Stories for June 2011

Wednesday, June 22nd 2011 - 00:44 UTC
Cristina Fernandez announces re-election bid: “I always knew what I had to do”

Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner announced Tuesday evening she will be seeking re-election in the next October presidential elections. “I always knew what I had to do but I decided to wait until today to announce it” she said.
Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 21:35 UTC
Luxembourg has highest EU GDP per capita; 6.5 times Bulgaria

Luxembourg is by far the richest country in the European Union in terms of GDP per capita, more than six times more affluent than the 27-nation bloc's poorest member Bulgaria, data showed.
Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 21:28 UTC
Young emperor penguin turns up on a New Zealand beach

A young emperor penguin, normally found in the Antarctic, has turned up on a New Zealand beach. It is a rare event, the first confirmed sighting of an Emperor penguin in New Zealand in 44 years.
Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 20:24 UTC
Ban Ki-moon appointed to a second term as Secretary General

The United Nations General Assembly agreed Tuesday to appoint Ban Ki-moon to a second consecutive term as the Secretary-General of the 192-member Organization.
Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 19:27 UTC
Falklands publicly invites Decolonization Committee president to visit the Islands

Falklands’ representative publicly invited the president of the UN Decolonization Committee to see for himself the reality of the self-sufficient and self-governing Islands, and called on C24 to recognize “the primacy of our right to self determination above anything and everything else”.
Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 17:44 UTC
Argentina reaffirms Malvinas sovereignty rights; invites UK to “good faith” negotiations

Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman addressing the United Nations Decolonisation Committee reiterated Argentina’s “unrenounceable and imprescriptible” sovereignty rights over the Malvinas Islands and extended a “formal invitation” to the British government “to sit to a table and resume, in good faith, negotiations” to solve the long standing dispute.
Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 16:49 UTC
Bolivia legalizes 76.000 cars smuggled or stolen from neighbouring countries

Owners of 70.000 cars that were smuggled into Bolivia, most of them stolen in neighbouring countries have presented their cases in the Customs office taking advantage of an amnesty to legalize their situation decreed by the administration of President Evo Morales.
Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 16:04 UTC
Chile’s volcanic ash cloud again visits Australasia forcing grounding of air traffic

A volcanic ash cloud, which originated in Chile on 4 June and has caused significant disruption to air travel around Australia and New Zealand since 12 June returned on Tuesday to Australasia forcing further cancellations for at the least the next 48 hours.
Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 15:37 UTC
Falklands calls on C24 “to open its mind” and support Islanders desire to determine their future

The Falkland Islands called on the UN Decolonization Committee to open its mind to both sides of the sovereignty dispute with Argentina, underlining “legitimate sovereignty is a self-determined desire to live under a government of one’s own choice”.
Tuesday, June 21st 2011 - 07:52 UTC
Andean Aymará people celebrate the coming of New Year 5519

Accompanied by Andean highlands rituals in the citadel of Tiwanacu, to the north of Bolivia’s capital La Paz the indigenous Aymará will celebrate on Tuesday the coming of the Aymará New Year, 5519.