Stories for 2010

Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 15:54 UTC
Royal Navy: HMS Gloucester snub will not affect good relationship with Uruguay

The Royal Navy is “disappointed” with Uruguay's treatment of a warship heading to the Falkland Islands, but the incident will not affect “the good defence relationship with the Uruguayans, writes Michael Powell The News from Portsmouth Defence correspondent.
Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 15:08 UTC
Book reveals MI6 helped prevent communist revolution in Brazil in 1935

The most detailed and authoritative history of the first forty years (1909-1949) of the British Secret Intelligence Service, MI6, was released this week by the London publishers, Bloomsbury and in the USA by Penguin.
Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 07:46 UTC
Lula da Silva again furious with the press for exposing government corruption

Brazilian president Lula da Silva again attached the media on Tuesday claiming that freedom of expression does not imply “inventing stories and news”. He added that the media instead of helping public opinion preach “hatred” and are only interested in “failures of his government”.
Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 07:42 UTC
Argentine files complaint against the country’s two largest newspapers

The Argentine government filed on Tuesday a formal complaint against the heads of the country's two biggest newspapers of complicity with a former military regime in crimes against humanity.
Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 07:39 UTC
Brazil’s central bank buys 5.9 billion USD to contain revaluation of the Real

Brazilian central bank President Henrique Meirelles stepped up dollar purchases to the highest in almost a year this month in a bid to temper gains in the Real.
Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 07:35 UTC
Fed anticipates modest US growth and is prepared to provide further support

Admitting that employment and output recovery has slowed down in recent months, the US Federal Reserve said on Tuesday that it is prepared to provide additional accommodation if needed to support the economic recovery and to return inflation, over time, to levels consistent with its mandate.
Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 07:32 UTC
US behind Brazil, China and India as preferred place to invest, says Bloomberg

The United States has fallen behind emerging markets Brazil, China and India as the preferred place to invest, according to a survey from Bloomberg. The US ranked first three months ago in the last quarterly Bloomberg Global Poll.
Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 07:29 UTC
Argentina’s most populous province ready to return to international bond market

Argentina’s most populous province is preparing a return to international bond markets to benefit from the lowest borrowing costs in two years. Buenos Aires province hired Bank of America and Deutsche Bank AG to arrange investor meetings in Europe and the US as it plans to sell 500 million US dollars in debt.
Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 07:26 UTC
Eurofighter Typhoon ejection seats modified following a fatal accident

Britain's Royal Air Force has modified the ejection seat harnesses on its Eurofighter Typhoon combat aircraft following a fatal accident in Spain, the Ministry of Defense said Monday.
Wednesday, September 22nd 2010 - 07:22 UTC
Gibraltar apologizes to Madrid for illegal police search in Spain

The Gibraltar Government made public an apology to Spain at the weekend after a Madrid newspaper revealed that two Gibraltar policemen illegally searched a house in Alcaidesa and seized evidence without first informing the Spanish authorities.