MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for October 5th 2008
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Sunday, October 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Flyglobespan to lease planes in low season to Chile
Flyglobespan, the Scottish low-cost airline which has a contract for the Falkland Islands Brize Norton air bridge, has clinched deals to lease up to four of its aircraft to LAN Chilean Airways over the winter months, according to a report from the Sunday Times.
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Sunday, October 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Facing a Falklands' fanatic at the Fourth Committee
Chief Minister Peter Caruana and Opposition leader Joe Bossano will soon appear before the UN Fourth Committee in New York.
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Sunday, October 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Bachelet celebrates epic events of Chilean history in Argentina
Chilean president Michelle Bachelet arrived Sunday in Buenos Aires for talks with her counterpart Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and to participate in seminars celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the 1988 referendum which signaled the beginning of the end of Dictator Augusto Pinochet's 17 year iron fist rule.
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Sunday, October 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Top UK brig calls for political solution in Afghanistan
The UK's commander in Helmand has said Britain should not expect a “decisive military victory” in Afghanistan. Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith told the Sunday Times the aim of the mission was to ensure the Afghan army was able to manage the country on its own.
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Sunday, October 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Gibraltar on UN General Assembly agenda for this week
Gibraltar delegates left for New York to participate in the session dedicated to the British Overseas Territory before the 4th Committee of the United Nations. The 4th Committee is one of the six main committees of the General Assembly of the United Nations.
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Sunday, October 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Mega yacht with missile shield for Chelsea's Abramovich
The owner of Britain's Chelsea football club, Roman Abramovich, is having a new £200m mega-yacht built, complete with a missile detection system to protect him against pirates and terrorists, reports The Times.
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Sunday, October 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Dubai, land of man made islands and skyscrapers
Dubai announced on Sunday plans to build a more than one kilometer high sky scraper, an undertaking that will demand over ten years to construct and billions of dollars, possibly becoming the world's tallest building, according to developers Nakheel.
