Stories for August 8th 2011

Monday, August 8th 2011 - 20:45 UTC
Chile’s protests for education reform trigger acrimonious political debate

Following one of the most violent marches yet in the citizens’ movement for education reform, Chilean former and current government officials are sounding off against President Sebastián Piñera’s administration and its handling of the ongoing demands for national education reform.
Monday, August 8th 2011 - 20:39 UTC
Youth killed by polar bear is grandson of former Gibraltar governor

Horatio Chapple, 17, an aspiring UK medical student, who was killed last week when a polar bear rampaged into the tent in which he and his friends were sleeping on a glacier in Svalbard, Norway, is Gibraltar’s former Governor Sir John Chapple’s grandson.
Monday, August 8th 2011 - 20:32 UTC
Moody’s repeats downgrade warning by 2013 if US does not cut budget deficit

Ratings agency Moody's repeated a warning Monday it could downgrade the United States before 2013 if the fiscal or economic outlook weakens significantly, but said it saw the potential for a new debt agreement in Washington to cut the budget deficit before then.
Monday, August 8th 2011 - 20:14 UTC
Wildlife remains the biggest attraction for visitors to the Falkland Islands

Wildlife remains the biggest draw for visitors considering a trip to the Falkland Islands according to new results revealed by a poll conducted by the Falkland Islands Tourist Board.
Monday, August 8th 2011 - 20:10 UTC
Colombia forces change strategy and will attack terrorists with small scale units

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos vowed to develop better strategies in the war on the Marxist oriented drugs funded guerrillas who still manage regular small attacks despite being at their weakest in decades.
Monday, August 8th 2011 - 20:06 UTC
Brazil, ‘world’s fifth largest economy’ is ready to face the crisis, says Rousseff

Brazilian President Dilma Rouseff on Monday the country is ready to face the world’s economic crisis and reiterated Brazil’s prognosis as the world’s fifth economy.
Monday, August 8th 2011 - 20:01 UTC
Third night of rioting, looting and clashes with police in several London districts

Youth hurled missiles at police in northeast London on Monday as violence broke out in the British capital for a third night. Protesters threw bottles, rubbish bins and supermarket trolleys at officers, and police with riot shields responded by charging them as they tried to seal off a busy area around Hackney Central station.
Monday, August 8th 2011 - 19:52 UTC
Obama calls for ‘political will’ to address situation; ‘US will always be triple-A’

Stock markets extended their heavy losses on Monday despite US President Barack Obama moving to try to reassure investors. In his first public reaction to Standard & Poor's downgrading the US, President Obama said markets continued to regard US government debt as being the highest possible grade.
Monday, August 8th 2011 - 11:28 UTC
European Central Bank expected to buy Italian and Spanish bonds

The European Central Bank has said it will buy Euro zone bonds, following emergency talks on the debt crisis. ECB did not say which bonds it would buy but analysts expect them to be from Italy and Spain.
Monday, August 8th 2011 - 05:36 UTC
Argentina’s second electoral district elects incumbent candidate for governor

Argentina’s second electoral district voted on Sunday for incumbent candidate, Jose Manuel de la Sota as the next governor of the province of Cordoba.