Stories for April 13th 2011

Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 05:28 UTC
Cristina suffers hypotension and suspends all official activities for 24 hours

Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was forced to suspend all of her official activities for the next 24 hours after suffering from low blood pressure in the Olivos presidential residence. She is expected to remain there under observation until Wednesday.
Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 05:11 UTC
US trade deficit shrank in February but with overall trade falling

The US trade deficit shrank in February as imports fell more than exports, according to a government report that suggested a slowdown in global demand. The monthly trade gap totalled 45.8 billion US dollars, down from an upwardly revised estimate of 47 billion in January.
Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 05:06 UTC
Arms sales down in Chile but the wealthy guard their homes with guns

The number of gun owners has decreased over the past year in Chile from 5.3% to 4.9%. Yet one economic sector—the wealthiest Chileans from the socioeconomic level ABC1—continue to buy firearms at an escalating rate.
Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 04:44 UTC
Turkey slams Argentine Judge ruling blaming Ottomans for Armenian genocide

Turkey has slammed an Argentine judge's ruling that it committed genocide against Armenians around the time of World War I. The Turkish Foreign Affairs Ministry said the ruling was an example of how legal systems are abused by extreme nationalists belonging to the Armenian Diaspora.
Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 04:42 UTC
Chinook chopper losses in Scotland and Falklands cast doubt on their safety

UK Defence chiefs cast doubt over the safety of Chinook helicopters two years before 29 people were killed in the crash off the coast of Scotland. A previous incident in the Falkland Islands dating back to 1987 with the loss of another Chinook was also included in the investigation.
Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 04:30 UTC
China and Brazil agree to further expand their strategic partnership

China and Brazil on Tuesday clinched a host of government agreements and economic deals in Beijing to enhance their strategic partnership as Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff paid her first state visit to China.
Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 04:07 UTC
John Perkins latest book, the challenge of a blueprint for a new global economics

By David Michaels (*) “Hoodwink” is John Perkins latest book and a blueprint for a new form of global economics, far from predatory capitalism that must put an end to the old formula of “the few benefiting at the expense of the many”.
Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 00:34 UTC
IMF says much more can be done to rein in fiscal deficits and debts

The outlook for government debts and deficits in 2011 is a mixed bag, with most advanced economies reining in fiscal deficits, but not fast enough to keep their debt from rising. Fiscal balances are improving in most emerging economies, and some could do more as they experience a windfall from high commodity prices and strong capital flows.
Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 00:30 UTC
Paraguay admits that the dengue epidemic is the most severe in a decade

Paraguay’s Minister of Public Health Esperanza Martinez acknowledged on Tuesday that the current mosquito transmitted dengue epidemic is far more severe than that of 2007, considered the worst in recent times, and claimed she has had limited support from city councils
Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 00:24 UTC
Chile with some of the worst social indicators among the 34 OECD members

Chile has some of the worst social indicators of the 34 countries that make up the Paris based Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development, according to the latest releases from the group.