MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for September 8th 2007
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Saturday, September 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Britain identifies likely causes of recent Surrey FAM outbreak
Leaking drains, heavy rainfall and building work have been blamed for triggering the recent foot-and-mouth disease outbreak in Surrey, England according to reports made public Friday in London.
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Saturday, September 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Greenspan on bubbles: “fear is far more potent than euphoria”
Current financial turmoil is identical to that seen in earlier stock market crashes, particularly in 1987 and the fallout from the near demise of Long Term Capital Management in 1998, warned former Federal Reserve chairman Alan Greenspan.
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Saturday, September 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
US jobs data makes jittery global markets plunge sharply
Global markets fell sharply following on United States employment data which triggered wider economic prospects. The surprise 4.000 reduction in the US workforce in August sent the main Dow Jones index down 250 points to 13,113.
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Saturday, September 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
APEC leaders adopt pact on climate change
Asia-Pacific leaders agreed on Saturday to adopt a “long-term aspirational goal” to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said.
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Saturday, September 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Guatemala ready for Sunday Presidential Election
In spite of violence that claimed some 50 lives, officials in Guatemala say they are prepared to carry out an efficient and secure electoral process on Sunday when voters go to the polls to elect a new president.
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Saturday, September 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Pavarotti Receives Last Standing Ovation
Luciano Pavarotti's voice rang out a final time inside Modena's cathedral in northern Italy, as a recording of the great tenor singing with his father highlighted a funeral attended by family, dignitaries and close friends.
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Saturday, September 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Mummified Inca maiden exhibit attracts hundreds
Hundreds flocked this week to a museum in the north of Argentina to admire a well-preserved mummy of an Inca maiden that is on display for the first time and who five hundred years ago was sacrificed and froze to death in the Andes.
