Stories for October 2010

Friday, October 1st 2010 - 05:38 UTC
Ecuador president, hostage of mutinous police freed by elite Army forces

Ecuador’s elite forces freed President Rafael Correa late Thursday in a raid on a hospital where police held him captive as part of wage dispute that regional leaders labeled an organized coup attempt.
Friday, October 1st 2010 - 05:13 UTC
Labour market recession ‘worsening’; recovery delayed until 2015

A new report by the research arm of the International Labour Organization (ILO) says a long “labour market recession” is worsening the social outlook in many countries.
Friday, October 1st 2010 - 05:12 UTC
Fossil of giant penguin, double the size of an Emperor, found in Peru

The fossil of a giant penguin that lived 36 million years ago has been discovered in Peru. Scientists say the find shows that key features of the plumage were present quite early on in penguin evolution.
Friday, October 1st 2010 - 05:02 UTC
Argentina grants political asylum to former Chilean guerrilla

Argentina granted political asylum Thursday to a former Chilean guerrilla fighter charged in his country with assassinating a senator and kidnapping a businessman, whose extradition was repeatedly requested by the government of Sebastian Piñera. The decision has the potential to sour bilateral relations.
Friday, October 1st 2010 - 04:56 UTC
Piñera promises actions to weaken the Chilean peso in next year’s budget

Chilean president Sebastian Piñera on Thursday reiterated that next year's budget would aim to ease a rapidly appreciating currency that is hurting the country’s exporters.
Friday, October 1st 2010 - 04:27 UTC
Brazil, a rising power, but beware of excessive triumphalism

Opinion polls indicate that the candidate from the ruling Workers Party Dilma Rousseff, hand picked by Lula da Silva, will win Brazil’s presidency next Sunday. A run off is scheduled for a month later if no candidate gets 50% of the ballot, but in any of the two options Ms Rousseff is forecasted to take office next January first .
Friday, October 1st 2010 - 04:24 UTC
Falklands’ representatives meet with Liberal Democrats leader Nick Clegg

The Falkland Islands were represented at Britain’s Liberal Democrat party conference which was held in Liverpool from Saturday until Monday, (September 17/20). Since the fall of Labour, Britain is ruled by a Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition led by PM David Cameron and Deputy PM Nick Clegg.
Friday, October 1st 2010 - 04:21 UTC
The red London taxi, potent symbol of Falklands’ history goes into retirement

It was one of the most poignant moments of the Falklands War when chauffeur Don Bonner drove Governor Rex Hunt and his wife Mavis from Government House to Stanley Airport, as occupying forces raised the Argentine flag and ousted the Queen’s representative from the Falklands.
Friday, October 1st 2010 - 02:16 UTC
Brazil’s September inflation up 1.15% pushed by food and raw materials prices

Brazil’s broadest measure of inflation rose the fastest since May in September. Construction, consumer and wholesale prices, as measured by the IGP-M index, rose 1.15% this month.
Friday, October 1st 2010 - 02:14 UTC
Post-82 Falklands generations ever more distant from Argentina

The “belligerent” policy of Argentina towards the Falklands/Malvinas Islands has only harvested the antipathy of the young generations of the Islands born since the 1982 conflict said elected Member of the Legislative Assembly Roger Edwards