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Stories for 2006

• Saturday, September 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Oil prices continue to slide

  Oil prices fell by almost $1 a barrel on Friday, dipping below $67 as traders focused on slackening demand and rising supplies.

• Saturday, September 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Moderate Quake Hits Chile's central valley

  A medium-intensity earthquake hit Chile's central valley at 1:32 p.m. on Saturday and lasted for 40 seconds.

• Saturday, September 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  MPs and Falklands' Councillor invited to Gibraltar Day

  A group of UK MPs and one MEP led by Lindsay Hoyle will be guests of the Government of Gibraltar for the National Day festivities this Sunday 10 September.

• Saturday, September 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  New Fishery patrol ship for South Georgia

  The Government of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (GSGSSI) and Byron Marine Ltd. announced this past week that the MV Pharos IX is soon to replace the MV Sigma as Fishery Patrol Ship for South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands.

• Saturday, September 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Growing division in Bolivia over future Constitution

  Opposition leaders from Bolivia's wealthier eastern regions said a one-day strike in protest at plans by the administration of President Evo Morales to re-write the constitution was a huge success.

• Friday, September 8th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update

  Headlines:
  Kids celebrate as nursery turns 1; Workboat Services Ltd wins coastal shipping bid; Fisheries meeting breakdown;
  Wool co-op must be considered: RBA.

• Friday, September 8th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Lopez Obrador says he will create government

  Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has given up efforts to have himself declared winner of Mexico's presidential race, but he still plans a parallel government to cater to the poor and keep alive his fight against the president-elect, a party spokesman said Friday

• Thursday, September 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Bingham: moral high ground lost to ?greed and corruption'

  CONSERVATIONIST and former Falklands resident, Mike Bingham is hoping the launch of his new book in Argentina will alert the world to the decline of “political morality” in the Falkland Islands.

• Thursday, September 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland's coastal shipping contract awarded

  In a country which consists of two large islands and a multitude of smaller islands, many of which are occupied by wool and meat producers, as well as providers of tourism opportunities, there has been considerable interest expressed recently in which company would be awarded the contract to provide internal shipping services to the Falkland Islands.

• Thursday, September 7th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Oil and Gas Ltd signed contract for seismic survey

  Falkland Oil and Gas to conduct new 2D seismic survey Falkland Oil and Gas Limited has signed a contract with Wavefield InSeis AS (“Wavefield”) to undertake a 10,000 km 2D seismic survey over the company's licences in the South and East Falkland Basins.