Stories for 2008

Tuesday, April 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Bolivians consider latest James Bond film stigmatizing

Bolivian Culture Deputy Minister Pablo Groux complained this week that Quantum of Solace, the upcoming film about secret agent James Bond, stigmatizes Bolivia as a centre of drug traffic.
Tuesday, April 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Spain to halt economic decline with US style incentive package

Spain's Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero promised short-term measures and US style incentives to halt an economic decline, especially in the construction sector, over his second term.
Tuesday, April 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
IMF blames credit crunch on “collective failure” & liquidity spiral

The International Monetary Fund has warned that potential losses from the credit crunch will reach 945 billion US dollars and could be even higher as losses are spreading from sub-prime mortgage assets to other sectors, such as commercial property, consumer credit, and company debt.
Tuesday, April 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Two human fatal cases of mad cow reported in Spain

The human variant of the mad cow disease, (bovine spongiform encephalopathy), BSE killed two persons, one three months ago and the other last week, Spain announced this week on public radio.
Monday, April 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Norway developing eco-friendly trawl technology

The Norwegian fisheries magnate Kjell Inge RÃ¸kke and the industry have lately spent around NOK 10 million (EUR 1.25 million) on developing eco-friendlier trawls. One trawler operating off the West coast of Norway and a shrimp trawler fishing in the Oslo fjord in Eastern Norway are helping to develop the new trawl technology.
Monday, April 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Chile cuts taxes to fight highest inflation in decade

Chile's consumer price index rose 0.8% in March, up from 0.4% in February, according to the latest release from the country's National Statistics Institute (INE). The March figure pushed 12-month inflation to 8.5%, up from the February 8.1%.
Monday, April 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner after Argentina's return to money markets

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner joined on Sunday thousands who marched in downtown Paris calling for the release of French-Colombian Ingrid Betancourt who was kidnapped by FARC rebels six years ago, and is alleged to be seriously ill with fear of life.
Monday, April 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Charity run Falklands leg delayed by Argentina

DESPITE interference by Argentine authorities, Blind Dave Heeley's inspirational challenge to complete seven marathons on seven continents in seven days got off to a spectacular and successful start with a jet fly past at Mount Pleasant Complex, Falkland Islands at 00:01 GMT on Monday 7 April.
Monday, April 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Paulson calls for more integration and trade with Latam

United States Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson officially opened on Monday the 49th general assembly of the Inter American Development Bank, IDB, calling for greater integration of trade and openness between Latinamerica and the US and warned about what he defined as “protectionist interests”.
Monday, April 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
UN recommends more natural production agriculture

Modern agricultural practices have exhausted land and water resources, squelched diversity and left poor people vulnerable to high food prices, even though they are also highly productive, according to a report announced Monday by the United Nations scientific agency.