Stories for February 2008

Monday, February 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
RFA Lyme Bay has sailed on a mission to Tristan da Cunha

The MoD reported that RFA Lyme Bay was preparing to sail to Tristan da Cunha, where urgent repairs to the main harbour are required.
Monday, February 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
UN: More effective strategies to prevent global conflicts.

Despite a wide range of tools available to the United Nations in the areas of preventive diplomacy, peacemaking and peace building, a new United Nations calls for measures to boost the world body's capacity to prevent conflicts.
Monday, February 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
World Said to Be on Brink of Cancer Epidemic

International health agencies say the world is on the brink of a cancer epidemic. The World Health Organization reports 7.6 million people died of the disease in 2005. It predicts the number of cancer deaths and new cases of the disease will rise astronomically in the coming years, unless action is taken now to reverse smoking trends and provide treatment to patients in developing countries.
Monday, February 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Bernanke Makes Bulls From Dollar Bears Seeing Growth

Ben S. Bernanke's decision to lower interest rates 1.25 percentage points last month will end the dollar's two-year slide, according to the world's biggest currency traders.
Monday, February 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
US campaign frenzy ahead of 'Super Tuesday' vote

Exhausted White House hopefuls launched one last frenzied day of campaigning before a 24-state “Super Tuesday” - the biggest one-day White House nominating contest in history.
Monday, February 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Colombians protest for end to FARC rebellion

Millions of Colombians dressed in white marched throughout the country and in major cities worldwide today to express outrage at 40 years of violence and kidnapping by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
Sunday, February 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Investigation unveils fraud with Malvinas war veterans' pension

The Argentine federal justice has opened an inquiry into the Malvinas war veterans' pension scheme following on claims that at least 700, and possibly thousands, of non combatants are collecting monthly payments.
Sunday, February 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Help for Chilean exporters to counter US dollar meltdown

Chile announced several measures to prop the competitiveness of Chilean exports that have been particularly affected by the international collapse of the US dollar and which has motivated reiterated claims from the industry.
Sunday, February 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Recession in the air: first decline in US jobs since August 2003

United States has seen the first decline in employment since August 2003, providing fresh evidence that the US economy could be entering a recession. Employers cut 17,000 jobs from their payrolls in January, Labor Department figures showed. Economists had been expecting a rise of 80,000.
Sunday, February 3rd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
FARC promises more liberations on eve of world protest

Colombia's FARC rebels pledged Sunday, on the eve of worldwide protests against the cocaine funded radical guerrilla group, to release three hostages in poor health after seven years of captivity in the jungle.