Stories for September 18th 2006
IMF recommends Argentina to invest in energy
Argentina needs more productive investment, particularly in the energy sector, if it wishes to sustain the current rates of growth, said Anoop Singh, head of the IMF Western Hemisphere Department during a press conference Saturday in Singapore.
UN marks Ozone Layer Preservation Day
Efforts to protect the ozone layer are showing signs of progress, but much remains to be done to restore this life-saving part of the earth's atmosphere that filters out the sun's harmful ultraviolet rays, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said in a message marking the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.
Kirchner takes Falklands' issue to UN assembly
Business, human rights and Malvinas/Falklands are among the main topics which the Argentine delegation headed by President Nestor Kirchner and First Lady Cristina Fernandez will be addressing in New York this week during the United Nations General Assembly, reports the Buenos Aires press.
?Satisfactory results' for FIH
DAVID HUDD, Chairman of Falkland Islands Holdings parent company of the Falkland Islands Company Ltd, has said the company's operations in the Islands, “have continued to provide satisfactory results,” at the Annual General Meeting held last week.
Historic agreement over Gibraltar
United Kingdom, Gibraltar and Spain concluded Monday in Cordoba, Spain, a landmark agreement on a range of cross-cutting issues affecting the Rock and its citizens.
Yet another scandal rocks Brazil and Lula's ruling party
With less than two weeks for the presidential election Brazil was again rocked by yet another political scandal allegedly involving the ruling Workers Party with the purpose of smearing the reputation of opposition candidates.
IMF two year reform process launched in Singapore
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, agreed Monday on reforms giving China, Mexico, South Korean and Turkey more say in how the multilateral institution is run.
Oil imports push US current account deficit
Record oil import costs pushed United States current account deficit to 218.4 billion US dollars in the second quarter, equivalent to 6% of total US economic output, reported the US Department of Commerce.
Venezuela/Iran: no end to mutual “revolutionary” praise
Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Venezuela's Hugo Chavez's inaugurated Monday a joint heavy oil/tar sands exploration operation in the Orinoco belt which if confirmed in 2008 could make Venezuela the country with the world's largest hydrocarbons reserves.
When Castro is gone: “peace and reconciliation”
Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya says he fears the Castro regime will begin killing opponents if it feels threatened, though he also detects in the events surrounding Fidel Castro's illness signs of impending rapid change in Cuba.
