MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for November 18th 2010
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Thursday, November 18th 2010 - 11:50 UTC
Spain expects to benefit from EC 2011 fishing quotas for hake
For 2011, the European Commission (EC) intends to maintain fishing quotas for hake in the waters of the North (Gran Sol and North Sea) and increase catches by 15 per cent in waters of the South (from the Bay of Biscay to the Gulf of Cadiz, including the coasts of Galicia and Portugal).
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Thursday, November 18th 2010 - 10:58 UTC
China to provide food subsidies fearing price inflation and social unrest
China's government has said it will provide poorer households with subsidies in response to double-digit food price inflation. Inflation accelerated to 4.4% in October, with food prices rising 10.1%.
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Thursday, November 18th 2010 - 02:35 UTC
New Zealand opens exciting cruise season and expects 140.000 passengers
New Zealand has seen phenomenal cruise growth since 1995 and the 2010-2011 cruise season which started on 15 October with the Sapphire Princess, is forecast to be even larger than what the country has ever experienced.
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Thursday, November 18th 2010 - 02:31 UTC
Mercosur and Unasur need an institutional framework to keep advancing
Brazilian president-elect Dilma Rousseff must inject more life to the institutional strength of Mercosur and the Union of South American Nations, Unasur, and then push for integration with Central America and the Caribbean, said Marco Aurelio García, President Lula da Silva advisor on foreign affairs.
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Thursday, November 18th 2010 - 02:26 UTC
Family farming as the backbone to ensure countries’ “food sovereignty”
Representatives from Mercosur, Africa, China, India and multilateral organizations such as the United Nations called for the right to “food sovereignty”, thus preventing the international corporations from taking control of the seeds’ market.
