MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for November 26th 2008
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Wednesday, November 26th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
British ID cards become mandatory for foreign nationals
The British government began its identity card program for foreign nationals this week, six years after heated debate over whether the costly plan is an effective tool against terrorism, identity theft and welfare fraud.
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Wednesday, November 26th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Argentine October trade surplus healthy but ceases to grow
Argentina's trade surplus was 1.13 billion dollars in October, unchanged from a year earlier, the government announced this week. Earlier in the month the government had anticipated that the trade surplus totalled 11.37 billion US dollars in the January-October period.
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Wednesday, November 26th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
HMS Iron Duke Falklands South Georgia safe passage
The Royal Navy's South Atlantic patrol HMS Iron Duke, accompanied by RFA Black Rover, has successfully navigated large icebergs in the Antarctic Convergence Zone to make a safe passage from the Falkland Islands to South Georgia.
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Wednesday, November 26th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Greenhouse gas level reached all time high in 2007, says UN
Greenhouse gases, which drive global warming, continue to increase and carbon dioxide concentrations reached their highest level ever in 2007, according to a publication released Wednesday by the United Nations World Meteorological Organization, WNO.
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Wednesday, November 26th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Oil Co. completes benthic sampling in South Falkland basin
Borders & Southern has completed its benthic sampling program within its South Falkland Basin licenses offshore the Falkland Islands, according to a report from the London based company released Wednesday.
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Wednesday, November 26th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina insists in can meet 2009 debt obligations
Argentina can meet its debt obligations despite the global financial crisis and a slowing economy, said Economy Minister Carlos Fernández. “The state has the necessary resources to meet its 2009 debt obligations, even taking into account the difficult conditions in the international financial markets,” he said.
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Wednesday, November 26th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Police “repression” again fashionable for Uruguay's gov.
Crime, law and order, have moved to the centre of Uruguay's public debate following several cases of small shop keepers shooting and killing in self defence or in defence of their families threatened at gun point in their premises.
