MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for May 19th 2008
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Monday, May 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
“Quantum” yield keep Mercosur/EU trade talks stalled
Mercosur and European Union trade negotiations remain stalled following on Saturday's meeting in Lima according to reports from the Argentine press. Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and the head of the European Commission Jose Manuel Borroso could only agree that it was a discussion with “passion” and if “no country yields, there's no agreement”.
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Monday, May 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands' loligo squid stocks show healthy status
Another successful Loligo squid season has made history in the Falkland Islands with the total production of almost 25,000 tons of high quality squid. This was despite discouraging prospects previous to the season.
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Monday, May 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Heart diseases and strokes, world's largest killers
Chronic conditions such as heart disease and stroke have taken over from infectious diseases as diarrhea, HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis as the leading causes of death around the globe, the United Nations World Health Organization, WHO, says in a new report.
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Monday, May 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Soros forecasts “severe” slowdown in real economy
US, UK citizen, Hungarian born billionaire investor George Soros has given his gloomiest assessment of the state of the US and world economies in an interview with the BBC business editor Robert Peston
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Monday, May 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Brazil and Argentina warn Bolivian separatist movement
Brazil and Argentina reaffirmed their full support to Bolivia's president Evo Morales stating that trade agreements will only be signed with the Bolivian elected national government.
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Monday, May 19th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
FARC Colombia leader rebel urges others to surrender
A day after surrendering to the army, a one-eyed, battle-hardened female rebel commander urged other guerrillas Monday to follow her example and abandon their decades-long struggle
