Stories for September 8th 2008

Monday, September 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chinese observatory in Antarctica's highest peak

China will set up a new observatory station in Antarctica at the region's highest peak within two years an official from the Polar Research Institute of China announced in Beijing reports the country's news agency Xinhua.
Monday, September 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentines feature in 'Dictionary of Falklands Biography'

THE Condor hijackers of 1966 and diplomat Manuel Moreno are among a number of Argentines included in a fascinating 'Dictionary of Falklands Biography' edited by former Falklands Governor David Tatham, launched at Government House on Friday night.
Monday, September 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Lula says next Brazilian president could be a woman

Brazilian president Lula da Silva said he would be choosing his successor in 2010 and anticipated there are great chances that the next president could be a woman, although he did not advance names.
Monday, September 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
IMF praises US decision to take over mortgage agencies

The United States government decision to place its leading mortgage agencies into conservatorship “will help support markets and by extension the economic and financial situation” said International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn in a Monday release.
Monday, September 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Paraguay adrift from Taiwan and closer to Beijing

A “new diplomatic time” has opened for Paraguay's international relations and one of its priorities is establishing full relations with Beijing, said Foreign Affairs minister Alejandro Hamed Franco during a visit to Brasilia.
Monday, September 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine fisheries management at risk by INIDEP's strike

Argentina's Federal Fisheries Council (CFP) called on the National Institute of Fisheries Research and Development (INIDEP) to implement a mechanism that ensures a steady update of scientific information on fisheries particularly common hake (Merluccius hubbsi).
Monday, September 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina votes “Roots” bill to woo back 7.000 scientists

A bill aimed at facilitating the return of 7.000 Argentine scientists currently working abroad, known as the “Roots program” will be considered the country's Senate. The bill has Lower House approval.
Monday, September 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Growing political consensus in UK to clamp immigration

British lawmakers plan to demand new limits on immigration to help slow the population growth in the United Kingdom.
Monday, September 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine farm workers union warns conflict is not over

Argentine Rural and Stevedores' Workers Association secretary-general Gerónimo Venegas warned that, ”if the national government fails to implement a set of policies for the cattle and agricultural sector, next year the price of beef will climb up to 100 pesos (approximately 30 US dollars)”.
Monday, September 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Global markets rallied in support of US mortgage move

Global shares rallied on Monday after the US government said it was taking over troubled mortgage lenders Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae. Investors hoped the largest bail-out in US history would prop up the country's housing market and ultimately help to end the credit crunch, analysts said