Stories for May 3rd 2010

Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 03:57 UTC
Malaysia Air Force Officers Sue Government Over Missing Jet Engines Found in Uruguay

Five former Royal Malaysia Air Force (RMAF) officers, including a brigadier-general, are suing the Armed Forces Council for wrongful dismissal. They are claiming that they had been wrongfully dismissed after an inquiry held over the two missing RMAF F5E fighter jet engines that were later located in a Uruguayan warehouse, apparently the property of an Argentine company.
Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 03:32 UTC
Aftermath of Ash Cloud: Clogged Airlines Air Conditioning Systems, Warn Experts

Airlines may not have seen the last of the ash cloud crisis, experts said on Sunday. The impact of ash on aircraft air-conditioning systems could be serious, warned aviation lecturer Stephen Wright of Leeds University.
Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 03:22 UTC
Benchmark Fishing Treaty Needs Nine More Ratifications to Become Active

Five more nations have signed the FAO-brokered treaty that once it enters into force will deny access to fishing ports to ships involved in illegal fishing. The new signatories include: Australia (27/04/2010), Gabon (26/04/2010), Peru (3/03/2010), New Zealand (15/12/2009) and the Russian Federation (29/04/2010).
Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 03:09 UTC
Norway Takes Over Aluminium Business and Bauxite Deposits in Brazil

Norway’s Norsk Hydro ASA (OSL: NHY), Europe’s third largest aluminum maker, agreed to buy mining and smelting assets from Vale (NYSE: VALE) in a deal valued at 4.9 billion US dollars, boosting its control over raw materials used in production.
Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 02:48 UTC
Tens of Thousands March Across the US to Protest Arizona’s New Immigration Bill

Tens of thousand of demonstrators marched in over 70 cities across the United States Saturday to protest a new immigration law in the state of Arizona. The law is aimed at those who have entered the country illegally, but critics say it will lead to ethnic profiling of Arizona's Hispanics.
Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 02:24 UTC
Euro Zone and IMF Agree to 110 Billion Euro Aid for Greece; Summit in Brussels

Euro zone members and the IMF have agreed to a 110 billion Euro (146.2 billion US dollars) three-year bailout package to rescue Greece's embattled economy. In return for the loans, Greece will make major austerity cuts which Prime Minister George Papandreou said involved “great sacrifices”.
Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 02:16 UTC
Colombia’s Uribe Warns Nationalizations Lead to “Major Social Defeats”

Colombian president Alvaro Uribe questioned Latin American countries that are moving along the path of nationalization of corporations and warned that erasing private sector investments only anticipates “major social defeats”.
Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 01:51 UTC
FAO Urges Heightened International Surveillance Against Foot and Mouth Disease

FAO urged heightened international surveillance against foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) following three recent incursions in Japan and South Korea.
Monday, May 3rd 2010 - 01:31 UTC
Argentina has “High Expectations” for Mr. Kirchner as UNASUR Chairman

Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo said this weekend that the Argentine government has “high expectations” that former president Nestor Kirchner will be named next Tuesday as secretary general of the Union of South American Nations, UNASUR. In that case the UNASUR headquarters would move from Ecuador to Buenos Aires.