Stories for 2010

Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 00:51 UTC
President Lula da Silva admits he would consider running again in 2014

Brazil’s president Lula da Silva confirmed he is seriously considering running again in 2014 when Brazil will be hosting the World Football Cup. The Brazilian president made the announcement during an interview with Bandeirantes television.
Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 00:47 UTC
Venezuela’s Chavez the less convincing leader for Paraguayan ‘twitters’

A “twitter” opinion poll organized by Paraguay’s main daily newspaper ABC Color to evaluate which Latinamerican presidents are most rejected or less convincing delivered several predictable results but also some surprises.
Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 00:43 UTC
Wales will have the largest offshore wind farms in the world

Construction work will begin next year on one of the largest offshore wind farms in the world, an energy firm has announced. The £2 billion Gwynt y Mor wind farm will have 160 wind turbines around 10 miles off the north Wales coast near Colwyn Bay and Llandudno.
Saturday, June 5th 2010 - 00:41 UTC
Cuba among the most flagrant human rights abusers, says Freedom House

Freedom House released on Thursday ‘Worst of the Worst 2010: The World’s Most Repressive Societies’, its annual report identifying the world’s most flagrant human rights abusers. at a side panel during the 14th session of the UN Human Rights Council.
Friday, June 4th 2010 - 22:44 UTC
Soy consumption could help with prostate cancer and baldness, say scientists

Scientists have claimed that eating soy could help prevent men from developing prostate cancer and from going bald. US researchers found a molecule produced in the intestine when soy is digested stops a hormone which can fuel prostate growth or cause baldness.
Friday, June 4th 2010 - 19:02 UTC
Falklands’ thick fog forces two RAF Typhoons and tanker to land in Punta Arenas

Two Royal Air Force Euro Typhoon fighters and their Vickers VC10 refuelling tanker had to land Wednesday afternoon in Punta Arenas, extreme south of Chile, because of adverse weather conditions in the Falkland Islands Mount Pleasant Airport.
Friday, June 4th 2010 - 06:52 UTC
Rockhopper has confirmed the first Contingent Oil Resource in the Falklands.

Sam Moody, Managing Director, commented:”Our analysis of the data from the Sea Lion well suggests that there is significant potential upside on our acreage and our technical effort will now focus on integrating all of our new knowledge of the basin so we can understand and identify the best prospects for future drilling.”
Friday, June 4th 2010 - 05:11 UTC
Mounting pressure in Argentina for Justice to order removal of pickets

Pressure is mounting in Argentina for pickets blocking an international bridge leading to Uruguay to be ordered removed by a court order, following Wednesday’ presidential summit when Uruguay’s Jose Mujica and Argentina’s Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner agreed on a joint agenda of pending issues.
Friday, June 4th 2010 - 05:07 UTC
G-20 challenge: how to reduce deficits and not kill incipient economic recovery

Disagreements over how quickly to reduce inflated budget deficits and restore balance to the global economy risk will be one of the main issues to be addressed at the high-level Group of 20 talks this week in South Korea.
Friday, June 4th 2010 - 05:05 UTC
Bernanke raises concern over persistent high unemployment

Lending to small businesses inn the United States is declining, thus making it more difficult to come to grips with the persistent problem of high unemployment, admitted Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke.