MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for February 12th 2013
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Tuesday, February 12th 2013 - 21:05 UTC
Argentina says three-side dialogue on Falklands/Malvinas issue is unthinkable
Argentine ambassador in the UK, Alicia Castro described the coming Falkland Islands referendum on March 10/11 as a ‘media ruse’ and insisted that a three-side dialogue on Malvinas sovereignty is ‘unthinkable’ because the issue is bilateral: UK/Argentina.
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Tuesday, February 12th 2013 - 20:17 UTC
Argentine Jewish community calls on Congress to reject understanding with Iran
Argentine Jewish leaders from Community Centres AMIA and DAIA, Guillermo Borger and Julio Schlosser rejected on Tuesday once more the agreement signed by the Argentine and Iranian governments last week to investigate the 1994 AMIA centre bombing which killed 85 people and left hundreds injured.
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Tuesday, February 12th 2013 - 19:04 UTC
CPA regional conference on “self determination” takes off in the Falklands
The 43rd British Islands and Mediterranean Region Annual Conference (BIMR) of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, hosted by the Falkland Islands Government, opened in Stanley Tuesday morning. The theme of the two-day conference is “Self-determination and its role in self governance and devolution”.
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Tuesday, February 12th 2013 - 18:00 UTC
Punta Arenas cruise business picking up; 62.000 visitors expected this season
The cruise business has been picking up for the last three seasons and so far including January an estimated 31.000 visitors landed in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, which represents a 7% increase over the previous season and 10% for international cruises, said the head of the Austral Port Authority, Ignacio Covacevich.
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Tuesday, February 12th 2013 - 17:02 UTC
Japanese scientists explain how flying squid jet out of sea and glide for over 30 meters
Looks like Olympic Gold medalist Usain Bolt may finally have some competition. Japanese researchers published a study in German magazine ‘Marine Biology’ about the ocean squid that can fly more than 30 meters through the air at a speed of 11.2 meters per second.
