Stories for June 2008 , page 28

Sunday, June 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

Tracking satellite for Chilean military and civilian use

Chile's Defence Ministry will be deciding in the coming days the acquisition of a satellite, dual purpose, military and civilian which is estimated would cost in the range of 70 million US dollars, according to military sources in Santiago.

Sunday, June 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

Brazil promotes drastic cuts in regional air fares

Brazil's National Civil Aviation Agency which controls commercial flights policy in the country announced it will authorize discounts of up to 80% on plane tickets to destinations within South America.

Sunday, June 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

UN praises World Bank funding to tackle food crisis

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomed the 1.2 billion US dollars in funding from the World Bank to help tackle the global food crisis that has emerged in recent months.

Sunday, June 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

Unemployment creeps in Chile with 8.2% in Santiago

Unemployment continues to creep up in Chile, but the construction and financial services sectors softened the blow by adding more jobs in April than any other sector, the Chilean Statistics Institute (INE) reported on Thursday.

Sunday, June 1st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

SnoMotes rovers to help collect data on melting ice shelves

US researchers from the universities of Georgia and Pennsylvania have created specially designed robots, called SnoMotes which will help collect information on the world's ice melting shelves in the Arctic and Antarctica.