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Stories for June 2007

  • Friday, June 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Desperate last minute talks to save Doha round trade talks

    WTO Director-General Pascal Lamy

    Negotiations among four key World Trade Organisation (WTO) governments over a new global agreement collapsed Thursday with India and Brazil blaming US and European unwillingness to cut farm aid and import duties on commodities.

  • Friday, June 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

    During the Expo on Saturday, HRH the Earl of Wessex was presented with a penguin (locally made by Kiddcrafts) for his daughter, Lady Louise Windsor. Beaver Scout James Tyrrell and Rainbow Guide Mered

    Headlines:
    Prince &quotbowled over&quot by Islands; Birthday honour for former AG; Islanders at C24; More Liberation PNs on the way; Coming up next week in Penguin News.

  • Thursday, June 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Bolivia considers selling gas to Chile

    Bolivian President Evo Morales created a political stir in Chile when he hinted Sunday that his country is considering selling natural gas to Chile, even while admitting that his cabinet is divided over the issue.

  • Thursday, June 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    China fears strong Yuan could lead to unemployment

    China should let the Yuan appreciate at a faster rate to reduce the country's dependency on exports and thus prevent a possible assets bubble because of the easy access to credit, said an outstanding economist former advisor to the country's Central Bank.

  • Thursday, June 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Research plan to repopulate Chilean Patagonia with llamas

    Chilean investigators are working with Brigham Young University to genetically select the best and most productive characteristics of Chile's llama population. Their aim is to ultimately repopulated Chile's southern Patagonia with llamas, which could become an economic resource for the region and also contribute to halting the erosion of Patagonia's fragile soil, which llama hooves do not wear down.

  • Thursday, June 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Falklands proposes Argentina relation based on “tolerance and respect”

    Councillor Dr. Richard Davis

    Falkland Islands elected Councillor Dr. Richard Davies addressing on Thursday the United Nations Decolonization Committee in New York invited Argentina “to build a better relationship between our countries, based on tolerance and respect, so that the sacrifice of all those who suffered and died in 1982 will not have been in vain”.

  • Thursday, June 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Argentina accuses UK of “taking possession” of Malvinas

    Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Taiana

    Argentina's Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Taiana reiterated on Thursday Argentina's sovereignty claim over the Falkland Islands and said the United Kingdom was involved in a “trespassing and abusive” behaviour and “has taken possession of what belongs to somebody else”.

  • Thursday, June 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Glacial Lake disappearance in Chile baffles scientists

    “The lake had simply disappeared. No one knows what happened.”

    A glacial lake in Chile's southern Andes has disappeared, and scientists want to know why. The disappearance of the five-acre lake in the Huemules National Park was discovered in late May by park rangers.

  • Wednesday, June 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Brazil with record budget primary surplus in April/May

    Brazil's budget primary surplus reached in April 23.5 billion Reales (approx 12 billion US dollars) following on an equally positive March, 19.4 billion Reales (approx 10.2 billion US dollars) reported the Central Bank.

  • Wednesday, June 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

    Taiana in New York ready for UN G24 Falklands' debate

    Argentina's Foreign Affairs minister Jorge Taiana arrived Wednesday morning in New York where tomorrow he will be addressing the United Nations Decolonisation Committee claiming sovereignty over the disputed Falkland Islands and other South Atlantic islands.