Stories for 2007

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Friday, September 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Ban Ki-Moon praises Pavarotti as “true friend of the UN”

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid tribute to the late Luciano Pavarotti who beyond being one of the world's foremost tenor singers was a United Nations Messenger of Peace.
Friday, September 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Cordoba's dispute, unexpected “gift” for the Kirchner couple

The disputed results of a controversial and tight governor election in the Argentine province of Cordoba, one of the country's main electoral districts, is rapidly becoming another volatile and unpredictable hot issue for President Nestor Kirchner's administration.
Friday, September 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
ECB: rates unchanged and “accommodative” monetary policy

The Governing Council of the European Central Bank, ECB left interest rates unchanged at 4% on Thursday, emphasizing monetary policy will be “accommodative” and conditioned to further gathering of information given the current high level of uncertainty in financial markets.
Friday, September 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

Headlines:
Tongan fisherman is lucky South Georgia tagger; Kiwi nabs tourism job; Weekly Lan drops Puerto Montt stop; Tamar awaiting repair; Inside Penguin News.
Friday, September 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Richard Branson: “Google helps in search for Fosset”

Google Inc. is best known for finding information online, but sometimes the Internet search leader also works behind the scenes to look for missing people like renowned aviator Steve Fossett.