MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for March 12th 2009
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Thursday, March 12th 2009 - 09:00 UTC
HMS Endurance begins month long piggy-back journey to Portsmouth
British Ice patrol HMS Endurance is ready to be piggy-backed from the Falkland Islands to Portsmouth because of a week’s delay in welding her to the deck of heavy load ship Target. She’s expected back in a month’s time.
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Thursday, March 12th 2009 - 08:55 UTC
Argentine oil provinces request floor price to ensure employment
Argentina’s oil and gas producing provinces are requesting from the Buenos Aires a floor price for hydrocarbons to ensure income from royalties for their weakened budgets.
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Thursday, March 12th 2009 - 08:30 UTC
Good prospects in Brazil for Venezuela’s admission to Mercosur
The head of the Brazilian Senate and former president Jose Sarney said that the Mercosur incorporation of Venezuela will be “disturbing” for the trade block but admitted the Upper House would finally approve the admission protocols.
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Thursday, March 12th 2009 - 08:28 UTC
Planet Earth ever so crowded: 7 billion by early 2012
The world’s population will hit 7 billion early in 2012 and top 9 billion in 2050, with the majority of the increase taking place in developing countries, according to revised United Nations estimates released today.
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Thursday, March 12th 2009 - 08:10 UTC
Recovery of sunken vessel with gold in South Atlantic begins next week
An offshore services support Norwegian vessel will begin next week working for the recovery of the Chilean flagged trawler “Polar Mist” loaded with containers containing gold and silver that was lost in the South Atlantic offshore Argentina.
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Thursday, March 12th 2009 - 07:59 UTC
Falklands working for organic certification with Australian support
Forty per cent of the 1.1 million hectares of agricultural land in the Falkland Islands is working toward organic certification with Australian certification company ACO, according to Biological Farmers of Australia.
