Stories for April 2006
WTO misses April agreement, “but we're not in deadlock”
The World Trade Organisation (WTO) admitted Monday that plans for a major meeting this week will not be met but “we are not in deadlock”.
Deep sea visitors
ONE of the most long-living fish in the world, an orange roughy (Hoplostethus atlanticus), which has never been recorded in the Southwest Atlantic before, has been caught on the eastern slope of the Falkland Islands at a depth of about 770 m.
Chile fights low U.S. dollar, plans coppers superplus investments investment in foreign markets.
Chile's labor intensive fruit, wine and salmon export industries received good news Thursday when government officials announced plans to combat the falling price of the U.S. dollar.
Chernobyl controversy: 9.000 or 100.000 cancer deaths?
Some 5,000 people who were children and adolescents at the time of the world's worst-ever civil nuclear accident at Chernobyl, Ukraine, have so far been diagnosed with thyroid cancer, and there may be up to 9,000 excess cancer deaths, according to a new United Nations scientific study on the health impact of the disaster.
Kirchner, South Atlantic fisheries tough sheriff
Since taking office in 2003 the Argentine administration of president Nestor Kirchner has arrested more vessels illegally fishing in the South Atlantic than in the previous thirteen years points out the Buenos Aires daily Clarin in its Saturday edition.
Caruana tells Madrid audience “No movement on sovereignty”
Chief Minister Peter Caruana delivered a robust defence of Gibraltar's right to self-determination before a high-powered audience in the heart of Madrid last Friday.
Chavez proposes a “new equals configuration” for Mercosur
Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is sponsoring a “new configuration” for Mercosur to help overcome the current asymmetries among members which are threatening the cohesion of the block.
EU full support for Uruguay in pulp mill dispute
European Commissioner for Trade Peter Mandelson gave full support to the Finnish company Botnia in the dispute with Argentina over the construction of a pulp mill in Fray Bentos in neighbouring Uruguay on the river that marks the border between the two countries.
Crude ends week with another high
Oil prices vaulted to a new peak over US$75 a barrel yesterday as investment funds snapped up crude futures and tension mounted over Iran's nuclear intentions.
Cheers and tributes as Queen Elizabeth turns 80
Prince Charles has led glowing tributes for Queen Elizabeth II, his “darling Mama”, as she celebrated her 80th birthday with a royal walkabout and a private family dinner.
