Stories for December 2nd 2008

Tuesday, December 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Mumbai attacks leave India and Pakistan on edge of conflict

India on Monday made it clear that the deadly terror strikes in Mumbai were carried out by Pakistan-based militants and asked Islamabad to take “strong action” against the “elements responsible for this outrage” - a sign that ties between the two countries are headed for a rocky patch.
Tuesday, December 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chile-Peruvian spat: hopefully on Friday it's back to normal

Tensions between Chile and Peru remained high Monday after last week's revelation that Peru's top army general said at a party that Chileans in Peru would be sent back in coffins or body bags.
Tuesday, December 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
APEC forum helps boost Peruvian president standing

Peruvian president Alan García's approval was up 8.1 points in November according to the latest release from the public opinion pollster CPI.
Tuesday, December 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
South Orkney “richer than Galapagos in sea species”

The first comprehensive inventory of the sea and land animals living in a polar region has been carried out by British and German scientists. A team from the British Antarctic Survey (BAS) and Hamburg University found that Antarctica's South Orkney Islands were surprisingly rich in life. More than 1,200 species were counted, including five new to science.
Tuesday, December 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Another black Monday for the stock markets calendar

Wall Street suffered one of its worst days Monday, slicing 680 points off the Dow Jones industrial average as fears of a recession, or even worse, were confirmed by the latest data. Not only did stocks end their last week's five-day winning streak, they erased more than half the gains and the Standard & Poor's 500 stock index one of the broadest market gauges, lost nearly 9%.
Tuesday, December 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Coalition government for Uruguay 2010, whoever wins

Although still eleven months away, public opinion polls show that Uruguay's next government will not enjoy the current comfortable congressional majority and the president will emerge from a run off at the end of November 2009.
Tuesday, December 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguay opens the River Plate for oil and gas exploration

Leading oil companies from Brazil, Spain, Russia, UK and United States are participating of the three days “Uruguay Round” collecting data on oil and gas exploration prospects off shore Uruguay in the River Plate.
Tuesday, December 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
US cruise vessel outruns hijacking pirates in Gulf of Aden

Pirates chased and shot at a US cruise liner with more than 1,000 people on board but failed to hijack the vessel as it sailed along a corridor patrolled by international warships, a maritime official said Tuesday.
Tuesday, December 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Brazilian industrial production slides 1.7% during October

Brazilian industrial production fell in October as the global financial meltdown sent shock waves through Latin America's largest economy, the government said Tuesday.It was the largest drop since Decemeber 2006.
Tuesday, December 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Melamine scandal virtually grounds China's dairy exports

China's dairy exports have all but ground to a halt following the scandal earlier this year when milk was tainted with the industrial chemical melamine. Data reported in the country's state media suggests that dairy exports fell 92% year-on-year in October.