Chief Minister Peter Caruana announced November 7th as the date of the forthcoming Gibraltar Government organised referendum.
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Summer-winter in one week; Cattle theft in Magallanes; Thames Water interest in Punta Arenas system;
Unemployment increase; Juvenile delinquency; Women in the Chilean Navy; Hindu temple; Rapid changes in ice caps
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and his Spanish counterpart Ana Palacio have agreed to meet for formal ministerial talks on Gibraltar this autumn.
Brize Norton has been selected over Lyneham as the base for Airbus A400M, the new Royal Air Force transport aircraft planned to replace the ageing Hercules C 130K fleet and the four leased C-17s.
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Pescanova profits down 32%; Agreement to restore fisheries by 2015; Shrimp fishing fees increase postponed; Poached tooth fish caught in Boston; Computerised fish auctions in Vigo; Anchovy ban enforced in Chile; Closer monitoring of Patagonian fisheries; Chilean fish meal outlet in Galicia; Bull market for hake;
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Islands ponder Navy Point or Camber for new port?
Ruckauf's hopes for talks on Falklands
Clocks will be advanced one hour to Summer Time
at: 2am on Sunday 1st September 2002
Titulares: Falklands duda entre Navy Point y Camber para ubicar el nuevo puerto / Ruckauf espera conversar sobre las Falklands / Comienza a regir el horario de verano y los relojes se adelantan una hora
The US dollar in Chile reached a new record closing this Wednesday in Santiago' money market at 716,50 pesos.
Argentine Foreign Affairs Minister Carlos Ruckauf will be officially visiting Britain in the second week of October, but the Falklands/Malvinas issue is not included in the agenda, according to a press article published in Buenos Aires this week.
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Encouraging cruise season; Protecting livestock sanitary conditions; Chilean-Argentine integration; Controversial privatization; Bulging budget; More government responsibility; President Lagos bangs the table