Stories for 2009

Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 12:00 UTC
On Berlin Wall Fall anniversary world leaders pledge to battle injustice

World leaders marking the 20th anniversary of the Berlin Wall's fall have said the battle against injustice around the world must continue. German Chancellor Angela Merkel was joined at the Brandenburg Gate by UK PM Gordon Brown, France's Nicolas Sarkozy and top US diplomat Hillary Clinton.
They warned human rights were still under threat for millions of people.
Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 11:53 UTC
Mrs. Kirchner blames opposition and the press for social unrest feeling

In the midst of growing social unrest which has taken to the streets of Buenos Aires to protest, Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said Monday that she believes in order, in organization, but not through repression.
Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 11:50 UTC
Argentine Church concerned with “social tension and coexistence problems”

The Argentine Catholic Church showed their “great concern” on “the social tension and coexistence problems” in the country and demanded “consensus and dialogue” during the opening of this year's last plenary of Bishops at Pilar district, Buenos Aires province.
Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 11:47 UTC
Welsh couple and syndicate from Liverpool hit £ 90 million jackpot

The winning ticket holders of the United Kingdom's largest-ever lottery prize are a married couple from Newport, in south Wales, and a syndicate from Liverpool. The two tickets will take a £45,570,835.50 share of Friday's £90m (100 million Euros) Euro-millions jackpot.
Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 11:37 UTC
Phytoplankton flourishes in Antarctic open areas of water where ice retreated

Large blooms of tiny marine plants called phytoplankton are flourishing in areas of open water left exposed by the recent and rapid melting of ice shelves and glaciers around the Antarctic Peninsula.
Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 08:41 UTC
Colombia will appeal to UN and OAS following Chavez war threats

Colombia said on Sunday it will appeal to the United Nations Security Council and the Organization of American States after President Hugo Chavez from neighbouring Venezuela ordered his army to prepare for war in order to assure peace.
Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 08:40 UTC
Pope Benedict invites divided Anglicans back to the Catholic Church

The Vatican has offered to allow conservative Anglican clergy to join a special section of the Catholic Church. They would be able to retain the Anglican liturgy and a married priesthood.
Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 08:29 UTC
“The main credit for the fall of the Berlin Wall belongs to Pope John Paul II”

The main honour and credit for the fall of the Berlin Wall belongs to Pope John Paul II and it is wrong to say it was the work of former Soviet president Mijail Gorbachev said the historic leader of Poland’s Solidarity movement and later head of state Lech Walesa
Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 08:23 UTC
New UK energy plan anticipates 40% nuclear power by 2025

A huge expansion of nuclear power was signalled Monday by the British Government as it named 10 sites where new power stations could be built. The first is set to be operational by 2018 and, by 2025 nuclear electricity generation could amount to around 40% of new energy provision.
Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 08:17 UTC
Rio do Janeiro: police “wild west tactics” behind 10.000 death toll in 12 years

An independent study in Brazil suggests that the soaring number of police killings of suspected criminals in Rio do Janeiro's war on drugs is linked to bonuses now paid to “courageous” police officers, according to a newspaper report Monday.