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Stories for August 31st 2010

• Tuesday, August 31st 2010 - 05:10 UTC

  Uruguay/Argentina implement the end of the pulp mill dispute

  

  Argentina and Uruguay signed Monday in Montevideo the agreement which puts an end to an ongoing years-long litigation over the construction of a pulp mill along a shared river.

• Tuesday, August 31st 2010 - 03:51 UTC

  Former Chavez advisor claims Army weapons were supplied to Colombian FARC guerrilla

  

  Carlos Molina Tamayo, a former national security advisor to Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, claims that he was witness to the Venezuelan government first attempts to clandestinely supply Colombian FARC guerrillas with weapons.

• Tuesday, August 31st 2010 - 03:44 UTC

  UK press reports Britain and France could share aircraft carrier capability

  

  Britain and France could share their aircraft carrier capability in a dramatic co-operation pact designed to maintain military power while cutting costs, it has been reported, reports the UK Press Association.

• Tuesday, August 31st 2010 - 03:40 UTC

  Uruguay government employees’ take-home pay doubles that of the private sector

  

  Uruguayan government employees’ take-home pay on average more than doubles their counterparts in the private sector according to official figures from the country’s Social Security Office and published by Montevideo’s main daily El País.

• Tuesday, August 31st 2010 - 03:12 UTC

  Uruguayan soaring real estate values closely linked to depreciation of US dollar

  

  Fears that Uruguay could be heading for a “real estate bubble” since prices in US dollars have increased more than 70% in the last five years, seem to have been neutralized by historic data and the strong appreciation of the Uruguayan currency.

• Tuesday, August 31st 2010 - 03:09 UTC

  HMS Gloucester helps catch £ 4 million of cocaine in mid Atlantic

  

  Portsmouth-based HMS Gloucester en route to the Falkland Islands has helped capture £4 million worth of cocaine – hidden in a yacht's rudder. The Royal Navy ship intercepted the suspect yacht Tortuga in the mid-Atlantic.