Stories for 2009

Thursday, February 19th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Telecoms innovation, dynamo for global recovery says UN

The global financial crisis could provide entrepreneurial opportunities for budding information and communication technology (ICT) businesses, which in turn can power economic recovery, according to a new United Nations report.
Thursday, February 19th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Argentina and Brazil fail to agree over trade barriers

Brazilian and Argentine officials failed to reach an agreement in talks Tuesday night to defuse growing tensions over trade barriers. However a bilateral working group was announced and another round of talks has been scheduled for March 4.
Thursday, February 19th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
UK government exploiting terrorism says former MI5 chief

Britain's former head of intelligence, MI5 head Dame Stella Rimington has claimed the Government had exploited people's fear of terrorism to restrict civil liberties. In an outspoken interview she said ministers risked handing a victory to terrorists by making people “live in fear and under a police state”.
Thursday, February 19th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Uruguayan survivor of 1972 Andes air crash emphasizes simple life.

By Peter Lowy - A recent trip to Uruguay enabled me, along with another journalist, to visit The Refuge, a ranch belonging to Roberto Canessa, a member of a rugby team that in 1972 survived a crash in the freezing Andes for more than two months, in part, by resorting to cannibalism. What started as a leisurely tour of the ranch, ended late that night with a seaside dinner, after assisting with emergency horse surgery!
Thursday, February 19th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Ecuador's Correa expels second US official in a month

The State Department Wednesday called Ecuador's expulsion of a U.S. diplomat unjustified and said the United States will respond appropriately. The expulsion was the second of its kind this month.
Thursday, February 19th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Falklands' official work shadows at Scarborough council

Scarborough Council welcomed a special international guest, Claudette Anderson-Prior, who works for the Falkland Islands' Government as Head of the Legislature Department and has spent the past few days work shadowing with the council, reports the Scarborough Evening News.
Thursday, February 19th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
BP suspends all operations with Super Puma choppers

British Petroleum has suspended using Super Puma Bond helicopters for North Sea flights after one of the aircraft carrying 18 people ditched off the Scottish coast. The company said it had decided to temporarily stop using that type of helicopter on flights from Aberdeen “as a precaution” in light of Wednesday's incident.
Thursday, February 19th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Stanford failure panic spreads to Peru and Venezuela

Peru and Venezuela have become the latest countries to intervene in local banks controlled by the Stanford group as it faces fraud accusations. Peru's securities regulator suspended local operations of the Stanford Financial Group for 30 days.
Thursday, February 19th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
UK Bishop who denies Holocaust must leave Argentina

Argentina told a Roman Catholic bishop who denied the Holocaust and was reinstated to the church last month by Pope Benedict XVI to leave the country or face expulsion.
Thursday, February 19th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Brazil/China sign long term oil supply and funding accord

Brazil signed an agreement to supply China with 100,000 to 160,000 barrels of oil per day at market prices in exchange for a loan from the China Development Bank to help develop its huge oil reserves.