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Stories for March 2nd 2008

  • Sunday, March 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Colombia's FARC number 2 killed in Ecuador border clash

    The number 2 commander of Colombian guerrillas Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia has been killed in combat Saturday, the government said, describing the action “as the biggest blow so far” to FARC.

  • Sunday, March 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Gas reserves horizon in Argentina falls from 25 to 9 years

    Argentina's natural gas reserves have dropped dramatically from a 25 years horizon to just 9 years between 2001 and 2005, according to a report from the Nation's General Auditing Office, AGN, covering 1993 to 2006.

  • Sunday, March 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Chavez warns Colombia about war following FARC raid

    Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has warned Colombia that a strike against the Colombian Revolutionary Armed Forces, (FARC), rebel group inside Venezuela like that in Ecuador on Saturday could start a war.

  • Sunday, March 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Opposition compares Bolivian situation with Yugoslavia

    Opposition leaders in Bolivia warned of a “fractured country” and accused President Evo Morales of leading Bolivia in the footsteps of Yugoslavia while calling for “civil resistance” in those provinces that openly reject the constitutional reforms to be voted next May.

  • Sunday, March 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    UK government pledges crackdown on plastic bags

    The agency in charge of UK government marketing announced this week that it would stop buying plastic bags for use in promotional campaigns. The announcement followed the publication of figures in The Guardian showing that the government bought nearly 1million plastic bags last year for promotion and marketing purposes.

  • Sunday, March 2nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    By air or by sea, Malvinas war next of kin visit confirmed

    The old and the new  display of Argentine cemetery at Darwin

    The Malvinas war next of kin visit to the Falkland Islands for the inauguration of the monument at the Argentine cemetery has been confirmed by the main authorities in Argentina and the Falklands. The discussion now is whether the 600 to 800 visitors will arrive in the Falklands by air of by sea.