Stories for November 2011

Friday, November 4th 2011 - 08:45 UTC
Obama is right: much to learn from CFK re-election; final vote count 54.11%

Argentine President Cristina Fernández obtained over 54% of votes in the presidential elections, according to the definitive vote count released Thursday by Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo.
Friday, November 4th 2011 - 08:39 UTC
South African group awarded contract to build St Helena international airport

The St Helena Government this week entered into a contract with South Africa’s Basil Read (Pty) Ltd in the amount of £201.5 million for the design and construction of the airport, an additional up to £10 million in shared risk contingency, and £35.1 million for ten years of operation.
Friday, November 4th 2011 - 08:31 UTC
‘Ocean Guardian’ oil rig leaves Falkland Islands waters by March 2012.

The Ocean Guardian oil rig is Falkland Islands waters since February 2010 prepares to leave the Islands in early 2012 for a contract with another operator.
Friday, November 4th 2011 - 08:24 UTC
Papandreou yields, scraps referendum, promises to step down

Intense European pressure forced debt-stricken Greece to seek political consensus on a new bailout plan instead of holding a referendum after EU leaders raised the prospect of a Greek exit from the Euro to preserve the single currency.
Friday, November 4th 2011 - 08:20 UTC
FAO food price index drops in October but remains higher than in 2010 and volatile

The FAO Food price index dropped to an 11-month low in October, declining 4%, or nine points, to 216 points from September. Nonetheless prices still remain generally higher than last year and very volatile, FAO said.
Friday, November 4th 2011 - 08:14 UTC
October car sales in Brazil drop 10% surprising dealers and the auto industry

Car sales in Brazil dropped 10% in October compared to the previous month according to the country’s dealers association, Fenabrave turning warning lights on for the global auto industry. This follows September’s decline that affected all of Brazilian industrial production.
Friday, November 4th 2011 - 08:11 UTC
Brazil must balance trade relation and avoid ‘anti-China feeling’

Brazil must balance its trade relation with China, (leading commercial partner) and not allow an anti-Chinese feeling among manufacturers to spoil relations with Beijing said economists in Sao Paulo.
Friday, November 4th 2011 - 01:06 UTC
Prepare for a huge iceberg, 880 sq kilometres anticipated NASA

A massive crack is growing wider in the Antarctic ice sheet and could break apart in the coming months, forming an iceberg the size of the island of Lanzarote (Canary Islands, Spain), NASA scientists warned Thursday.
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.