Stories for October 5th 2009

Monday, October 5th 2009 - 13:39 UTC
US federal judge limits claims of Argentine defaulted bonds

A US federal judge has rejected an effort to attach some assets of Argentina's state-owned Banco de La Nacion to satisfy claims of investors holding defaulted Argentine bonds.
Monday, October 5th 2009 - 13:33 UTC
Pope warns Africa about “first world toxic materialism” colonialism

Pope Benedict has warned that a form of colonialism continues to blight Africa. Opening a three-week synod of African bishops, he said political colonialism was over. But he said the developed world continued to export materialism - which he called “toxic spiritual rubbish” - to the continent.
Monday, October 5th 2009 - 13:27 UTC
Czech under pressure to sign Lisbon Treaty following Ireland’s YES

Following the decisive Yes vote by the Irish electorate, EU leaders have called on Eurosceptic Czech president Vaclav Klaus to stop holding up the democratic will of all Europeans and sign the Lisbon Treaty.
Monday, October 5th 2009 - 13:23 UTC
Lisbon Treaty controversy looms over the Conservative party conference

Britain’s Tory leader David Cameron is fighting to prevent a damaging new rift over Europe dominating his party's final conference before the general election.
Monday, October 5th 2009 - 13:20 UTC
US economic power declining because of financial crisis, says World Bank

United States economic power is declining as a result of the financial crisis, the head of the World Bank has said. “One of the legacies of this crisis may be recognition of changed economic power relations,” said World Bank president Robert Zoellick.
Monday, October 5th 2009 - 13:15 UTC
Patagonian fiords cruise season launched in Punta Arenas

Chile’s Cruceros Australis and Comapa tourist agency officially launched last Friday the 2009/2010 Patagonian fiords cruise season in a ceremony held in Punta Arenas, reports La Prensa Austral.
Monday, October 5th 2009 - 13:10 UTC
Bolivia faces critics over purchase of aircrafts from China

Bolivia said on Sunday that it’s the South American country which least invests in military hardware and ratified it is not involved in any arms race. Defence minister Walker San Miguel statement follow the Bolivian decision to purchase six aircrafts from China which come on top of an open credit line for military hardware extended by Russia.
Monday, October 5th 2009 - 13:08 UTC
Uribe asks for more time to consolidate his “democratic security” policy

Colombian president Alvaro Uribe asked for more time to defeat the terrorism that scourges his country and underlined that his “democratic security” policy needs a ‘little while’ longer”.
Monday, October 5th 2009 - 13:01 UTC
Elections Brazilian style: 13% of voters confess to have “traded” their vote

An estimated 17 million Brazilians, 13% of the electorate, confessed to have traded their vote for money, job or gifts, according to a public opinion poll released Sunday by Folha de Sao Paulo.