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Stories for 2006

• Wednesday, January 25th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Joint tribute to Falklands' conflict fallen

  Argentine Malvinas veterans and a party from the Royal Navy Ice Patrol HMS Endurance jointly participated in Ushuaia, Tierra del Fuego, in a simple but emotive ceremony in honour of those fallen in the 1982 South Atlantic conflict.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  More unemployment in spite of robust global growth

  The number of people unemployed worldwide climbed to new heights in 2005, --particularly in Latinamerica--, as robust economic growth failed to offset an increase in people seeking work - especially among the vast and growing legion of jobless youth, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in its annual Global Employment Trends released Tuesday.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Latinamerican expansion cooling, forecasts UN

  Latinamerica is the developing region which will expand less in 2006, -below Asia and Africa-, with 3.9%, said United Nations Undersecretary-General Jose Antonio Ocampo on presenting the latest edition of the UN World Economic Situation and Prospects.

• Wednesday, January 25th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  QM2 passengers launch mass lawsuit

  Passengers on board the luxury liner Queen Mary 2 have initiated a mass lawsuit against the ship's operator. A UK law firm told the BBC news website it has registered a class action on behalf of “disappointed holidaymakers”.

• Tuesday, January 24th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Pinochet's Family has been arrested for Tax Evasion

  A judge in Chile has charged Lucia Hiriart, the wife of former dictator Augusto Pinochet, and four of their children, with fraud over millions of dollars held in secret bank accounts abroad.

• Tuesday, January 24th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Canada Conservatives win election

  Canada's opposition Conservatives were heading for a narrow victory in Monday's national election, ending 12 years of Liberal rule, major television networks said.

• Tuesday, January 24th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Zero corruption, zero bureaucracy Pte. Morales said to his new Cabinet

  Bolivia's new president, Evo Morales, has named union leaders and fellow Indians to his first cabinet with a mission to eradicate corruption and end neo-liberal policies.

• Tuesday, January 24th 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Blockage harms Kirchner's thaw plan

  Five trucks that were headed for one of the two paper pulp mills under construction in the Uruguayan town of Fray Bentos were blocked yesterday by Argentine protesters who oppose the plants for environmental reasons.

• Monday, January 23rd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Queen Mary 2 passengers threaten to mutiny

  Passengers on the luxury Queen Mary 2 cruise ship are threatening to mutiny after the ship set sail from Florida with a damaged propeller. They have said they will refuse to disembark when the ship reaches Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, next week, to prevent it from continuing its journey.

• Monday, January 23rd 2006 - 20:00 UTC

  Ushuaia four days call for HMS Endurance

  The Royal Navy's Ice Patrol HMS Endurance is scheduled to arrive Monday morning in Ushuaia, Argentine Tierra del Fuego where she's expected to remain four days, reports the Tierra del Fuego press.