MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 10th 2010
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Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 01:15 UTC
Spanish mayor firm on charging fee to tourists visiting Gibraltar
Alejandro Sánchez, the mayor of La Lineá, the Spanish town which adjoins Gibraltar, held a press conference Monday evening. He was accompanied by his council members and briefed the media on his controversial plans to charge an entrance fee to tourists visiting The Rock.
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Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 01:12 UTC
Venezuela will be incorporating several “non-atomic” submarines
Very soon “we will have our submarines cruising” which will be “normal submarines”, with no nuclear capacity at all, pointed out Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez, in anticipation of any criticisms “that could suggest such an option”.
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Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 01:05 UTC
Chavez rejects newly nominated US ambassador: “he broke rules of diplomacy”
Newly nominated United States Ambassador Larry Palmer will not be allowed to take up his post in Caracas after criticizing Venezuela's government and policies, President Hugo Chávez said.
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Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 01:02 UTC
Lugo not to abandon term of office in spite of treatment for cancer
Paraguay’s President Fernando Lugo has a second lymphoma nodule in his chest, doctors assured some days after revealing he had cancer. Sources stated that he is not to abandon his term of office.
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Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 01:00 UTC
Giant 260 sq km iceberg breaks off in northern Greenland
A 260 square kilometre iceberg has broken free from the Petermann Glacier, one of the two largest remaining glaciers in Greenland.
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Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 00:54 UTC
World Bank pouring 11 billion to build 211 dams with impact on tribal people
To mark the UN Day of Indigenous People, Survival International has released a new report highlighting the devastating impact on tribal people of a massive boom in dam-building for hydropower.
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Tuesday, August 10th 2010 - 00:51 UTC
UN urges greater protection of the world’s indigenous communities
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon urged the world to step up efforts to improve living conditions of the planet’s indigenous communities and to protect them, saying they continued to suffer discrimination and poverty despite a United Nations declaration that aims to promote their rights.
