Stories for September 2011

Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 21:17 UTC
Decisive day for striking students and Chile’s class oriented education system

Thursday’s march by Chilean striking students and their supporters may signal an end to an unprecedented four months of student unrest – if the number of demonstrators proves to be small.
Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 20:24 UTC
SABMiller takes over Australia’s leading brewer Foster’s Group fro 10.2bn

Australian beer giant Foster's has accepted an improved takeover worth 9.9 billion Aus dollars (10.2bn US dollars) from British-based brewer SABMiller, the pair announced on Wednesday.
Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 11:24 UTC
Bowhead whales from Greenland and Alaska mingle along the Arctic passage

Bowhead whales, the giants of the Arctic, are using the Northwest Passage to move across the top of the Americas. Skeletons, DNA samples and harpoon heads have all suggested that bowhead populations living on each side of the continent did meet and mingle.
Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 08:43 UTC
Obama tells Palestinians UN is not a short cut to negotiations with Israel

US President Barack Obama told the United Nations that the Palestinians deserved a state of their own, but that this would only be achieved through talks with Israel.
Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 08:36 UTC
IMF will use private and provincial data to gauge Argentine economy

The International Monetary Fund will use estimates from the private sector and provincial governments to measure economic growth and inflation in Argentina, underscoring the IMF distrust of official data.
Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 08:31 UTC
UN launches all-out attack on non-communicable diseases such as diabetes and cancer

The United Nations launched on Monday an all-out attack on non-communicable diseases (NCDs) such as cancer and diabetes with a summit meeting devoted to curbing the factors, like tobacco and alcohol use, behind the often preventable scourge that causes 63% of all deaths.
Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 08:27 UTC
Petrobras confirms ultra-deep water Sergipe-Alagoas oil and gas province

Brazilian major oil corporation Petrobras has discovered oil and natural gas accumulations in the ultra-deepwater of the Sergipe-Alagoas Basin offshore northeast Brazil.
Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 08:21 UTC
Fifteen “Pirates” bring fresh air to Berlin and humiliate Merkel’s coalition

Last Sunday outside of Germany and probably Eastern Europe the feat was ‘uneventful’, but the Pirate party ‘captured’ 15 seats in Berlin’s state assembly with 8.5% of the votes humiliating major parties such as the Free Democrats and landing Chancellor Angela Merkel yet another political setback.
Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 08:11 UTC
CFK agrees to visit Chile after October 23 presidential election

Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner was invited to visit Chile during a meeting she held in New York City with her Chilean counterpart Sebastián Piñera on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly.
Thursday, September 22nd 2011 - 08:04 UTC
Air transport industry profits improving but still ‘exceptionally low”, says IATA

IATA, (International Air Transport Association) announced an upgrading of its industry profit expectations to 6.9 billion dollars, up from 4 billion projected in June. IATA emphasized that, despite the improvements, profitability at these levels is still exceptionally weak (1.2% net margin) considering the industry’s total revenues of 594 billion dollars.