Stories for September 2011

Monday, September 19th 2011 - 21:30 UTC
UNESCO drafts action plan to improve journalists’ safety and punish instigators

Participants at a UN forum that met in Paris have drafted an action plan to improve the safety of journalists and ensure that crimes committed against them do not go unpunished.
Monday, September 19th 2011 - 21:20 UTC
EU and US debt crises contagion threatens developing world investor confidence

The head of the World Bank on Monday said a drop in investor confidence was already feeding through to developing nations from a growing debt crisis in advanced economies and urged “cooperative action.”
Monday, September 19th 2011 - 21:17 UTC
Times Atlas triggers controversy on the rate of Greenland’s ice loss

The Times Atlas of the World exaggerated the rate of Greenland's ice loss in its thirteenth edition last week, scientists said on Monday.
Monday, September 19th 2011 - 20:57 UTC
Another Falklands company ‘on schedule’ to drill for oil in the next six months

Falkland Islands exploration company Argos Resources released Monday morning interim results and CEO Ian Thomson told investors that the group is on schedule to be ‘drill ready’ in late 2011/early 2012 to begin off-shore exploration activities in the South Atlantic British Territory.
Monday, September 19th 2011 - 20:52 UTC
Chile and Argentine armies complete survival and SAR exercise in Antarctica

Following on eleven days of activities including search and rescue operations and survival in Antarctic territory, Chilean and Argentine army patrols ended on Sunday the “SAR Land 2011” exercise in the framework of the Argentine-Chilean combined Antarctic rescue patrol program, Paracach.
Monday, September 19th 2011 - 20:36 UTC
Foreign Office to meet Rockhopper investors over Falklands oil plans

Britain will meet shareholders from explorer Rockhopper to discuss the Falkland Islands and the location for the company's proposed 2 billion dollars oil project based on recent discovery estimates.
Monday, September 19th 2011 - 16:49 UTC
Close ally of CFK re-elected by a landslide: “Cristina this triumph is also yours”

Jorge Capitanich, governor of the northern province of Chaco and a close ally of Argentine President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner was re-elected Sunday by a landslide difference of 30 points over his runner up.
Monday, September 19th 2011 - 16:46 UTC
Paraguay confirms FMD outbreak, reports case to OIE; beef exports banned

Paraguay sanitary authorities confirmed an outbreak of foot and mouth disease which means the immediate suspension of all beef exports for at least two months and the sanitary rifle for 800 head of cattle.
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.