MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2006
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Thursday, September 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Accelerated depletion rate of Greenland's ice sheet
The Greenland ice sheet - which holds 70 percent of the world's fresh water - is shedding ice at an accelerating pace, according to a study released this week.
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Thursday, September 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
“Coca leaves made me president” Morales tells UN
“The fight for coca leaves took me to the presidency”, said Bolivian president Evo Morales in a passionate address Wednesday to the United Nations General Assembly in defense of the centuries old coca culture of the Andean highlands peoples.
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Wednesday, September 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Bolivia and Venezuela, military cooperation agreement
President Evo Morales has announced plans to build three military bases with Venezuelan assistance along Bolivia's eastern borders with Brazil and Paraguay, where more than 2,000 elite troops will receive advanced training.
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Wednesday, September 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
“Divisions threaten world”
UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in a farewell address to global leaders yesterday, depicted a world divided by an unjust economy, contempt for human rights and a failure to make peace in the Middle East.
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Wednesday, September 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Britain 'will miss landmine clearance target'
Britain was accused last week of failing to meet its obligations under the international landmine ban treaty.
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Wednesday, September 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Fed leaves rates unchanged but “inflation risks remain”
The Federal Open Market Committee decided Wednesday to keep the key interest rate unchanged at 5.25% reflecting the reduced impetus from energy prices and contained inflation expectations.
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Wednesday, September 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Kirchner in UN calls for Falklands sovereignty talks
Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner claimed before United Nations that Britain has been remissive in complying with the mandates of the General Assembly for the resumption of sovereignty talks on the Falkland Islands.
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Wednesday, September 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chavez rails at 'devil' Bush in UN address
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called George W. Bush “the devil himself” at the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, saying the U.S. president had left the smell of sulphur hanging in the chamber from his appearance the previous day.
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Tuesday, September 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Pharos SG preparing for Falklands' duties
A vessel originally launched in Port Glasgow by The Queen is back in Greenock, before heading for a new life in the South Atlantic sailing around the Falkland Islands as a Fisheries Patrol, reports the British press.
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Tuesday, September 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
China's “positive” impact on Latinamerica
China's soaring economy has been “most positive” for Latinamerican exports even when some specific sectors have suffered, claims a paper from the World Bank released in Singapore.
