MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 28th 2007
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Sunday, October 28th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Royal Navy disaster relief exercise of cruise in S. Atlantic
Battling her way through 800 miles of ferocious seas between the Falkland Islands and South Georgia, the Royal Navy Atlantic South patrol and an auxiliary vessel carried out this month a disaster relief exercise based around a typical South Atlantic cruise vessel visiting South Georgia and which supposedly had ran aground in deteriorating weather.
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Sunday, October 28th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Chilean ministers to Congress over Antarctic claims
Chile's Lower House Foreign Affairs Committee has summoned for next Tuesday the ministers of Foreign Affairs and Defence to consider the international statute of Antarctica. The meeting follows on the United Kingdom's recent announcement that it's considering claiming continental shelf rights off Antarctica
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Sunday, October 28th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Magallanes asks for extension of pro-business bills
Magallanes Region in the extreme south of Chile requested from the central government a 20 year extension of the legislation which contemplates certain benefits for business and investment in the remote areas of the country.
