Stories for October 2008

Monday, October 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner opens oil exploration in South Atlantic

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner officially marked on Monday the beginning of operations of a South Atlantic oil rig, the first to be fully financed by Argentine government and private investors.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Saturday, October 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
“Suitcase” airport official contradicts Antonini's version

A former Argentine airport officer who became a model and television star testified in a US court Friday about discovering a suitcase stuffed with nearly $800,000 in cash brought to a Buenos Aires airport from Venezuela.
Saturday, October 4th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Call for Argentine minister to testify in Miami court

Argentina's vice president Julio Cobos said on Friday that cabinet minister Julio De Vido should “come clear” about his alleged links with the suitcase cash scandal currently being aired in a Miami federal court.