Stories for 2011

Tuesday, March 29th 2011 - 17:41 UTC
Argentine Jewish organization denies any pact between Buenos Aires and Teheran

The Buenos Aires Jewish organization AMIA which suffered a deadly attack in 1994 denied the existence of an alleged pact (in the making) between Argentina and Iran which would put an end to the investigations related to the bombing in exchange for the resumption of trade links with Teheran.
Tuesday, March 29th 2011 - 04:53 UTC
Obama justifies his first war, but will not go down the Iraq road

US President Barack Obama has defended the first war launched under his presidency, insisting US military involvement in Libya will be limited. He told Americans US intervention as part of the coalition had saved “countless lives” threatened by the forces of the “tyrant” Muammar Gaddafi.
Tuesday, March 29th 2011 - 04:50 UTC
Former president Clinton apologized for the financial crisis triggered by the US

Former US president Bill Clinton apologized for the international financial crisis which triggered by the United States in 2008 and rapidly extended to the rest of the world.
Tuesday, March 29th 2011 - 04:47 UTC
Brazil plans to tax local corporations overseas bond issues, says financial media

The Brazilian government is planning to impose a financial operations tax on overseas bond issues by Brazilian companies, local financial daily Valor Economico reported Monday.
Tuesday, March 29th 2011 - 04:44 UTC
Cheap dollar makes US a formidable competitor in beef and chicken production

Emerging countries such as Brazil found a significant space to expand meat exports during the last decade but a heavy weight competitor, United States will be gaining international competitiveness in the sector in coming years because of the steep depreciation of the US Dollar against other currencies.
Tuesday, March 29th 2011 - 04:38 UTC
Jose Comblin, one of the Liberation theology ideologues dies in Brazil

The renowned theologian Jose Comblin one of the most important representatives of Latin America’s liberation theology has died in Brazil of natural causes. The Catholic Church in Brazil announced that Comblin died Sunday at a hospital in the city of Salvador. He was 88.
Tuesday, March 29th 2011 - 01:36 UTC
Clarin blocked edition: fingers point to Moyano with CFK’s consent

Under the excuse of a labour conflict there’s a clear intention to put pressure on the newspaper, said Daniel Santoro national news editor of Argentina’s main daily Clarin, which was impeded from circulating Sunday by 12 hour-pickets that respond to the head of Argentina’s organized labour, Hugo Moyano.
Tuesday, March 29th 2011 - 00:55 UTC
African migrants flood Italian islands: 19.000 since civil unrest begun in January

Nearly 2,000 African migrants, many of them Eritrean and Somalis, have arrived on Italy's tiny, overcrowded Lampedusa Island in the past 24 hours. It is one of the biggest migrant waves to reach Lampedusa this year.
Tuesday, March 29th 2011 - 00:53 UTC
Royal Navy former flagship HMS Ark Royal up for sale on MoD website

British aircraft carrier HMS Ark Royal is up for sale on the Ministry of Defence's auction website. The Royal Navy's former flagship was decommissioned two weeks ago after 25 years in service as part of the government's defence budget review.
Tuesday, March 29th 2011 - 00:49 UTC
Gold chain found off Key West; could belong to 17th century Spanish galleon

Divers from Mel Fisher's Treasures in Key West, extreme south Florida, have recovered an antique gold chain believed to be from the Spanish galleon Nuestra Señora de Atocha, which sank during a 1622 hurricane. In 1985, these same treasure hunters had previously found more than 450 million US dollars in artefacts from the wreck.