Stories for January 2010

Wednesday, January 27th 2010 - 14:37 UTC
Record world unemployment in 2009: not much better this year, says ILO

The number of jobless worldwide reached nearly 212 million in 2009 following an unprecedented increase of 34 million compared to 2007, on the eve of the global crisis, the International Labour Office (ILO) said in its annual Global Employment Trends report released Tuesday in Geneva.
Wednesday, January 27th 2010 - 14:34 UTC
Beijing drastic decision to cap excessive lending shakes world markets

Asian markets suffered their biggest one-day losses in three months, as fears over planned limits on lending by banks in China unnerved investors already jumpy at proposed curbs on United States banks.
Wednesday, January 27th 2010 - 14:32 UTC
Brazilian ruling coalition fears division among left wing voters

Brazil’ ruling Workers Party presidential hopeful Dilma Rousseff admitted that there was concern over the impact of a divided left ahead for the coming October presidential election, as happened in Chile where the conservative Coalition for Change defeated the ruling Concertacion in office for two decades.
Wednesday, January 27th 2010 - 11:21 UTC
Patagonian ports open to Chinese jiggers if they have no links with Falklands

Argentine Fisheries Under-secretary Norberto Yauhar is sponsoring a fishing cooperation agreement with Beijing that will allow Chinese flagged vessels to enter Argentine ports for provisions, repairs, unloading catches and landing transfers. The only condition is that the Chinese vessels must not have commercial ties with the Falkland Islands government.
Wednesday, January 27th 2010 - 04:13 UTC
Falkland Islands Tourist Board Facebook page reaches 1,600 fans

The official Facebook page for the Falkland Islands has attracted over 1,600 fans in its first five months.
Tuesday, January 26th 2010 - 16:16 UTC
Argentina rejects UK protest and territorial pretensions over the Falklands

Argentina officially rejected Monday the United Kingdom’s protest against a bill which includes as Argentine territory the Falklands/Malvinas islands and other insular territories in the South Atlantic, according to a release in Buenos Aires from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
Tuesday, January 26th 2010 - 13:40 UTC
Buenos Aires real estate market recovering from worst year in a decade

The metropolitan Buenos Aires real estate market closed 2009 as the worst in the last ten years with the number of registered sales below the 2001 level. The good news however is that for the first time since the last quarter of 2008, December registered the first year-on-year advance.
Tuesday, January 26th 2010 - 13:32 UTC
Indian commander celebrates 60th Republic Day in the Falklands

Commander Dilip Donde, the first Indian attempting a solo circumnavigation voyage of the earth, will celebrate on Tuesday India’s 60th Republic Day by unfurling the national flag on his yacht, INSV Mhadei, docked at Port Stanley in the Falklands Islands, nearly 13,000 km from his homeland, according to reports in the Mumbai press
Tuesday, January 26th 2010 - 13:26 UTC
Over five million Brazilians learning Spanish: the goal 41 million

Over five million Brazilians are learning Spanish, according to the latest edition from Spain’s Cervantes Institute, “2009 Memory: Spanish language in the world”. This compares favourably with the one million registered in 2006, and covers the different levels of education in Brazil from primary school to university.
Tuesday, January 26th 2010 - 13:19 UTC
Bill Gates anticipates long recovery from recession and budget must be balanced

The world's richest man Bill Gates said on Monday the US economy could take years to recover from recession and predicted taxes will have to rise to bring the federal budget into balance.