Stories for February 2007

Thursday, February 1st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina last year exported less honey but got higher revenue

Argentina, which is constantly challenging China as the world's largest honey exporter, last year exported 99,000 tonnes of honey for 146 million, a decline of six percent in volume but an increase of 15 percent in revene reflecting higher prices for the product.
Thursday, February 1st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
HMS Endurance to the rescue

Ice patrol ship HMS Endurance has assisted with the rescue of 280 passengers and 50 non-essential crew from a cruise ship damaged off the Antarctic peninsula.
Thursday, February 1st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina shuts border to Bolivian meat

Argentina has suspended the import of all meat products from Bolivia in response to an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease, Senasa, the agricultural health and quality service, announced Tuesday.
Thursday, February 1st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Ecuador names woman as defense minister

The Ecuadorean government named another woman to be defense minister, to take over after the first female to hold the office was killed in a helicopter accident.
Thursday, February 1st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Air travel expected to double by 2025

The number of air travellers is expected to double by 2025, rising to more than 9 billion a year, a body representing the world's airports said on yesterday. The Airports Council International (ACI) predicted air freight would triple over the same period.
Thursday, February 1st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Chile's first fish farming park to be built in Tongoy

The University of Los Lagos (ULA) is planning to build the first Fish Farming Park in Chile on a 5.5-hectare terrain, in the Tongoy Bay of Coquimbo Region IV, investing more than CLP 450 million (USD 826.400).
Thursday, February 1st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Argentine pension fund reform proposal gets mixed marks

A proposal by the Argentine government to allow some 11 million people to migrate from the private AFJPs pension funds to the state-run scheme has won widespread praise for the sake of freedom of choice, but also criticism, with observers telling MercoPress that it has been timed ahead of the October's presidential vote, aimed at “funding” the government even a step towards re-estatization.
Thursday, February 1st 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Global warming 'very likely' man-made

The world's leading climate scientists, in their most powerful language ever used on the issue, said global warming is “very likely” man-made, according to a new report obtained Friday by The Associated Press.