Stories for August 2011

Monday, August 29th 2011 - 03:35 UTC
Piñera pledges to clarify events surrounding killing of teenager during mass protests

Chilean President Sebastian Piñera pledged Sunday to get to the bottom of the killing of a teen during a mass protest as student leaders agreed to meet with the president on their grievances.
Monday, August 29th 2011 - 03:30 UTC
“Macroeconomics policies must support growth” warns IMF chief Lagarde

The new head of the IMF urged global policymakers to pursue urgent coordinated action, including the mandatory recapitalization of European banks, or risk descent into renewed world recession.
Monday, August 29th 2011 - 03:27 UTC
Five Falklands’ athletes to compete at Commonwealth Youth Games

The Falkland Islands will be represented with five athletes and four officials in the 4th Commonwealth Youth Games begin to be held in the Isle of Man September 8th to 12th 2011. The delegation will be headed by Falkland Islands Overseas Games Association, (FIOGA) chair Mike Summers.
Monday, August 29th 2011 - 02:51 UTC
Third round of chemotherapy for Chavez, but this time in Venezuela

President Hugo Chavez will undergo a third round of chemotherapy for cancer at home in Venezuela beginning Monday, he said, instead of travelling to Cuba where he had two previous rounds of treatment.
Sunday, August 28th 2011 - 09:31 UTC
Hurricane Irene blasts New York

Hurricane Irene tore Sunday into New York, hammering Manhattan's skyscrapers with fierce winds and threatening to flood the financial district after killing at least nine people along the US east coast.
Saturday, August 27th 2011 - 07:35 UTC
New York evacuates 250.000 people in anticipation of hurricane Irene

Authorities in New York City ordered mandatory evacuation of all low-lying areas before Hurricane Irene hits, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Friday. Bloomberg told a press conference that the evacuation - estimated at more than 250,000 people - could begin when shelters open at 4 pm.
Saturday, August 27th 2011 - 07:31 UTC
Argentine president campaigns in farm heartland not so long ago ‘enemy territory’

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner made on Friday a deep incursion into the province of Buenos Aires farmland where she headed the inauguration of a railway line which will reactivate the train service connecting twenty towns in the area.
Saturday, August 27th 2011 - 07:28 UTC
Piñera yields and calls on students and teachers to a round of negotiations

After three months of mass protests that provoked a sharp drop in his popularity, Chilean President Sebastian Piñera agreed Friday to negotiate with students and teachers demanding more state funding for education and profound changes in government.
Saturday, August 27th 2011 - 07:25 UTC
Ex IMF chief is given back passport and can travel a free man

Dominique Strauss-Kahn was given back his passport on Thursday, his legal team said, clearing the way for the former IMF head to travel abroad for the first time since his arrest three months ago on sex crime charges.
Saturday, August 27th 2011 - 07:21 UTC
Mexico demands crackdown on drugs in the US following casino carnage

Mexican President Felipe Calderon declared three days of mourning Friday and demanded a crackdown on drugs in the United States after armed men torched a casino in northern Mexico, killing at least 65 people.