Stories for 2008

Saturday, February 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Bali conference: “major setback” for fight against corruption

Transparency International (TI) and a broad civil society anti-corruption coalition have labelled as a major setback the failure of the Bali international corruption conference to agree on how to independently assess country progress in implementing the UN Convention against Corruption (UNCAC).
Saturday, February 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chile with record fiscal surplus in 2007: 8.7% of GDP

Chile finished 2007 with a record fiscal surplus of just under 14.5 billion US dollars, government officials acknowledged Wednesday. This figure represents 8.7% of Chile's overall GDP, which is also an all-time record.
Saturday, February 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Bad weather cancels QE 2 Falklands call; RAF farewell display

The much anticipated final visit to the Falkland Islands by the Queen Elizabeth 2 passenger liner has had to be cancelled, reports FIRS.
Saturday, February 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Chavez devalued and out of tune on his ninth anniversary

Controversial Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez is celebrating this Saturday his ninth year in office but the outspoken, histrionic leader has lost much of his revolutionary élan following his first electoral defeat last December and surrounded by growing problems of internal security, inflation and shortages of food and home supplies.
Saturday, February 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Maradona's “hand of God” apology “too little, too late”

England's goalkeeper Peter Shilton has branded Diego Maradona's apology for his sly “Hand of God” goal in the 1986 World Cup as “too little, too late”.
Saturday, February 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
At least ten days to repair disrupted global net services

A submarine cable in the Middle East has been snapped, adding to global net problems caused by breaks in two lines under the Mediterranean on Wednesday, reports the BBC.
Saturday, February 2nd 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Falklands trawler “Ferrameles” sinks; all hands rescued

The Falkland Islands flagged trawler “Ferrameles” went down early Saturday morning in the Islands EEZ after having run into severe weather and sea conditions, reported Spanish sources later confirmed in Stanley.
Friday, February 1st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

Headlines: An avian checkup; Smoking ban moves closer; Mine clearance: Britain explores its options; 'Encouraging' outlook for illex season.
Friday, February 1st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Obama, Clinton smooth over spats in Hollywood debate

The historic choice for the Democratic presidential nominee came into clear focus at the final Democratic debate Thursday between the two candidates left standing - Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton - who smoothed over their recent spats and turned most of their attacks on Republicans.
Friday, February 1st 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Alcoa and China up stakes in mining premier league

China has teamed up with US aluminum giant Alcoa to buy a 12% stake in Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto for 14 billion US dollars. The state-owned Aluminum Corp of China (Chinalco) said the purchase was the largest Chinese investment overseas.