MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for August 13th 2010
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Friday, August 13th 2010 - 03:16 UTC
Cruise company cautions ports must prepare for ships with over 5.400 passengers
Royal Caribbean announced that during the coming tourist season several of its ships will make 27 stops between Montevideo and Punta del Este in Uruguay. The announcement was made by Michael Ronan, Royal Caribbean's Vice President of Government Relations, Caribbean, Latin America & Asia, in a meeting with different Uruguayan authorities held in Montevideo.
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Friday, August 13th 2010 - 02:49 UTC
A festival of cricket for the Falklands
The cricketers of the Falkland Islands may become regular visitors to Scotland if plans for further stagings of the 'Festival of the Three Falklands' cricket festival are realised, according to a report from the Live Cricket web site.
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Friday, August 13th 2010 - 02:44 UTC
Valparaiso receives 140 thousand USD from Unesco for reconstruction efforts
During the 34th convocation of the UNESCO World Heritage Foundation recently held in Brazil, members discussed the importance of reconstruction efforts in the Chilean coastal city of Valparaíso, a UNESCO World Heritage site, in the aftermath of February’s earthquake.
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Friday, August 13th 2010 - 02:40 UTC
UK faces “choppy recovery” in the next two years warns Bank of England
The UK economy faces a “choppy recovery” over the next two years, the governor of the Bank of England, Mervyn King, has warned. His comments came as the Bank lowered its economic growth forecast and said inflation would stay higher for longer than previously forecast.
