Stories for October 12th 2011

Wednesday, October 12th 2011 - 05:54 UTC
Mapuche Indians mourn the day Columbus set foot in the Americas

More than then thousand people marched in the Chilean capital Santiago in support of the indigenous Mapuche people. The protest marked the 519th anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas, the start of the Spanish conquest.
Wednesday, October 12th 2011 - 05:52 UTC
Football star says Brazil “can’t become a slave of FIFA”

Brazil football star Romario has said FIFA must not be allowed to dictate changes to Brazilian law ahead of the World Cup in 2014. Romario, who is now a congressman, said laws that guarantee half-price tickets to students and pensioners should not be swept away.
Wednesday, October 12th 2011 - 05:51 UTC
Sharp economic predictor selling his firm because it looses money

Roubini Global Economics, the global investment research firm co-founded by doom and gloom economist Nouriel Roubini, is reportedly for sale, according to a report from CNBC.
Wednesday, October 12th 2011 - 05:49 UTC
Protestors from ‘Stop the Machine’ surge into a US Senate building

United States Capitol Hill police arrested six protesters Tuesday who surged into a Senate office building in Washington, chanting slogans for about 15 minutes before officers intervened.
Wednesday, October 12th 2011 - 05:48 UTC
Argentine president suspends activities because of low blood pressure

Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner decided on Tuesday to cancel her attendance to a political rally due to a case of low blood pressure, her spokesman Alfredo Scoccimarro announced.
Wednesday, October 12th 2011 - 05:46 UTC
Putin says Euro zone has sufficient resources and does not need BRIC aid

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said on Tuesday that the crisis-hit Euro zone had enough resources to resolve its own troubles without support from Russia and fellow BRIC countries.
Wednesday, October 12th 2011 - 05:45 UTC
Argentine-Swedish team discovers 49 million-years fossil of fully aquatic whale in Antarctica

The jawbone of an ancient whale found in Antarctica may be the oldest fully aquatic whale yet discovered, Argentine scientists said Tuesday. The discovery took place close to the Argentine Antarctic base of Marambio next to the Weddell Sea.
Wednesday, October 12th 2011 - 05:42 UTC
UK expedition plans to collect water and sediment from Antarctic sub-glacial lake

British engineers will next week set off for Antarctica to prepare the ground for an ambitious exploration project to search for life in an isolated lake three kilometers beneath solid ice, called Lake Ellsworth.