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Stories for December 21st 2014

  • Sunday, December 21st 2014 - 23:44 UTC

    'Inflation above 30%', says De Mendiguren

    Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) José Ignacio de Mendiguren

    Lawmaker and member of the Argentine Industrial Union (UIA) José Ignacio de Mendiguren said that inflation is not 40% as some private indexes say, but he pointed out that it is not around 24% as the government says either. “I think it is over 30%,” he said.

  • Sunday, December 21st 2014 - 11:39 UTC

    C24 slammed for failing to visit Falklands

    Britain ’s ambassador to the United Nations Sir Mark Lyall Grant

    Britain ’s ambassador to the United Nations has hit out at the UN’s Special Committee on Decolonisation (C24) for its “outdated” approach to dealing with overseas territories.

  • Sunday, December 21st 2014 - 10:58 UTC

    HMS Iron Duke returns from South Atlantic patrols

    HMS Iron Duke calling  Portsmouth

    Hundreds of families welcomed back their loved ones for Christmas as HMS Iron Duke returned to Portsmouth from a successful South Atlantic patrol conducting maritime security operations and providing support to British Overseas Territories in the region.