Reuters: Cape Verde News

Mauritius scores highest in African governance survey

Mon, 05 Oct 2009 08:00:01 +0000

CAPE TOWN, Oct 5 (Reuters) - Mauritius' government and private sector delivered the best services and public goods to its citizens, ranking first in an African-wide governance survey released on Monday by the Mo Ibrahim Foundation.

Mauritius scores highest in African governance survey

Sun, 04 Oct 2009 19:37:10 +0000

Hurricane Fred drifts, weakens in Atlantic

Fri, 11 Sep 2009 16:21:51 +0000

MIAMI, Sept 11 (Reuters) - Hurricane Fred weakened in the eastern Atlantic on Friday and forecasters expected it to fizzle into a tropical storm later in the day.

Hurricane Fred weakens in Atlantic, far from land

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:40:46 +0000

MIAMI, Sept 10 (Reuters) - Hurricane Fred weakened further in the eastern Atlantic on Thursday and forecasters expected it to dissipate by early next week without touching any land or threatening the U.S. Gulf oil patch.

UPDATE 2-Hurricane Fred weakens in Atlantic

Thu, 10 Sep 2009 03:19:20 +0000

* No danger to land or Gulf of Mexico oil and gas rigs (Updates storm strength, position)

UPDATE 1-Fred now a major hurricane but no threat to land

Wed, 09 Sep 2009 15:42:31 +0000

MIAMI, Sept 9 (Reuters) - Hurricane Fred strengthened into a powerful Category 3 storm in the eastern Atlantic Ocean on Wednesday but its newfound intensity was expected to be short-lived and it posed no threat to any land.

UPDATE 1-Russia dismisses reports ship had missiles for Iran

Tue, 08 Sep 2009 16:38:17 +0000

MOSCOW, Sept 8 (Reuters) - Moscow on Tuesday denied reports a cargo ship that went missing in the Atlantic for almost a month had been carrying a Russian air-defence system to Iran that was detected by Israel.

UPDATE 3-Russia finds mystery merchant ship, crew alive

Mon, 17 Aug 2009 17:59:13 +0000

* Russian navy finds mystery ship near Cape Verde islands

Mystery surrounds fate of missing cargo ship

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 22:32:15 +0000

PRAIA/MOSCOW, Aug 15 (Reuters) - Mystery shrouded the whereabouts of a missing merchant ship on Saturday after a Russian envoy said reports it had been found in the Atlantic off Cape Verde were untrue.

UPDATE 2-Russia says Cape Verde ship sighting untrue

Fri, 14 Aug 2009 20:38:11 +0000

PRAIA/MOSCOW, Aug 14 (Reuters) - Reports that a missing merchant ship had turned up in the Atlantic Ocean off the Cape Verde islands have proven untrue, Russia's RIA agency quoted Moscow's envoy to the country as saying on Friday.