Stories for 2011

Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 21:02 UTC
Chinese Mega City For 42 Million People

Chinese city planners have announced a plan to merge cities surrounding the Pearl River Delta to create the world’s largest metropolis with 42 million people
Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 20:57 UTC
President Chavez Denies Plan to Nationalise Bank

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has said that he has no plans to nationalise the Banco Provincial, the Venezuelan affiliate of Spain's Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, or BBVA.
Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 20:52 UTC
Dilma Rousseff Makes First Trip Abroad As President to Argentina

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff will arrive in Argentina on Monday on her first foreign trip as president.
Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 20:40 UTC
Rescued Chilean Miner Jose Henriquez Tours UK Churches

Last year tens of millions watched the drama of the Chilean miners, unfold, and few will ever forget it. Thirty-three men had been trapped by a fall of rock, 700 metres below the surface of a mine in Chile.
Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 20:28 UTC
Bolivian Government’s Popularity Falling 5 Years On

Bolivia's President Evo Morales and his Vice President Alvaro Garcia Linera, recently celebrated their government's fifth anniversary and the first of his second term in La Paz, Bolivia.
Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 20:23 UTC
Volatility Oil Prices, Futures Rise Most Since 2009

Oil options volatility increased as the underlying futures surged the most since September 2009 as unrest in Egypt raised concern that protests would spread to major oil-producing parts of the Middle East.
Sunday, January 30th 2011 - 19:04 UTC
Palestine President Welcomes Paraguay’s Recognition

Palestinian National Authority (PNA) President Mahmoud Abbas has welcomed Paraguay's recognition of a free and independent Palestinian state in the territories occupied by Israel in 1967.
Saturday, January 29th 2011 - 00:26 UTC
President Mubarak Devoted to protecting Egypt as Unrest Continues

Saying he remains devoted to protecting Egypt, a defiant President Hosani Mubarak vowed to change his Cabinet to help bring social, economic and political reforms to the country, but defended his security forces' crackdown on anti-government protesters.
Friday, January 28th 2011 - 21:33 UTC
Poor Start to Falklands Illex Season

VESSELS fishing for the squid species Illex argentinus in Falklands waters have been reporting poor catches of around two and five ton per day so far this season, confirmed Falkland Islands Fisheries Scientist Alexander Arkhipkin.
Friday, January 28th 2011 - 21:25 UTC
“Trade is the Biggest Wealth Creator,” Says Prime Minister Cameron Welcoming Doha Report

British Prime Minister David Cameron has welcomed a new report, which claims that for the Doha agreement to be successful, negotiations should be concluded in 2011.