MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2006
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Saturday, January 21st 2006 - 20:00 UTC
De Menezes family consider London Police report
The family of Jean Charles de Menezes are considering the offer of a private briefing from the police watchdog on some of the findings of its report into his fatal shooting by anti-terror officers.
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Friday, January 20th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Political pipeline opens for natural gas network
The presidents of Brazil, Argentina and oil-rich Venezuela decided together here Thursday to push ahead with a Pharaonic project for a north-south continental gas pipeline seen as crucial to increased South American unity.
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Friday, January 20th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Penguin News Update.
Headlines:
Cautious outlook for illex season; Three hurt in Lafonia road accident; A musical tret;
Further Met investigation; First Sea Lord to meet cadets; Ferry proposal. -
Friday, January 20th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
HMS Liverpool Sails For South Atlantic
Royal Navy warship HMS Liverpool leaves her Portsmouth home yesterday to take up duties as the South Atlantic patrol ship.
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Thursday, January 19th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Mercosur 2 to give smaller fry a break
The presidents of Brazil and Argentina yesterday pledged to try to answer the demands of small nations in Mercosur for a better deal from the trade bloc.
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Thursday, January 19th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Bolivia's coveted gas and oil resources
When Bolivian elected president Evo Morales takes office next Sunday the energy industry will be closely watching his first steps given the country's vast resources and the incoming leader's rhetoric.
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Thursday, January 19th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina: provisional 380.000 tons hake catch
Argentina established a total common hake (Merluccius hubbsi) catch of 380.000 tons for 2006, which represents a 5% increase over last year, according to the Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Food Secretariat (SAGPyA) Resolution 90/2005.
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Thursday, January 19th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Sanctions for Argentine companies catching in Falklands
The province of Chubut in Patagonia is pressing for sanctions against Argentine fishing companies, affiliates or under foreign control that operate in Falkland Islands waters, reported this week the Argentine press.
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Thursday, January 19th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Mercosur “rebel” member, seen from Buenos Aires
Uruguay says it is tired of being treated as Argentina's “little sister” and has begun to rebel against its bigger brother neighbours and assert itself as an economic power in its own right.
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Thursday, January 19th 2006 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina-Brazil pharmaceutical plant to combat HIV
Argentina and Brazil will join efforts to build a pharmaceutical plant for the production of drugs to combat several diseases including HIV.
