MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 14th 2007
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Friday, December 14th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update
Headlines: Historic rock arrives at memorial; Monte mishap causes Norwegian Dream to cancel; Access to remote islands restricted.
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Friday, December 14th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Inflation emerges as the main challenge for US and EU
November inflation in United States and the European Union rose at faster paces than anticipated spurred by energy and food prices. Consumer prices in November in the US rose 0.8% over October while in the 13 nation Euro zone block they climbed to 3.1% compared to November last year and up from October's 2.6% increase.
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Friday, December 14th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Fish farm parasites threaten Canada's wild salmon
Wild salmon on Canada's west coast are being driven to extinction by parasites from nearby fish farms, a study claims. Wild pink salmon around the Broughton Archipelago are declining rapidly and will die out within 10 years if no action is taken, say researchers.
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Friday, December 14th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Antarctica Ice Marathon & 100K ready to take off
Twenty athletes from all over the world are waiting in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, to fly to Antarctica for this year's edition of the “Antarctic Ice Marathon & 100k”, a charity competition.
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Friday, December 14th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Passenger jet link to Australian Antarctic Territory ice runway
A passenger jet has made a historic landing on a new blue ice runway in Australia's Antarctic territory and regular flights are expected to start within a week, officials said Wednesday.
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Friday, December 14th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Floating storage vessel helps Petrobras increase oil production
Brazil's government controlled oil corporation Petrobras took a major step this week to increase production from the Roncador field in the Campos Basin offshore Brazil.
