http://en.mercopress.com/ South Atlantic News Agency - International News Feed en Copyright 2009, MercoPress. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 01:04:42 -0800 Expression Engine http://www.mercopress.com/img/en/mercopress-logo.gif http://en.mercopress.com/ http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/20/uk-apologizes-to-spain-for-lack-of-judgement-incident-in-gibraltar-waters?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=international http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/20/uk-apologizes-to-spain-for-lack-of-judgement-incident-in-gibraltar-waters Giles Paxman, Britain's ambassador to Madrid has apologized after the Royal Navy fired on a buoy bearing the red and yellow of the Spanish flag during target practice off Gibraltar. Politics, International Fri, 20 Nov 2009 21:48:36 -0800 http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/20/compromise-candidates-for-eu-president-and-foreign-policy-chief?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=international http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/20/compromise-candidates-for-eu-president-and-foreign-policy-chief European Union leaders have opted for little-known compromise candidate, Belgium premier Herman Van Rompuy, to become the bloc's first full-time president, diplomats have said. Politics, International Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:35:06 -0800 http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/20/papua-new-guinea-cannibal-tribe-could-hold-clue-to-mad-cow-disease?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=international http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/20/papua-new-guinea-cannibal-tribe-could-hold-clue-to-mad-cow-disease Darwinian natural selection could help halt human "mad cow disease", experts say after finding a tribe impervious to a related fatal brain disorder. The Papua New Guinea tribe developed strong genetic resistance after a major epidemic of the CJD-like disease, kuru, spread mostly by cannibalism. Health & Science, International Fri, 20 Nov 2009 02:29:14 -0800 http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/19/oecd-warns-uk-jobless-could-reach-9.5-by-2011?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=international http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/19/oecd-warns-uk-jobless-could-reach-9.5-by-2011 United Kingdom’s jobless rate could soar to 9.5% in two years' time, even after the economy begins to recover, a leading economic body has warned. Economy, International Thu, 19 Nov 2009 18:11:14 -0800 http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/19/russia-opens-its-first-embassy-ever-in-paraguays-200-year-history?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=international http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/19/russia-opens-its-first-embassy-ever-in-paraguays-200-year-history The Russian Federation has formally opened its first embassy in Paraguay’s 200 year history. Although there have been diplomatic relations the Russian ambassador was concurrent from Buenos Aires and only since two decades ago. Politics, International, Paraguay Thu, 19 Nov 2009 05:26:17 -0800 http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/18/israeli-president-peres-predicts-the-fall-of-chavez-and-ahmadinejad?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=international http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/18/israeli-president-peres-predicts-the-fall-of-chavez-and-ahmadinejad Israel President Shimon Peres predicted on his last day tour of Argentina and Brazil that the people of Venezuela and Iran will make their leaders disappear before too long. Speaking at a forum in Buenos Aires, Peres said both Hugo Chavez and Mahmoud Ahmadinejad have gone crazy over oil, which he said is not bad to sell but "really dangerous if you swallow it." Politics, International, Latin America Wed, 18 Nov 2009 21:42:25 -0800 http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/18/praise-for-the-british-press-for-exposing-mps-expenses-scandal?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=international http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/18/praise-for-the-british-press-for-exposing-mps-expenses-scandal The head of Britain’s Press Complaints Commission has praised the exposure of Members of Parliament expenses claims - and said it showed the vital need to retain press freedom to investigate our "dysfunctional democracy". Politics, International Wed, 18 Nov 2009 05:33:23 -0800 http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/18/cyber-war-is-here-and-to-stay-ask-us-china-russia-israel-and-france?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=international http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/18/cyber-war-is-here-and-to-stay-ask-us-china-russia-israel-and-france Major countries and nation-states are engaged in a "Cyber Cold War," amassing cyber-weapons, conducting espionage, and testing networks in preparation for using the Internet to conduct war, according to a new report released by McAfee. Politics, International Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:10:11 -0800 http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/17/unfriend-with-real-lex-appeal-word-of-the-year-for-oxford-american-dictiona?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=international http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/17/unfriend-with-real-lex-appeal-word-of-the-year-for-oxford-american-dictiona Unfriend" has been named the word of the year by the New Oxford American Dictionary, chosen from a list of finalists with high technical jargon. Unfriend was defined as a verb that means to remove someone as a "friend" on a social networking site such as Facebook or MySpace. Politics, International Tue, 17 Nov 2009 19:02:11 -0800 http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/17/chile-and-uruguay-least-corrupt-in-latam-and-an-inspiration-for-the-region?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=rss&utm_content=international http://en.mercopress.com/2009/11/17/chile-and-uruguay-least-corrupt-in-latam-and-an-inspiration-for-the-region Chile, Uruguay and Costa Rica have the lowest perceived levels of corruption in Latinamerica, a benchmark and inspiration for the Americas according to the latest report from Transparency International. Argentina and Venezuela are among the low performers in a region where there are serious indications of “rampant corruption”. Economy, Politics, International Tue, 17 Nov 2009 18:38:17 -0800