Stories for April 9th 2006

Sunday, April 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Brazil's first astronaut returns to Earth

Lt Col Marcos Pontes, the first Brazilian to go into space, has returned to Earth after nine days on the International Space Station.

Sunday, April 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

Peruvians to vote for president

A close three-way contest in Sunday's presidential election could put Peru on a leftist track akin to Venezuela and Bolivia, or provide the nation with its first female head of state, or even hand a second-chance to a former president who oversaw economic devastation.

Sunday, April 9th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

“UK in the South Atlantic for a long time”

“Recovering the Malvinas will take time; Great Britain is going to be around in the South Atlantic for some time to come”, forecasts Argentine ambassador Lucio Garcia del Solar an expert in Falklands/Malvinas affairs and an emblematic figure of Argentine diplomacy.