Stories for 2011

Wednesday, March 9th 2011 - 21:27 UTC
US after transparent trade across Asia-Pacific region; plans to double exports in five years

The United States will step up efforts for free, open and transparent trade across the Asia Pacific region as it seeks to double US exports in five years, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said.
Wednesday, March 9th 2011 - 21:21 UTC
UK farmers come out strongly against Mercosur “cheap meat imports”

Farmers in the UK have warned the EU against a trade deal with Mercosur which could see Brazil and Argentina given access to the European meat market, potentially flooding the market with cheap imports and undermining domestic producers.
Wednesday, March 9th 2011 - 21:17 UTC
Ice losses in both caskets and rising sea level faster than estimated

Ice loss from Antarctica and Greenland has accelerated over the last 20 years, research shows, and will soon become the biggest driver of sea level rise. From satellite data and climate models, scientists calculate that the two polar ice sheets are losing enough ice to raise sea levels by 1.3mm each year.
Wednesday, March 9th 2011 - 21:07 UTC
China plans to build 10 million low cost homes in 2011

China plans to build 10 million low-cost homes this year at a cost of 200 billion US dollars, a government minister has said. The move comes as soaring home prices spur complaints about affordability.
Wednesday, March 9th 2011 - 21:03 UTC
Critically low oxygen blamed for massive death of fish in South California

Critically low oxygen levels have been measured in a southern Californian harbour after millions of dead fish were washed up in Redondo Beach's marina, close to Los Angeles. A local scientist, Brent Scheiwe, said he took dissolved oxygen level readings in the harbour and found them at almost zero.
Wednesday, March 9th 2011 - 20:45 UTC
US State Department will no longer comment Wikileaks cables

While offering a press conference in Washington DC, US Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Philip Crowley refused to comment on the recently released Wikileaks cables that mention Argentina and said his government would refrain from doing so in the future.
Wednesday, March 9th 2011 - 18:03 UTC
Nestor Kirchner government is more like “fascist brown shirts than left-wing”

Former Uruguayan Industry and Energy Minister, Jorge Lepra (*), described Néstor Kirchner’s government as ”fascist”, during a meeting with the US Embassy Chargé D'Affaires at Uruguay, James Nealon, in February 14, 2006, according to a cable revealed by Wikileaks in which Nealon reported to Washington the minister’s harsh words.
Wednesday, March 9th 2011 - 05:22 UTC
Oil prices ease as OPEC begins talks to increase output replacing Libya

Oil dropped for a second day in New York as members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries considered talks about increasing production because violence is disrupting supplies from Libya.
Wednesday, March 9th 2011 - 05:14 UTC
Argentina bans inflation from official jargon; inflation of synonyms

Next October Argentines will be going to the polls to vote for president and renew Congress which anticipates a rough political eight months, but before that the administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner has to weather a round of labour contracts which will be demanding strong adjustments because of the “prices distortion and dispersion” since the word ‘inflation’ has been erased from the official jargon.
Wednesday, March 9th 2011 - 05:10 UTC
Wikileaks reveals Chilean government changed environment rules to please US interests

Wikileaks cables last week revealed that the U.S. Embassy in Santiago pressured Chilean government officials in 2009 to change environmental rules so that a controversial thermoelectric plant could be built.