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Stories for September 2006

• Wednesday, September 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  “Divisions threaten world”

  UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan, in a farewell address to global leaders yesterday, depicted a world divided by an unjust economy, contempt for human rights and a failure to make peace in the Middle East.

• Wednesday, September 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Britain 'will miss landmine clearance target'

  Britain was accused last week of failing to meet its obligations under the international landmine ban treaty.

• Wednesday, September 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Fed leaves rates unchanged but “inflation risks remain”

  The Federal Open Market Committee decided Wednesday to keep the key interest rate unchanged at 5.25% reflecting the reduced impetus from energy prices and contained inflation expectations.

• Wednesday, September 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Kirchner in UN calls for Falklands sovereignty talks

  Argentina's President Nestor Kirchner claimed before United Nations that Britain has been remissive in complying with the mandates of the General Assembly for the resumption of sovereignty talks on the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, September 20th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Chavez rails at 'devil' Bush in UN address

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called George W. Bush “the devil himself” at the U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday, saying the U.S. president had left the smell of sulphur hanging in the chamber from his appearance the previous day.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Pharos SG preparing for Falklands' duties

  A vessel originally launched in Port Glasgow by The Queen is back in Greenock, before heading for a new life in the South Atlantic sailing around the Falkland Islands as a Fisheries Patrol, reports the British press.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  China's “positive” impact on Latinamerica

  China's soaring economy has been “most positive” for Latinamerican exports even when some specific sectors have suffered, claims a paper from the World Bank released in Singapore.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  With spring bloom come El Niño and deadly algae

  Chilean investigators warned this week that temperatures in Chile's coastal waters have increased by half a degree since August, setting the stage for the arrival of “El Niño” by the end of this year.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Housing slump expected to leave Fed rate unchanged

  House construction in United States dropped 6% in August while producer prices rose by just 0.1% following on moderate energy costs.

• Tuesday, September 19th 2006 - 21:00 UTC

  Leading Ecuadorian candidate rides on anti-US feeling

  The Ecuadorian presidential candidate leading public opinion polls said that if elected he will not extend a current agreement enabling United States to undertake counter drugs operations from a strategic air base in Ecuador.