Stories for March 2008

Sunday, March 23rd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Pope celebrates Easter Day Mass

Thousands of pilgrims have packed into St Peter's Square in Rome to hear Pope Benedict XVI celebrate Easter Mass.
Saturday, March 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Ecuador warns Colombia over raid

Ecuador's President Rafael Correa warned on Saturday that diplomatic tension with Colombia will rise if an Ecuadorians was among the dead in a bombing raid on a rebel camp inside its territory this month.
Saturday, March 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Military helps Rio State tackle dengue

Brazil's Defence Minister Nelson Jobim says the military is ready to help the city of Rio de Janeiro deal with rising numbers of dengue fever cases.
Saturday, March 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands: MPs learn plenty in a week

TWO visiting MPs have said they would leave the Falklands better able to appreciate the issues affecting Islanders.
Saturday, March 22nd 2008 - 21:00 UTC
March 22: World Water Day

The international observance of World Water Day is an initiative that grew out of the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) in Rio de Janeiro.
Friday, March 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Rio do Janeiro faces “dengue epidemic”, claim doctors

Rio do Janeiro faces a dengue epidemic claims the physicians association of the Brazilian state which anticipated that next Monday they will make a formal claim against municipal, state and federal authorities for neglecting the spread of the disease that so far this year has caused 30 deaths.
Friday, March 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Claims of illegal trade of polar bear hides in Russia

Illegal trade in hides of polar bears, a species in steady decline throughout the Arctic is on the rise in Russia, the World Wildlife Fund said on Thursday.
Friday, March 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
OECD forecasts US economy zero growth in second quarter

United States economic growth is grinding to a halt, but the Euro zone is doing relatively well so far, according to the latest assessment from the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
Friday, March 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Five years on Iraq faces “terrorism and corruption” disease

Iraqi President Jalal Talabani singled out violence and corruption as the main problems facing his country on the fifth anniversary of the invasion. Talabani welcomed the end of Saddam Hussein's era of “torture and tyranny”, but warned that violence, terrorism and corruption had now become a “disease”.
Friday, March 21st 2008 - 21:00 UTC
South America better prepared for US recession challenge

Although the Latin American economy isn't “immune” to the crisis in the United States, it's in a better position than 10 years ago and Central America and the Caribbean will feel the effects more than South American countries, said World Bank vice president Pamela Cox this week in Bogota.