Stories for 2012

Monday, February 27th 2012 - 17:29 UTC
Costa Allegra out of power adrift 200 miles from the Seychelles Islands

An Italian cruise ship with more than 1,000 people on board is without power in the Indian Ocean following a fire. The Costa Allegra is adrift more than 200 miles southwest of the Seychelles, near Alphonse Island.
Monday, February 27th 2012 - 17:25 UTC
South Georgia and South Sandwich Islands announce Marine Protected Area

UK Foreign Office Minister Henry Bellingham has welcomed the declaration of a Marine Protected Area (MPA) around the UK Overseas Territory of South Georgia & South Sandwich Islands.
Monday, February 27th 2012 - 16:41 UTC
Port of Ushuaia refuses entry of cruise vessels that visited the Falkland Islands

Argentina has banned two cruise ships from calling at Ushuaia in Tierra del Fuego after they visited the Falkland Islands, apparently based on recent provincial legislation, according to reports in the Ushuaia media.
Monday, February 27th 2012 - 12:12 UTC
Meryl Streep takes third Oscar portraying Lady Thatcher in “The Iron Lady”

Meryl Streep, who holds the record with 17 for the most Academy Award nominations by any actor, won the Oscar for best lead actress on Sunday for her portrayal of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher in “The Iron Lady”, hero of the Falkland Islands.
Monday, February 27th 2012 - 04:55 UTC
Mujica admits trade relations with Argentina are “very complicated”

Uruguayan President José Mujica admitted trade relations with Argentina are “very complicated” because of the import restrictions implemented by the government of President Cristina Fernández and did not discard ‘mirror’ measures to counter
Monday, February 27th 2012 - 04:52 UTC
Colombia’s FARC promises to release hostages and end economic kidnapping

Colombia's feared FARC rebel group said it would abandon its decades-long policy of economic kidnapping and free all military and police hostages it holds in jungle camps, another sign the drug-funded Marxist inspired insurgents may want peace.
Monday, February 27th 2012 - 04:47 UTC
G-20 wants second 2 trillion dollars global Euro-zone rescue package by next April

The world's leading economies worked to line up a deal in April on a second global rescue package worth nearly 2 trillion dollars to stop the Euro-zone sovereign debt crisis from spreading and putting at risk the tentative recovery.
Monday, February 27th 2012 - 04:33 UTC
Tragedy in Antarctica: “much improvisation” and “a great lesson for Chile”

The tragedy in the Antarctic King George Island involving the Brazilian base should be “a great lesson for Chile” and is evidence that research scientists and military personnel coexist in Antarctica under “improvised conditions”.
Monday, February 27th 2012 - 04:29 UTC
Blaze destroys Brazilian Antarctic base; two dead when generator room exploded

A fire broke out at Brazil's research station in Antarctica on Saturday, killing two navy personnel and forcing the evacuation by helicopter of about 40 other people, the government said.
Monday, February 27th 2012 - 04:19 UTC
New report highly critical of Argentina’s train concessions expected this week

Argentina’s Auditor-General (AGN) Leandro Despouy will present next Wednesday a new report on the TBA train concession with strong criticisms referred to the maintenance of trains and controls system, following the tragic accident last week that left 51 dead and over 700 injured.