MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for 2006
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Monday, August 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Newspapers 'more trusted than web'
Newspapers are considered far more trustworthy than websites and blogs, according to new research.
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Monday, August 21st 2006 - 21:00 UTC
New Island North under new ownership
THE whole of New Island, the most remote of all the Falklands' inhabited islands, is now under the ownership of one trust.
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Sunday, August 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuelan presidential hopeful registered as candidate
Opposition presidential hopeful Manuel Rosales was registered Saturday by more than two-dozen political parties as candidate in Venezuela's Dec. 3 presidential election.
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Sunday, August 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Ecuador Volcano Poised to Erupt Again
The eruption of Tungurahua in Ecuador has left 50. 000 people living in the shadow of the volcano in urgent need of assistance and more than 1 million people have been affected by ash, Red Cross officials said on Saturday.
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Saturday, August 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands' gold: Newsweek's “two plus two makes ten”
“It looks like another case of someone putting two and two together and making ten”.
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Saturday, August 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
FAM alert reignites in southern Brazil
Brazil has isolated several counties in the south of the country where last year an outbreak of foot and mouth disease was reported.
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Saturday, August 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Chile's “Marlboro man” leads anti tobacco campaign
Chile's new “Marlboro Man” is Don Miguel, 70, a former cigarette addict and cancer survivor whose larynx was removed ten years ago.
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Saturday, August 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
WMO: Antarctic ozone forecasted to recover in 2065
A new scientific assessment, released Friday by the World Meteorological Organization, WMO and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) says that the stratospheric ozone layer that protects life on Earth from excessive solar radiation will recover five to 15 years later than previously expected.
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Saturday, August 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina's industry booming: 8.8% in July
Argentine industry is heading for its best quarter of the year with manufacturing activity soaring 8.8% in July compared to the same month a year ago, and so far this year only below the June index of 8.9%.
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Saturday, August 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC
Uruguay ratifies the construction of pulp mills
Uruguayan president Tabare Vazquez ratified the construction of the two paper mills, just across from Argentina and which have caused a growing sour dispute between the neighbouring countries.
