Stories for 2011

Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 07:35 UTC
US, EU and Asian markets rebound strongly on Fed Reserve announcement

Asian markets rebounded after the US Federal Reserve said it will keep interest rates on hold and Wall Street had its best day in two years. The decision by the US central bank to keep rates at current levels until at least 2013 helped stem one of the biggest sell-offs in recent years.
Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 07:30 UTC
China’s surplus highest in two years, but export growth rate expected to slow

China’s trade surplus surged to 31.5 billion dollars in July, the highest level in more than two years, as exports rose to a record. Exports climbed 20.4% from a year earlier while imports surged 22.9%, the Customs bureau said on its website Wednesday.
Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 07:21 UTC
Japan’s March tsunami crossed the Pacific and fractured Antarctic ice

The tsunami caused by the 11 March Tohoku earthquake in Japan crossed the Pacific and broke off large chunks of ice from Antarctica, a study has shown.
Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 07:20 UTC
UN reaffirms the rights of the World’s 370 million Indigenous Peoples

On the Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said the United Nations reaffirms the rights of indigenous peoples and the shared commitment to advance the values of equity, justice and dignity for all.
Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 07:18 UTC
Murdered French women suspects’ genetic samples sent to Buenos Aires for DNA testing

Genetic samples extracted from the six suspects arrested in connection to the murder of two French tourists in the northern Argentina province of Salta were submitted Tuesday to the Biochemistry School at the University of Buenos Aires.
Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 05:38 UTC
London relatively quite with 16.000 police, but rioting extends to other cities

Hundreds of people were arrested as the worst rioting in a generation spread from London to cities across the length and breadth of England.
Wednesday, August 10th 2011 - 01:10 UTC
President Piñera loosing the education reform battle with Chilean students

Chilean riot police fired tear gas and used water cannons Tuesday to disperse violent protesters of an originally peaceful student demonstration that turned wild in the capital Santiago. Police said 273 protestors were detained and 23 police officers injured.
Tuesday, August 9th 2011 - 22:17 UTC
Argentina’s Congress ‘inflation index’ for July, 1.62%, doubles the official rate

Argentina’s “Congress inflation index” reached 1.62% in July, confirming well over 23% for the last twelve months according to the latest release from the Lower House.
Tuesday, August 9th 2011 - 21:53 UTC
Inflation in China higher than expected; food prices climb 14.8% in 12 months

Inflation in China was higher than expected in July, despite a series of efforts by the government to rein in prices. Consumer prices in July rose 6.5% compared with the same month last year, the National Bureau of Statistics said.
Tuesday, August 9th 2011 - 21:12 UTC
Corruption-shocked Brazilian government paralyzed; agenda blocked in Congress

Brazil’s federal Police arrested on Tuesday Deputy Tourism Minister in a corruption sweep tied to funding for major sports events, the latest in a series of scandals to tarnish President Dilma Rousseff’s government.