Stories for 2008

Tuesday, October 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Space engineer named to unclog “toxic” banking mess

Neel Kashkari, 35, a United States Assistant Secretary of the Treasury, was named on Tuesday interim head of the Office of Financial Stability by US Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. The office will run the 700 billion US dollars financial bailout program signed into law Friday.
Monday, October 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina reluctant to accept a repeat of farmers' conflict

Argentine farmers' decision to resume protests against the government has put their demands back on the agenda but is unlikely to reignite the bitter conflict that gripped the country for four months.
Monday, October 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Parliament consensus for a UK “balanced migration” policy

British campaigners for a “balanced migration” policy welcomed hints from the Government's new immigration minister that he may seek limits on the number of migrants coming into the United Kingdom.
Monday, October 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina's main opposition party begins recovery

Argentina's long time mostly opposition Radical Party seems to be enjoying a privileged situation, acting from both inside and outside the administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
Monday, October 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
UK fuel poverty expected to reach 3.5 m households

British government attempts to tackle rising energy bills were accused of being in “meltdown” as the latest figures showed a million more households slipped into fuel poverty in 2006.
Monday, October 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Irish “bail-out” rash rapidly extending to rest of Europe

Germany offered a blanket bank deposit guarantee on Sunday in a bid to contain the spreading credit crisis as European officials clinched deals to rescue Germany's Hypo Real Estate and recapitalize two other European banks.
Monday, October 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Lula Allies Win in Brazil Vote on Record Approval

Brazilians voting in mayoral and municipal elections have given the president's Workers' party wins in several cities, according to early results and exit polls.
Monday, October 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Nobel in Medicine to cancer linked discoveries: HPV, HIV

This year's Nobel Prize in Medicine honors three Europeans who discovered viruses that cause deadly diseases, and whose findings have led to major medical advances.
Monday, October 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Refugee numbers increasing by millions warns UN

The world's poor and uprooted people are increasingly at risk as the world struggles with a combination of adverse economic, social and political trends that threaten to trigger even greater displacement in the future, the top United Nations refugee official warned on Monday.
Monday, October 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Venezuela's Chavez promises he'll be in office until 2021

Venezuela's Hugo Chavez announced he would not be leaving government until after 2021, in spite of the fact his mandate ends in 2013 and the current constitution does not allow for a new re-election.