Stories for March 2010

Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 22:46 UTC
Europe drafts condemnation of Castro brothers regime human rights policy

Cuban dissident on hunger strike to protest against the detention of 26 ailing political prisoners has said he is “ready to die,” a Mexican newspaper has reported. “I am aware that I am in the last days of my life,” Guillermo Fariñas told the Reforma newspaper.
Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 19:30 UTC
Spanish opposition willing to accept advances in Spain/Gibraltar relations

The Mayor of the Spanish town of La Linea, Alejandro Sanchez has declared that relations with Gibraltar and “attaining the maximum level of cross-border understanding and cooperation” should be pursued by an incoming PP (Partido Popular) (conservative) Government in Madrid.
Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 19:24 UTC
China plans to buy 218 commercial aircraft this year

China mainland carriers plan to order as many as 218 commercial aircraft this year in order to cope with an expected surge in demand for air travel in the coming years, state media reported this week.
Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 19:05 UTC
Falklands expose Argentine aggressiveness in the British press

The point of view of Falkland Islanders has been included in two leading newspapers in the UK this week, ensuring that British public opinion is aware of Islanders’ position.
Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 06:38 UTC
US and Brazil not interested in trade war and “ready to negotiate”

Visiting US Commerce Secretary Gary Locke said Tuesday that Washington was seeking talks with Brazil before it imposes retaliatory trade tariffs for US cotton subsidies the WTO ruled as discriminatory.
Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 06:33 UTC
Mrs Kirchner escalates clash with Judiciary, implies censorship from the Court

Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner escalated Tuesday the clash with the Judiciary branch saying that when the magistrates call for “moderation”, the expression seems to rhyme with “censorship” since they don’t realize “the weight they hold”.
Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 06:31 UTC
Hung parliament, likeliest outcome of UK election indicate opinion polls

No political party has enough support to win outright control of parliament in Britain's forthcoming election, raising the prospect of a period of unstable minority government, opinion polls showed.
Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 06:28 UTC
Pro-Kirchner picket leader meets in Iran with fugitive from Argentine law

Argentine pro-government picket leader Luis D'Elía, justified his trip to Iran and his meeting with Mohsen Rabbani, a former Iranian official who is considered to be one of the masterminds in the 1994 deadly terrorist attack of the Buenos Aires AMIA Jewish centre and remains fugitive from the Argentine law.
Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 06:26 UTC
China looks into developing vast resources of “combustible ice”

China's western Qinghai Province, containing major deposits of the country's “combustible ice,” will see increased explorations for this emerging clean energy, Provincial Governor Luo Huining said on Saturday quoted by Xinhua news agency.
Wednesday, March 10th 2010 - 05:49 UTC
Argentina’s YPF imports fuel to meet demand for the first time in 30 years

Argentine-Spanish oil company YPF said on Tuesday that it plans to import 50 million litres of gasoline as demand outstrips supply. Argentina, an oil-producing country where fuel is subject to government price controls, has not imported gasoline in 30 years.