MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for January 7th 2011
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Friday, January 7th 2011 - 21:10 UTC
Chile recognized Palestine as an independent state
Chile has recognized Palestine as an independent state, Foreign Minister Alfredo Moreno said Friday, following in the footsteps of several other Latin American countries.
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Friday, January 7th 2011 - 19:36 UTC
LAN launched a new flight between Easter Island and Lima
The first flight of the new route from Lima to Easter Island’s Mataveri airport landed safely this week, making Easter Island a more accessible tourist destination.
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Friday, January 7th 2011 - 05:22 UTC
Falkland Islands: SAAS stoppage, director claims partners pressured
THE planned increased use of containers for the shipment of fish, meat and wool received a blow this week with the news that the Islands’ only shipping service to South America is to end.
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Friday, January 7th 2011 - 04:32 UTC
India-Russia: Friends Forever
It all began in 1955 with Indian Prime Minister Nehru’s maiden visit to the erstwhile Soviet Union and Khrushchev's reciprocal trip to India same year. Since then, Indo-Russian ties have withstood every test of time. During this period of over half a century, both nations ferried through turbulent waters. But the relationship between Moscow and New Delhi was never adversely affected per se.
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Friday, January 7th 2011 - 00:47 UTC
Barcelona: Argentine private medevac plane arrested with 900k on cocaine
Civil Guard officers based at Barcelona’s El Prat Airport have seized almost one ton of cocaine from a private medevac plane which recently landed at the airport, on a flight from Cabo Verde.
