Stories for August 1st 2007

Wednesday, August 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Royal Navy patrol ship can't get enough of Merseyside

Returning for the second time in four months, HMS Mersey will once again fly the flag for the Royal Navy as she sails in to reinforce links with her affiliated borough of Sefton on Thursday (August 2)
Wednesday, August 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Santa Cruz fishing conflict dead locked; Spain concerned

The fishing industry conflict in Patagonia's Puerto Deseado where striking workers torched six processing plants and has ceased all activities in the sector for almost a month is far from a solution and could further escalate, warn local authorities.
Wednesday, August 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
OPEC holds 77.2% of proven global oil reserves

The Organization of Petroleum exporting countries, OPEC, holds 77.2% of the world's proven reserves and 49.3% of natural gas, according to the latest Annual Statistical Bulletin for 2006, an anticipation of which was released this week in Vienna but will be officially presented on September 13.
Wednesday, August 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Oil industry forecasts consolidation of Falklands' offshore companies

Consolidation among the four major players in the upstream oil and gas exploration sector in the South Atlantic off of the Falkland Islands is likely in the short-term, reported this week the Financial Times.
Wednesday, August 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Pulp mill dispute: New York uneventful, next meeting The Hague

Argentine and Uruguayan delegates will be meeting again in a month's time for a third round of negotiations to try to unlock the controversy over the construction of the Botnia pulp mill on the coast of the shared river Uruguay and which Argentina challenges on alleged legal and environmental grounds.
Wednesday, August 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Pulp mill dispute involves the River Uruguay basin (and Brazil)

Former Brazilian president Fernando Enrique Cardoso said he was hopeful his country could participate in finding an understanding to the Uruguay/Argentina pulp mill dispute since this involves the River Uruguay basin.
Wednesday, August 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Punta Arenas among three cities with lowest unemployment

During the second quarter of this year Magallanes in the extreme south of Chile is again the country's region with the lowest unemployment level, 2.8%, while Punta Arenas and Porvenir are among the three cities with less people out of jobs, according to the latest release from the Labor Statistics Office.
Wednesday, August 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean Navy completes incorporation of four refurbished frigates

Chile's Minister of Defence officially received Wednesday morning in Valparaiso the former refurbished Dutch frigate now under the name of “Almirante Riveros”. With this incorporation the Chilean navy has completed its Puente II project to replace and renew four of its surface fleet units.
Wednesday, August 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
British Airways suspends winter Madrid/Gibraltar schedule

British Airways will be suspending its daily winter flights between Madrid and Gibraltar, which were launched last May, given technical restrictions in both airports, announced local operator GB Airways. The last British Airways from Madrid to Gibraltar will take off September 30.
Wednesday, August 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Chilean named to head Antarctic Treaty research programs

Chile's Director of the Chilean Antarctic Institute, INACH, Jose Retamales Espinoza became the first Latinamerican nominated president of the Council of Managers of National Antarctic Programs, (Comnap). He took the post last July 13 and will be holding it until 2010.