MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for June 13th 2011
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Monday, June 13th 2011 - 12:37 UTC
Argentina in 2011 is exporting more fish than beef
Argentina’s cattle herd and beef production continues to contract and the latest statistics give full support to the tendency that begun in 2006: in the first four months of the year fisheries exports were more significant that beef overseas sales.
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Monday, June 13th 2011 - 12:30 UTC
Chilean Navy purchase of Dutch frigates under scrutiny
Weapons dealer Guillermo Ibieta will face questioning this week about a possible link between his company and four second-hand frigates purchased from the Netherlands for the Chilean Navy in 2005, according to Chilean daily La Tercera.
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Monday, June 13th 2011 - 12:10 UTC
US main interest is a “stable Argentina”, warns Falklands Task Force head
The head of the Royal Navy Task Force that recovered the Falkland Islands during the 1982 South Atlantic conflict has warned about UK defense cuts and underlined that United States has little interest in supporting Britain in any conflict since a stable Argentina is more important to the State Department.
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Monday, June 13th 2011 - 11:37 UTC
Volcanic ash cloud reaches New Zealand and Australia
A cloud of ash from an erupting volcano in Chile has drifted over the Atlantic and Indian oceans to lie over southern parts of New Zealand and Australia, prompting the cancellation of dozens of flights.
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Monday, June 13th 2011 - 11:33 UTC
Ban Ki-moon in Argentina; Falklands/Malvinas question on the table
UN General Secretary Ban Ki-Moon is in Buenos Aires for a two-day official visit and will be meeting President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner Monday morning. Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman is expected to bring up the “question of Falklands/Malvinas”.
