Stories for December 7th 2009

Monday, December 7th 2009 - 11:20 UTC
Opposition does not discard impeachment of President Cristina Kirchner

A leader of the Argentine opposition does not discard the possibility of impeaching President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner for alleged acts of corruption.
Monday, December 7th 2009 - 11:12 UTC
Global warming research image damaged by hackers

United Nations’ top climate official has conceded that hacked e-mails from climate scientists had damaged the image of global warming research but said evidence of a warming Earth is solid.
Monday, December 7th 2009 - 11:06 UTC
Olympic City Rio do Janeiro boasts world’s largest floating Xmas tree

The lights are blazing from the world's largest floating Christmas tree -- a gigantic 85-metre high metal structure set on a lagoon in Rio de Janeiro, the city that will host the 2016 Olympic Games.
Monday, December 7th 2009 - 11:03 UTC
Britain planning windfall tax on bankers’ bonuses

British Chancellor Alistair Darling has left the door open to a windfall tax on bankers' bonuses amid reports that the move could be central to this week's Pre-Budget Report. Darling warned the better-off that they would have to pay more towards the cost of the economic recovery but sidestepped questions about the prospect of a temporary levy targeted at British-based banks.
Monday, December 7th 2009 - 10:57 UTC
Falklands’ HMS Sheffield commander died December 3

Rear-Admiral Sam Salt, who died on December 3 aged 69, commanded the first British warship to be sunk by enemy action after the Second World War
Monday, December 7th 2009 - 10:48 UTC
Brazil purchase of Russian air defence systems could curtail US sale of aircraft

The possible purchase of Russian anti-aircraft batteries for the Brazilian Army could influence Brazilian negotiations for the acquisition of US manufactured fighter planes, reports the Sunday edition of Correio Braziliense.
Monday, December 7th 2009 - 10:45 UTC
Brazil prepared to extend political asylum to Zelaya

The Brazilian government is considering extending political asylum to Honduran ousted president Manuel Zelaya who remains holed in at the Brazilian embassy in Tegucigalpa since last September according to reports in the Sunday press.
Monday, December 7th 2009 - 10:36 UTC
Malvinas, the European Union and Latinamerica

Bad news for Argentina: the Malvinas issue that until now was a bilateral conflict between Argentina and the United Kingdom has been transferred to the sphere of the large regional groups, at supra-national scale, from the moment that the Islands are considered as an “associate territory” of the European Union, points out the Buenos Aires daily Clarin.