MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for February 28th 2008
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Thursday, February 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
“Four years of de-mining” operations in Tierra del Fuego
Four years are needed to clear the five minefields planted by the Chilean Army in northern Tierra del Fuego, although one of them will be officially certified as “de-mined” at the end of 2008 according to Chilean Defence ministry sources, reports La Prensa Austral from Punta Arenas.
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Thursday, February 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Searching in Africa clues to Antarctica's “deep freeze”
Welsh academics believe they have found a vital key to the climate switch, explaining why Antarctica went into a “deep freeze” 34 million years ago. The team of scientists from Cardiff University and National Museum Wales has been studying ice sheet formation in the frozen continent, reports ICWales.
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Thursday, February 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
M/V Marco Polo on her final South Atlantic cruise
She doesn't have the grandeur or the glamour of QE2 but Marco Polo had been on South Atlantic cruises for the last fifteen years and this week saw her final tour of the region. Bahamas flagged, the 22.000 tons old lady belonging to Norwegian Cruise Line/Orient Line from Miami is currently sailing along the coast of Brazil and should be arriving in Lisbon the first week of March.
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Thursday, February 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
France warns FARC on Betancourt's fragile condition
France warned on Thursday that French-Colombian hostage Ingrid Betancourt may have only weeks to live, after fellow captives released by Colombia's FARC guerrillas said her health was failing rapidly.
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Thursday, February 28th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Fearing inflation China tightens credit and absorbs liquidity
China's Central Bank cautioned it's ready to raise the interest rate as early as late March to check inflation, which may surge as high as 8.7% in the twelve months to February. As a consequence of the recent blizzards that destroyed crops, food prices this month could jump 6 to 7 percentage points over January.
