Stories for 2009

Wednesday, November 11th 2009 - 11:15 UTC
Glaxo donates 50 million doses of H1N1 virus vaccine to WHO

The international laboratory GlaxoSmithKline has promised to donate 50 million doses of pandemic H1N1 vaccine to the World Health Organization (WHO) under an agreement signed at WHO headquarters in Geneva.
Wednesday, November 11th 2009 - 11:11 UTC
Foreign Office embarrassed: Sorry, did you mean Algeciras or Algeria?

In 2006, British officials filed an application to list part of Gibraltar waters as an EU protected nature site. Now it has emerged they got the wrong coordinates: Instead of designating the sea around Gibraltar, they listed a stretch of water somewhere off the coast of Algeria.
Wednesday, November 11th 2009 - 11:07 UTC
Lloyds Group announced more jobs cuts: 5.000 positions in 2010

Lloyds Banking Group is to axe thousands of jobs next year in a fresh wave of cuts under plans to reduce costs, sources have said. Up to 5,000 positions are expected to be cut in the UK in 2010, on top of thousands already slashed this year.
Wednesday, November 11th 2009 - 11:01 UTC
Shoplifting by affluent shoppers hit the recession soars in the UK

United Kingdom affluent shoppers hit by the recession are fuelling a shoplifting crime-wave, according to research. Middle-class people reluctant to give up luxuries they can no longer afford are behind thefts of expensive foods, alcohol and cosmetics, the Centre for Retail Research data claimed.
Wednesday, November 11th 2009 - 10:55 UTC
IEA forecasts 40% energy demand growth by 2030; mostly fossil fuels

World global demand for energy which has fallen in 2009 because of the recession is forecasted to soar 40% by 2030 and the Copenhagen summit next month will be “crucial” to design an energy sustainable future according to the “World Energy Outlook 2009” released in London by the International Energy Agency.
Wednesday, November 11th 2009 - 10:50 UTC
Peruvian navy interested in Argentine manufactured sea-air missiles

The Peruvian Navy expressed interest in the acquisition of Argentine manufactured missiles currently under development, basically a version of the sea air Aspide, according to a Monday release from the Argentine Defence ministry.
Wednesday, November 11th 2009 - 10:43 UTC
Buenos Aires hosts conference on clowns and Patch Adams’ doctors

Some 400 clowns and doctors skilled at clowning took part in an international conference in Buenos Aires to present scientific evidence, backed by their own experience, to show why laughter was healthy
Wednesday, November 11th 2009 - 10:29 UTC
Fighting to get Atlantic albatrosses off the hook

As scientists gather in Recife, Brazil, to agree on quotas for the Atlantic and Mediterranean stocks of tuna and swordfish in the latest round of fisheries talks, the RSPB (Royal Society for the Protection of Birds) and BirdLife International are reminding delegates that at least 37 species of seabirds are at risk from these fisheries.
Wednesday, November 11th 2009 - 04:26 UTC
UK proposal turns south of South Orkney Islands a Marine Protected Area

The British Government announced on Tuesday an ambitious plan at enhancing environmental protection of the world’s oceans and the Antarctic and including the designation of the world first “high seas” marine protected area south of the South Orkney Islands (once a Falklands dependency).
Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 12:08 UTC
Extraordinary OAS meeting to consider the Honduran situation

The Organization of American States Permanent Council will hold an extraordinary meeting Tuesday to assess the situation in Honduras following the interruption of the process agreed by both sides to end the several months political crisis.