Stories for September 2009

Tuesday, September 8th 2009 - 01:15 UTC
Kirchners ready to allow IMF review of the Argentine economy

Four years after Argentina froze relations with the International Monetary Fund under the administration of President Nestor Kirchner, the government of his wife Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is willing to accept an IMF review of the Argentine economy, according to Economy minister Amado Boudou, quoted in the Buenos Aires press.
Monday, September 7th 2009 - 14:58 UTC
Argentine pulp mill protestors promise to “fight on” whatever The Hague ruling

With only a week left for the beginning of the hearings in the International Court of Justice in The Hague on the pulp mills dispute between Uruguay and Argentina, pickets that have been blocking bridges between the two neighbouring countries promised to keep on the struggle.
Monday, September 7th 2009 - 14:52 UTC
France consolidates as main supplier for Brazilian Navy re-equipment

The military cooperation agreement to be signed Monday by Brazilian president Lula da Silva and his French counterpart, Nicholas Sarkozy will make Brazil the “leading naval power” in Latinamerica according to the O Estado de Sao Paulo.
Monday, September 7th 2009 - 14:49 UTC
Brazil has the “knowledge to build an atomic bomb”

Brazil has the necessary knowledge to build an atomic bomb according to an article in Sunday’s edition of Jornal do Brazil. The statement is based on a doctoral thesis presented recently at the Military Institute of Engineering IME.
Monday, September 7th 2009 - 14:42 UTC
Iran and Chavez to fight “imperialist” foes and help revolutionary nations

Iran and Venezuela plan to stand up against “imperialist” foes by strengthening bilateral cooperation on a range of issues, including nuclear power, Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said over the weekend.
Monday, September 7th 2009 - 14:32 UTC
Crucial WTO ruling on the “jumbo” dispute over subsidies in plane industry

World Trade Organization (WTO) has given its long-awaited ruling on the biggest trade dispute in its history. The decision, which is officially confidential, is over whether the European Union gave illegal subsidies to plane-maker Airbus as the US argues.
Monday, September 7th 2009 - 14:28 UTC
UK prepares for budget deficit and spending debate

United Kingdom Chancellor Alistair Darling is set to unveil plans within the next few months to halve the Government's spending deficit over four years, his deputy at the Treasury said.
Monday, September 7th 2009 - 14:24 UTC
British Tories promise to slash military top brass and civilian staff

A United Kingdom Conservative government would carry out a capability review of Britain's defence establishment, which can be expected to cut the number of military top brass and slash civilian staff at the Ministry of Defence, party spokesman Liam Fox will announce.
Monday, September 7th 2009 - 14:12 UTC
Cuban government joins the internet sales-auction-exchange business

Cuba’s Housing Institute has created as specific site in the web to facilitate the search and paper-work for people interested in the interchange of homes, reported the broadcasting station Reloj. The sale and purchase of real estate in Cuba is illegal.
Monday, September 7th 2009 - 14:08 UTC
China’s top 500 corporations outperformed the US top 500, says Beijing

Profits of the top 500 Chinese corporations in 2008 exceeded that of their United States counterparts. Gains for the full year in 2008 totalled 1.21 trillion Yuan (177.17 billion US dollars), much more than the 98.9 billion USD from the top 500 US firms in the same period.