Stories for May 2011

Monday, May 9th 2011 - 05:57 UTC
Second body recovered from Air France mid Atlantic wreckage

French police said a second body has been removed from the underwater wreckage of the Air France flight that crashed into the Atlantic Ocean nearly two years ago. A remote-controlled submarine raised a body that was still strapped into an airline seat some 3,900 metres to the water's surface Friday.
Monday, May 9th 2011 - 05:52 UTC
‘Informal’ talks with Spain to address Bay of Gibraltar incidents and Trilateral Forum

Gibraltar’s Chief Minister met ‘informally’ with President Rodriguez Zapatero’s top Moncloa official Bernardino Leon to seek ways of getting the tripartite (UK, Spain, Gibraltar) process back on its feet.
Monday, May 9th 2011 - 05:48 UTC
Argentina’s ‘Blond Death Angel’ faces life imprisonment for kidnapping and torture

A government lawyer called Friday for a life sentence for former Argentine naval officer Alfredo Astiz for crimes including the murder of two French nuns during the 1976-1983 dictatorship.
Monday, May 9th 2011 - 01:03 UTC
Buenos Aires mayor drops out from October presidential race

Mauricio Macri the conservative mayor of Buenos Aires City and one of the leading contenders for next October’s presidential election decided over the weekend not to challenge populist President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner and instead will seek re-election to his post.
Monday, May 9th 2011 - 00:56 UTC
Landslide SNP victory: London will not block referendum on Scottish independence

UK government will not move to block a referendum on Scottish independence, the Secretary of State for Scotland Liberal Democrat MP Michael Moore has said adding constitutional questions raised about the rights or wrongs of holding a vote would not be raised.
Monday, May 9th 2011 - 00:53 UTC
Two-day strategic and economic dialogue between US and China

Top US and Chinese officials will be meeting for two days in Washington, starting this Monday. The heads of 16 US government agencies and representatives from 20 Chinese government departments will discuss the most difficult issues in a complex, interdependent relationship.
Monday, May 9th 2011 - 00:47 UTC
Ecuador’s Correa wins referendum to tighten grip on the Judiciary and the press

Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa claimed victory in a referendum on government and social reforms that critics have charged is a disguised attempt to consolidate more power in a still fragile democracy.
Saturday, May 7th 2011 - 04:52 UTC
Lack of serious opposition ensures Cristina Fernandez re-election next October

With less than six months to the October election President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner leads comfortably, with no serious opposition on site, and with a public opinion support of 56%, similar to when she first took office in December 2007.
Saturday, May 7th 2011 - 04:51 UTC
Burton’s MP travels to Falklands to experience life with British armed forces

Burton’s Member of Parliament Andrew Griffiths is flying to the Falkland Islands to experience life there with the British armed forces, reports Burton Mail. MP Griffiths will travel to the South Atlantic with the RAF under the All Parliamentary Armed Services Scheme, ‘a mini- Territorial Army for MPs’.
Saturday, May 7th 2011 - 04:50 UTC
Soybean and by products represent 25% of Argentine exports

Argentine overseas sales of soybeans and by products reached 17.3 billion US dollars in 2010, equivalent to 25.4% of total exports, according to the latest report from the country’s statistics office INDEC. In 2009 the soy complex exports represented 23.3%.