MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 20th 2007
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Thursday, December 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
UK Foreign Office reasserts Gibraltar's territorial waters
The United Kingdom's position on Gibraltar's territorial waters was made clear in unequivocal terms to a group of MPs charged with scrutinizing British foreign affairs, it has emerged, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.
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Thursday, December 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentine Congress criticizes the US over suitcase scandal
Argentina's Congress criticized the United States on Wednesday over an alleged cover-up involving a cash-full suitcase that U.S. prosecutors say was bound for President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner campaign.
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Thursday, December 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
The FARC guerrillas demand resignation of Colombian leader
The Colombian Marxist-oriented guerilla group FARC has demanded the resignation of the country's president, Alvaro Uribe, to secure the release of hostages, among them the French-Colombian politician Ingrid Betancourt. The guerilla commander released the demand in a statement carried on the internet.
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Thursday, December 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
W. Bank “downsized” India's economy to fifth world largest
The World Bank says India and China are not what they are pumped up to be. The Bank has “downsized” the economies of the two Asian giants by nearly 40% under new metrics, which it says are more reliable and accurate than previous estimates
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Thursday, December 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
NYT on Bali: “No real breakthroughs in climate change”
Earlier this week we published an article from the United Nations which expressed satisfaction with the recent Climate Change Conference in Bali, Indonesia. Basically the UN said that after “the successful conclusion of the landmark conference” in Bali, “developed and developing countries alike must continue to build on the momentum generated by the meeting”.
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Thursday, December 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Gibraltar Government House moves to 150 Strand
The Gibraltar Government has signed contracts for the purchase of a £3.4 million freehold property in London to house the Gibraltar Government Office.
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Thursday, December 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Chile among the world's main mussel producers
With exports valued at 70 million US dollars a year, Chile is now the world's fourth largest producer of mussels. The country currently has 63 seed beds, 1,132 growing centres and 40 processing plants, 90 percent of which are in the south of the country.
