Stories for November 4th 2011

Friday, November 4th 2011 - 00:50 UTC
Russia to resume beef purchases from Paraguay

Russia has decided to resume purchases of Paraguayan beef and derivates following the foot and mouth disease, FMD, episode detected in an only farm last September and which according to Paraguayan sanitary officials was caused by a ‘human error’.
Friday, November 4th 2011 - 00:48 UTC
California riot police clash with anti-Wall Street protestors: 60 arrests

Police in riot gear clashed with protesters in Oakland, California Thursday, firing tear gas to disperse demonstrators lingering in the streets after a day of mostly peaceful rallies against economic inequality and police brutality.
Friday, November 4th 2011 - 00:40 UTC
After fifty years Cubans can buy and sell houses

Cubans will be able to buy and sell houses for the first time in more than five decades in a long-awaited reform that legalizes what many have done for years but also restricts how much property they can own, state-run press said on Thursday.
Friday, November 4th 2011 - 00:38 UTC
Spain’s PP wants a return to ‘bilateralism’ in dealing with the Gibraltar dispute

Gibraltar could be heading for stormy days if as opinion polls indicate Spain’s Partido Popular sweeps into power and has plans to resuscitate the ‘bilateral’ Brussels process by opposition to the current ‘trilateral’ talks.
Friday, November 4th 2011 - 00:32 UTC
Gibraltar will be holding a general election December 8

The governor of Gibraltar dissolved parliament on Thursday and called a general election in the contested British territory for December 8. The event will take place almost three weeks after Spain’s general election November 20 when the Conservatives are expected to sweep into office.
Friday, November 4th 2011 - 00:19 UTC
Buenos Aires think-tank says recession probability in Argentina has reached 70%

An Argentine think tank, the Centre of Financial Research, CIF, from the Torcuato Di Tella University School of Business in its latest release shows that Argentina’s probability of entering a recession reached 70%.
Friday, November 4th 2011 - 00:14 UTC
If Greece leaves the Euro, it must also quit the EU, warns Brussels

If Greece decided to leave the Euro, it would also have to quit the European Union, according to the terms of the EU treaties, the European Commission said on Thursday.
Friday, November 4th 2011 - 00:11 UTC
Obama asked to declassify documents on children’s disappearance in Argentina

US Democratic congressman Maurice Hinchey sent a letter to President Obama requesting the declassification of several US intelligence documents, held by the Pentagon, the FBI and the CIA, that contain information related to human rights abuses, specifically the disappearance of children during Argentina's last military regime, which ruled in the country from 1976 to 1983.