Stories for June 2007

Monday, June 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
QE2 “retires” to Dubai's world wonder Palm Jumeirah

Cunard liner QE2 is to cease ocean cruises and become a luxury floating hotel. The 70,000-ton vessel, launched by the Queen Elizabeth in 1967 and which carried millions across the Atlantic, is to be sold to the Dubai World company in an estimated 100 million US dollars deal.
Monday, June 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Moscow and London, most expensive cities in the world

Moscow is the world's most expensive city for expatriates for the second consecutive year, according to the latest Cost of Living Survey from Mercer Human Resource Consulting. Asuncion, Paraguay is the least expensive city for the fifth year running.
Monday, June 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Andes tunnel cleared of snow and stranded trucks begin moving

The key mountain highway connecting Argentina with Chile was partially opened for vehicles, as weather conditions improved following days of heavy snow and wind that left thousands of tucks idle on both sides of the border.
Monday, June 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Canada/Chile trade quintuples in the last five years

Trade between Chile and Canada has quintupled in the past five years, with a whopping 1.45 billion US dollars in goods now exchanged, reports Chile's International Economic Relations Directorate (DIRECON),
Monday, June 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine industry with no energy for fourth day running

Argentina's main natural gas and electricity distributors interrupted this Monday for the fourth day running their provision to industry and big consumers to ensure supply to homes following a consumption peak attributed to the polar weather spell covering most of central and south Argentina.
Sunday, June 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands' veterans remembrance march in central London

A commemorative event in central London is scheduled for this Sunday to mark the 25th anniversary of the liberation of the Falkland Islands from Argentine forces, following the 1982 South Atlantic conflict.
Sunday, June 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Chavez thanks OAS for not intervening in the RCTV case

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez thanked all Organization of American States, (OAS) country members for not supporting a United States proposal to “intervene” regarding the non license renewal for Radio Caracas Television, one of the country?s main opposition television stations.
Sunday, June 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Homage to Malvinas war Argentine dead in London on July 9

The Argentine Embassy in London announced it would hold a commemorative act for the Argentine Malvinas war casualties to which no British authorities have been invited.
Sunday, June 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
OPEC argues world oil stocks “remain at comfortable levels”

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, OPEC continues to monitor global oil markets and is prepared to help mitigate any tightness but the level of 30 million barrels a day ensures that commercial oil stocks remain at comfortable levels for the time being, said OPEC's Secretary General in Vienna.
Sunday, June 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil's invests heavily to multiply natural gas production

Brazilian government-controlled oil company Petrobras is planning to invest 18 billion US dollars in the gas sector over the next four years, most of it in 2008, taking Brazil's current production from 27.5 million cubic meters in 2006 to 70 million cubic meters by 2011.