Stories for September 2008

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
Monday, September 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Russian sea and air power temporarily based in Venezuela

Russia plans to temporarily station a nuclear-powered missile cruiser and anti-submarine aircraft in Venezuela, foreign ministry spokesman Andrei Nesterenko said Monday in Moscow.
Monday, September 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
NGO highlight Chilean salmon industry labor problems

Influential NGOs Oxfam Chile and Fundación Terram began the second phase of their “Not Afraid To Go Against The Current” campaign, an effort originally launched in January to highlight questionable labor and environmental practices within Chile's farmed salmon and trout industry.
Sunday, September 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chile investing 18 million USD in new London embassy

Chile is planning a four stories building in London to house its embassy as of next year when the contract for the current location on 12 Devonshire Street comes to an end.
Sunday, September 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Colombia finds second oil well; signs accord with India

Colombia's government owned Petroleum Corporation, ECOPETROL announced the discovery of a promising well in the province of Huila to the southeast of the country with initial tests of 900 barrels of oil per day.
Sunday, September 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Promising test for early detection of BSE (mad cow) in cattle

The discovery of elevated protein levels in the urine of some cattle infected with mad cow disease, Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, BSE, raises the possibility that animals could eventually be screened using a test similar to a home pregnancy kit, according to reports from the University of Manitoba.
Sunday, September 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
US government takes control of mortgage guarantee system

President George Bush announced mortgage giants Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae have been taken over because they posed “an unacceptable risk” to the economy. The two companies account for nearly half of the outstanding mortgages in the US, and have lost billions of dollars during the US housing crash.
Sunday, September 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Caribbean chapter of the US-Russia Georgia dispute

The Venezuelan government confirmed on Sunday that four Russian naval vessels will participate in joint exercises in the Caribbean next November, a move that could further strain relations between Washington and Moscow following the Russian invasion of Georgia.