Stories for 2009

Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Royal Navy confirms nuclear armed subs mid Atlantic collision

The Royal Navy has confirmed that a British nuclear submarine collided with a French one in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The crash between HMS Vanguard and France's Le Triomphant - both carrying atomic weapons - is believed to have occurred on February 3 or 4.
Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Bolivarian leader Chavez day-after financial challenges

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez's overwhelming victory in Sunday's referendum which enables him to run again in 2012, and successively to ensure the mounting of the Bolivarian Socialist revolution, is bound to experience the day-after hang over given the country's economy dependence on oil.
Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
UK-Argentina relation “quite good” but for the Falklands

Relations between Britain and Argentina are “quite good” with the sole exception of the issue that is always on the table, the Falkland Islands, said Lord Mark Malloch-Brown who last week visited Buenos Aires for a few hours to coordinate the coming G-20 summit to be held in London, early April, hosted by PM Gordon Brown.
Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Chile with World Bank support turns to wind energy

The World Bank Group is sponsoring with 61.5 million US dollars the construction of the first wind farm in Chile, advancing the development of renewable energy in Chile.
Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Dr. Martin Collins named South Georgia Director of Fisheries

The Government of South Georgia announced Monday that Dr Martin Collins has been appointed as the new Senior Executive Officer and Director of Fisheries in succession to Harriet Hall. Dr Collins will take up his appointment in May.
Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
UN enthusiastic about greening funds in stimulus plans

Investing one-third of the roughly 2.5 trillion US dollars planned stimulus funds in “greening” the global economy will give a large boost to efforts to lift the world out of recession, according to a new United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) released Monday.
Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
UK financial watchdog admits “risk assessment” errors

The head of Britain's Financial Services Authority (FSA) has admitted that the watchdog did not focus enough on the excessive risks being taken by banks.
Monday, February 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Argentine fisheries exports totalled 550.000 tons in 2008

Argentina's fisheries exports in 2008 reached 550.000 tons valued 1.172 billion US dollars, which represents an increase both in volume and value (2% and 11% respectively) over the previous year according to the latest statistics released by Senasa, the country's food quality control office.
Sunday, February 15th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Argentine torture centre turned into human rights bastion

The grounds of the largest clandestine detention and torture centre in Buenos Aires during Argentina's “dirty war” crackdown on dissent are now a United Nations human rights centre.
Sunday, February 15th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Ecuador defers (”illegitimate) bonds' interest payments

Ecuador won't pay bondholders 135 million US dollars in interest while it decides whether to default on a significant percentage of its foreign debt, deemed “illegitimate” by in audit, said on Saturday Finance minister Maria Elisa Viteri.