Stories for 2008

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.
Thursday, March 20th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
“Fed rate cuts will not make difference” warns Stiglitz

Nobel Prize winning economist Joseph Stiglitz said the current financial crisis is the worst the world has seen since the Great Depression of the 1930s and the US Federal Reserve move to cut interest rates will not make much difference.
Thursday, March 20th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Spain faces excess housing: 3 million flats empty

A new United Nations report has criticized the housing policy in Spain, and highlighted the fact that local councils have been dependent on granting of building licences and other real estate deals for their income.
Thursday, March 20th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Rock band to break world record by playing in Antarctica

Emo rock band Fall Out Boy are set to break a world record next week by playing a concert in Antarctica. The US band will travel to Punta Arenas in the extreme south of Chile and then on March 25th to President Frei base in King George Island.