and independent media environment on the Islands was announced Friday.
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Friday, February 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Penguin News Update.
Headlines:
Falklands ship held in Argentina; Calling the Falklands to sign off for good; This week's cruise ships; LegCo in session today; Ferry service is off to a smooth start. -
Friday, February 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela Bars Two U.S. Airlines
Venezuela has prohibited Continental Airlines and Delta Air Lines from flying into this South American nation and is restricting American Airlines, Francisco Plaz, the president of the National Aviation Institute, said.
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Friday, February 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Farewell to historic BBC Falklands programme: Dismay among UK supporters
The news that the BBC World Service is axing its dedicated and historic “Calling the Falklands” programme has caused dismay and anger among some Falklands supporters in the United Kingdom who believe it is an ill-timed error of judgment by the BBC and the Foreign Office, who finance the programme.
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Friday, February 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Lame CAFTA becomes effective March 1
The free trade agreement between United States, Central America and the Dominican Republic, CAFTA, becomes effective next March 1, with two months delay and involving only one of Latinamerican countries, El Salvador.
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Friday, February 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay ended 2005 with a 264 million trade deficit
Uruguay experienced a trade deficit of 264 million US dollars in 2005 in spite of a significant surge in exports, according to the latest release from the Central Bank
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Friday, February 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Rio do Janeiro open the most famous Carnival
The Rei Momo, or Carnival King, officially kicked off five days and nights of nonstop partying Friday with a special appeal for revelers to practice safe sex.
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Friday, February 24th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine president accused of withholding information
Argentina's main association of journalistic organizations on Friday accused President Nestor Kirchner of imposing blatant restrictions on the flow of information regarding his administration.
