Stories for March 21st 2012

Wednesday, March 21st 2012 - 21:29 UTC
Falklands’ penguin population rising: Gentoo doubled and Rockhopper remains stable

According to the most recent count in the Falklands, the number of Gentoo penguin breeding pairs has doubled when compared with the number counted during the last census in 2005. Rockhopper penguin numbers are reported to be stable.
Wednesday, March 21st 2012 - 21:16 UTC
Prince William ends routine tour in Falklands and is back in UK with Kate

Britain's Prince William was reunited with his wife on Wednesday after returning home from a tour of duty. The future king arrived at RAF Brize Norton in Oxfordshire on the morning after leaving on February 1 for a tour with his Search and Rescue squadron in the Falkland Islands.
Wednesday, March 21st 2012 - 06:57 UTC
Schmallenberg disease outbreak in Europe: Uruguay bans import of genetic material

Uruguay’s Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries has imposed a transitory ban on all genetic material imports from Europe following the outbreak of the disease Schmallenberg which attacks bovines, sheep, goats and buffalos.
Wednesday, March 21st 2012 - 06:32 UTC
Argentina denies protectionism; claims imports in 2011 soared 30%

Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman said on Tuesday “there is no country” in the world that can say Argentina is protectionist and claimed it is the G20 member that saw imports soar most between 2010 and 2011.
Wednesday, March 21st 2012 - 06:29 UTC
Latam and Caribbean with the highest rate of homicides in the world, says IDB

President of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), Luis Alberto Moreno urged Latin America and Caribbean governments to learn from and replicate successful experiences in the prevention of crime and violence in the region.
Wednesday, March 21st 2012 - 06:16 UTC
HMS Montrose: Argentina thanks Humala; Peruvian opposition calls minister “incompetent and foolish”

During a live press conference on Tuesday, Argentine President Cristina Fernández thanked “the Peruvian government and population” for their decision to leave without effect the scheduled, but controversial, visit of a British frigate “in support of the Argentine sovereignty claim over the Malvinas Islands.”
Wednesday, March 21st 2012 - 04:41 UTC
Next Mercosur summit in Mendoza, June 26/28; Brazil takes the relay

The next Mercosur presidential summit is scheduled to take place next 26/28 June in the city of Mendoza, when the rotating chair will be handed for the following six months to Brazil.
Wednesday, March 21st 2012 - 04:27 UTC
Gibraltar exposed to a repeat of Spanish provocations from a decade ago

Gibraltar appeared to be heading back to scenes of over a decade ago: clashes with Spanish fishermen and politicians. On Monday evening the Spanish ruling Popular Party from neighbouring Algeciras Mayor, Jose Ignacio Landaluce, boarded the vessel ‘Joaquina’ backing a protest sail into Gibraltar waters.
Wednesday, March 21st 2012 - 04:23 UTC
FIFA cleansing advances: Brazil’s Texeira steps down from executive committee

Ricardo Teixeira severed his ties with soccer's international governing body on Monday, a week after he resigned as head of the Brazilian Football Confederation and organiser of the 2014 World Cup.