Stories for September 19th 2011

Monday, September 19th 2011 - 16:41 UTC
Brazil reiterates it will defend recognition of a Palestinian state at the UN

Brazil will ‘defend’ the recognition of a Palestinian state during the coming United Nations General Assembly discussions, said President Dilma Rousseff’s international affairs advisor Marco Aurelio García.
Monday, September 19th 2011 - 16:31 UTC
IMF/EU/ECB tell Greece to shrink public sector, otherwise expect no check

International lenders told Greece it must shrink its public sector and improve tax collection to avoid default within weeks as investors spooked by political setbacks in Europe dumped risky Euro zone assets.
Monday, September 19th 2011 - 14:17 UTC
Brazil’s meatpacker Marfrig sells Keystone logistics arm for 400m dollars

After a string of takeovers in recent years, Brazilian meatpacker Marfrig Alimentos SA said on Sunday it reached a deal to sell the logistics arm acquired when it bought US distributor Keystone Foods.
Monday, September 19th 2011 - 06:52 UTC
Brazilian president first woman to open round of UN General Assembly speeches

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff will become on Wednesday the first woman ever to open the round of speeches marking the beginning of the United Nations General Assembly, according to Brazilian sources.
Monday, September 19th 2011 - 06:48 UTC
UK to ensure Overseas Territories’ constitutional arrangements are “effectively working”

As a decade of British Overseas Territories’ constitutional revision is coming to a close the UK policy strategy is to ensure that constitutional arrangements are effectively working to be best interests of OT and the UK, announced Foreign Secretary William Hague this past week before the House of Commons.
Monday, September 19th 2011 - 06:43 UTC
Argentina is back in the international arena “with participation and leadership”

United Nations Argentine ambassador Jorge Argüello said that the isolation chapter is over, “Argentina is back in the international arena displaying participation and leadership”, something that will be clearly exposed by President Cristina Fernandez when she addresses the UN assembly this week.
Monday, September 19th 2011 - 06:41 UTC
CFK will demand Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty negotiations before UN assembly

Argentine president Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner will be addressing the United Nations General Assembly next Wednesday when she is expected to renew sovereignty claims on the Falklands/Malvinas Islands and make strong statements regarding the dispute with Iran.
Monday, September 19th 2011 - 06:37 UTC
Strauss-Kahn resigns to politics; gives account of his “moral failing”

Dominique Strauss-Kahn admitted on Sunday his sexual encounter with a New York hotel maid constituted a “moral failing” toward his wife, his children and the French people, in his first public comments since an attempted-rape case led him to resign as International Monetary Fund chief and effectively annihilated his chances of becoming France's president next year.
Monday, September 19th 2011 - 06:34 UTC
Obama to propose a “Buffett Tax” on people making over a million dollars

US President Barack Obama, will propose a 'Buffett Tax' on people making more than US$1 million a year as part of his deficit recommendations to Congress on Monday.
Monday, September 19th 2011 - 06:31 UTC
Greece hangs from the cliff while EU leaders can’t agree on rescue or default

Greece’s ability to avoid default hangs in the balance this week as international monitors get set to assess whether Prime Minister George Papandreou can meet the conditions of rescue loans.