MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for December 29th 2009
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Tuesday, December 29th 2009 - 12:13 UTC
China poised to become world’s second largest economy in 2010
China is expected to become in 2010 the world’s second largest economy displacing Japan according to economic forecasts from Beijing’s Statistics Office and reported in the China Daily.
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Tuesday, December 29th 2009 - 12:12 UTC
First signs Beijing is reassessing bank loans and interest rates
China admitted fears about increasing inflation, resulting from the strong stimuli program, and also cautioned that Beijing will not yield to foreign pressures to let the Yuan appreciate.
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Tuesday, December 29th 2009 - 12:09 UTC
More testimonies incriminate Argentine officers in Malvinas war abuses
Over 150 testimonies, covering 79 cases and relating to torture and human rights abuses allegedly committed by Argentine military officers against conscripts, during the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas war, are under investigation by Argentine federal judge Liliana Herraz, reports the official news agency Telam.
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Tuesday, December 29th 2009 - 08:38 UTC
Argentina begun enforcing “reciprocity tax” in Ezeiza airport
All foreign visitors arriving in Argentina’s international airport of Ezeiza and who live in countries that charge the Argentines before they enter, will have to pay a reciprocity tax.
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Tuesday, December 29th 2009 - 08:36 UTC
Massive stranding of whales in several New Zealand’s beaches
More than 120 beached whales have died in two separate incidents in New Zealand, officials have said. Twenty one pilot whales that were beached on the North Island of New Zealand have been buried.
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Tuesday, December 29th 2009 - 08:07 UTC
Shifting global climate and temperatures has many species on the move
From beetles to barnacles, pikas to pine warblers, many species are already on the move in response to shifting climate regimes. But how fast will they -- and their habitats -- have to move to keep pace with global climate change over the next century?
