Stories for December 2007

Monday, December 31st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Norwegian vessel continues cruise and arrives Ushuaia Jan 2

The captain of the Norwegian cruise vessel Fram which hit an iceberg in Antarctica confirmed Sunday that the cruise would continue as planned. The passengers are due to fly home after a planned arrival in Ushuaia on January 2.
Monday, December 31st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
The inconvenient truth of global change marked 2007

It can be said that the year that is coming to an end will be remembered for the weather related erratic news and the Nobel Peace Prize jointly shared by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and environmental campaigner former US vicepresident Al Gore that helped turn public opinion awareness into global concern.
Monday, December 31st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Happy New Year to all our subscribers and readers!

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Sunday, December 30th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Chilean ruling coalition looses control of the Senate

Chile's Interior Minister Belisario Velasco admitted that the expulsion from the Christian Democrat (DC) party of Senator Adolfo Zaldívar signals a new scenario for the Chilean Congress since the ruling coalition no longer has a majority in the Senate.
Sunday, December 30th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Oliver Stone will film the release of hostages in Colombia

United States filmmaker Oliver Stone will be filming the much expected handover and release of three hostages held by Colombia's guerrillas, an international operation involving representatives from eight countries.
Sunday, December 30th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Aztec pyramid found in Mexico City could rewrite history

Archaeologists have discovered the ruins of an 800-year-old Aztec pyramid in the heart of Mexico City that could show the ancient city is at least a century older than previously thought. Mexican archaeologists found the ruins, which are about 11 meters high, in the central Tlatelolco area, once a major religious and political centre for the Aztec elite.
Sunday, December 30th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Biometric tech means Falklands no longer issues UK visas

From 1 January 2008, those applying worldwide for visas for the UK will need to provide biometric information, in the form of digital finger-scans and photographs, as part of the application process. As a result UK visas will no longer be issued in the Falkland Islands, according to a release from the Islands' Customs and Immigration Department.
Saturday, December 29th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Magallanes and Punta Arenas have Chile's lowest unemployment

Magallanes in the extreme south of Chile remained as the region with the lowest unemployment, 2.6% during the September-November quarter, according to the latest release from the National Statistics Institute.
Saturday, December 29th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
WWF: gorilla, jaguar and lynx continue to drastically decline

The number of animals, plants and other organisms continued to decline in 2007, but for some the threat of extinction had been successfully warded off, the environment organization the WWF said Thursday.
Saturday, December 29th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Four companies accused of huge oil spill in Patagonia

The government of the province of Chubut, Argentine Patagonia, formally accused before a court of justice several oil corporations for the crude spill which washed along four kilometers of the provincial coast damaging rich marine resources and limiting tourist industry prospects.