Stories for 2009

Sunday, January 18th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Bird strike confirmed in US Airways crash

It has been confirmed that a collision with a flock of birds caused a US airliner to lose power and ditch in a New York river just after take-off.
Sunday, January 18th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
US President-elect Obama: 'Anything is possible in America'

US President-elect Barack Obama has told a huge crowd of supporters at a pre-inauguration rally in Washington that “anything is possible in America”.
Saturday, January 17th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Argentine unions: supermarkets index for wage increases

The head of Argentina's powerful General Labour Confederation, Hugo Moyano said this week that when collective wage bargaining opens unions will seek salary hikes higher than the official inflation rate of 7.2% announced by the state-run INDEC statistics office.
Saturday, January 17th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Spain's Repsol announces oil discovery offshore Brazil

Spanish oil company Repsol anounced this week the discovery of “traces” of hydrocarbons at a deepwater well being drilled off the Brazilian coast. In an official statement Repsol said the well was completed in Block BM-S-48, located in the Santos Basin off the coast of the south-eastern state of Sao Paulo.
Saturday, January 17th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Lula da Silva tells Obama: beware of the “government machine”

Brazil's president Lula da Silva said on Friday he would like to talk with US president elect Barack Obama before the “government machine” gets hold of him and expected the incoming leader “would change his vision on Latinamerica and acknowledge the advance of regional democracy”.
Saturday, January 17th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Growing controversy over the future of HMS Endurance

The Royal Navy has revealed it is arranging for HMS Endurance to be towed back to Portsmouth on a barge. The ice patrol vessel has been out of action since it suffered a major flood on December 16, and is currently berthed in the Falkland Islands, reports the Portsmouth press.
Saturday, January 17th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Amnesic Kirchner denies having ever supported pickets

Former president Nestor Kirchner joined the long list of Argentine officials which have lately called publicly for an end to the pickets on an international bridge leading to neighbouring Uruguay.
Friday, January 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
New York plane crash: 'Miracle on the Hudson'

A US Airways aircraft has crashed into the Hudson River in New York after a flock of birds apparently disabled both its engines. More than 150 passengers and crew members were rescued before the plane sank into freezing waters.
Friday, January 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News Update

Headlines: Vendée Globe competitors pass by on last long leg of the race; Founder of Desire Petroleum loses fight with illness; Moto-X to make a comeback.
Friday, January 16th 2009 - 20:00 UTC
Falklands readies opening of veteran's Liberty Lodge

THE Falkland Islands community is pulling together to keep on schedule the opening of a lodge for visiting British '82 war veterans.