Stories for December 2011

Friday, December 9th 2011 - 06:24 UTC
Falklands condemns Argentina for early opening of the Illex fishery

The new Chair of the Falkland Islands Fishing Company Association condemned Argentina for their two month early opening of their illex (squid) fishing season, “with complete disregard for conservation of the stock”.
Friday, December 9th 2011 - 06:17 UTC
Women to be allowed to server in Royal Navy submarines; first expected end of 2013

Women are to be allowed to serve in submarines for the first time in the Royal Navy’s history the Secretary of State for Defence, Philip Hammond, announced on Wednesday. The decision comes following an 18-month review conducted by the Royal Navy looking at the legal, operational, health, social, technical, and financial issues of allowing women to serve on submarines.
Friday, December 9th 2011 - 06:14 UTC
Putin blames US for nationwide protests against alleged election fraud

Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin, facing the possibility of nationwide protests against his rule, on Thursday accused US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton of instigating demonstrators in the wake of the disputed parliamentary election.
Friday, December 9th 2011 - 06:11 UTC
Bank of England leaves rates unchanged at the record low 0.5%.

UK interest rates were held at a record low of 0.5% by the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee on Thursday.
Friday, December 9th 2011 - 06:08 UTC
Internet version of red light district “.xxx” opens this week with strong filters

An Internet version of a red light district opened this week as Web addresses with “.xxx” endings became available for purchase by those interested in providing online adult content.
Friday, December 9th 2011 - 06:05 UTC
Dakar rally 2012 takes off from the Atlantic and ends in Peru on the Pacific

Dakar Rally chief Etienne Lavigne said that the next edition of the competition which takes off from Mar del Plata, Argentina next January first and ends in Lima, Peru, fifteen days later, is the most renewed and challenging version since the rally moved to South America in 2008.
Friday, December 9th 2011 - 06:01 UTC
Record number of imprisoned journalists in 2011, claims CPJ

The number of journalists jailed around the world increased more than 20% in 2011, mainly because of government crackdowns in the Middle East and North Africa, a nonprofit organization said Thursday.
Thursday, December 8th 2011 - 22:28 UTC
Mexico - Rising Natural Gas Superstate?

Americans looking south of the Rio Grande tend to forget, if they ever knew, that Mexico is, according to the U.S. Energy Information Administration, now America's second largest source of imports.
Thursday, December 8th 2011 - 22:20 UTC
Grand Prize Winner of 2011 Katerva Awards announced at the Lincoln Center in New York

“If the Nobel Society had an award for sustainability, it would resemble the Katerva Awards, a new international prize for the most promising ideas and efforts to advance the planet toward sustainability.” (Reuters *)
Thursday, December 8th 2011 - 20:39 UTC
OIE puts Paraguay in FMD list; Brazil reopens market to mature boneless beef

The World Animal Health Organization, OIE, dependent from FAO, informed Paraguay that its territory had lost the condition of free of foot and mouth disease with vaccine, following an outbreak of the disease reported September 18.