Stories for 2010

Wednesday, March 17th 2010 - 22:37 UTC
China forecasted to grow 9.5%; inflation and real estate bubble real threats

The World Bank raised its China growth forecast this year to 9.5% from 9% but said Beijing needs to cool inflation and possible bubbles in real estate prices.
Wednesday, March 17th 2010 - 22:32 UTC
Germany favours exclusion of Euro-zone members to avert a currency crisis

Germany's Chancellor Angela Merkel says she wants the Euro-zone to be able to exclude one of its members in future if that is necessary to avert a crisis. Mrs Merkel told the German Bundestag (parliament) that existing EU rules were not strong enough to deal with the current crisis triggered by Greece.
Wednesday, March 17th 2010 - 22:30 UTC
Facebook beats Google as the most visited website in the US

Facebook has beaten Google to become the most visited website in the US for the first time. The social networking website knocked the search engine off the top spot for the week ending March 13, according to industry analysts Experian Hitwise.
Wednesday, March 17th 2010 - 22:27 UTC
Amnesty calls on Cuban authorities to release dissidents “unfairly detained”

Amnesty International Wednesday called on the Cuban authorities to release all dissidents “unfairly detained” and to revoke laws restricting freedom of expression and the right to free assembly and association.
Wednesday, March 17th 2010 - 12:41 UTC
New General Manager at Falkland Islands Tourist Board

New Zealander Paul Trowell has been appointed as the new General Manager of the Falkland Islands Tourist Board and will take up his duties on 5 April 2010.
Wednesday, March 17th 2010 - 06:42 UTC
St. Patrick's Day Facts: Shamrocks, Snakes, and a Saint

On St. Patrick's Day—Wednesday, March 17—millions of people will don green and celebrate the Irish with parades, good cheer, and perhaps a pint of beer. But few St. Patrick's Day revelers have a clue about St. Patrick, the man, according to the author of St. Patrick of Ireland: A Biography.
Wednesday, March 17th 2010 - 06:40 UTC
Kirchner administration is “made out of words and scandals” like a soap opera

Former Argentine president Eduardo Duhalde compared President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner's administration with “soap operas and afternoon TV shows,” making a strong reference to celebrities' disputes in order to gain TV air and their resemblance with politicians.
Wednesday, March 17th 2010 - 06:09 UTC
First Russian head of state visit to Argentina next month

Russian President Dmitry Medvedev will travel to Argentina on April 14 and 15, the first official visit by a Russian head of state in 125 years of bilateral relations, the Argentine Foreign Ministry said Tuesday.
Wednesday, March 17th 2010 - 06:05 UTC
Chinese savers consider current inflation as “unacceptable”

More than one in two Chinese savers regard the current inflation rate as unacceptable, according to a central bank survey that is likely to fan official concern about deteriorating inflation expectations.
Wednesday, March 17th 2010 - 00:50 UTC
“Shrimp surprise” for NASA 200 metres below Antarctica ice

At nearly 200 meters below the ice, there is no light, the temperature is way below zero degrees, and scientists were expecting to find nothing more than a handful of microbes - and for good reason. So it’s easy to understand why they were so surprised to find not a single (evolved) life form, but actually two such creatures.