Stories for February 2012

Monday, February 6th 2012 - 06:51 UTC
Chavez supports Russia/China veto on UN Syrian resolution as “very positive”

While Western and Arab countries responded with outrage after Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution that would have urged Syrian President Bashar al-Assad to give up power, Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez considered the veto as “very positive”.
Monday, February 6th 2012 - 06:46 UTC
A majority of Germans feel Euro block would be better off without Greece

The majority of Germans feel the Euro currency bloc would be better off if debt-crippled Greece left it, a poll published in mass-selling newspaper Bild am Sonntag showed.
Monday, February 6th 2012 - 06:43 UTC
Bolivia declares dengue emergency as six deaths are reported

The Bolivian province of Santa Cruz has declared a sanitary emergency in the region following an outbreak of the mosquito transmitted dengue fever which has already caused at least six deaths, according to local officials.
Monday, February 6th 2012 - 06:40 UTC
Brazil sends elite force to quash police strikers entrenched in city of Salvador

Troops locked down the northeast Brazilian city of Salvador on Sunday as an elite unit prepared to besiege the legislature and arrest armed police officers whose strike action has sent homicides spiralling.
Monday, February 6th 2012 - 06:37 UTC
Queen begins celebration of the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne

Queen Elizabeth II has said she is dedicating herself “anew to your service”, as she marks the 60th anniversary of her accession to the throne. In a message, she also said she felt “deeply moved” by the support shown for her Diamond Jubilee.
Sunday, February 5th 2012 - 08:02 UTC
Added sugar and sweeteners are “health risks as serious as alcohol and tobacco”

US experts have argued that sugars and sweeteners added to foods pose such a serious health risk that they should be controlled in the same way that alcohol and tobacco are, according to commentary in the journal Nature.
Sunday, February 5th 2012 - 07:55 UTC
Crime rate soars in Brazilian state of Bahia on fifth day of police strike

The murder rate in Brazil’s northeastern state of Bahia has soared during a state police strike that on Saturday entered its fourth day. The state’s Public Safety Department says on its website that 51 people have been murdered in and near the capital city of Salvador since the strike began on Wednesday.
Sunday, February 5th 2012 - 07:52 UTC
Jackie Chan to promote Brazilian manufactured executive aircraft in China

Brazil’s aircraft manufacturer Embraer has delivered a Legacy 650 to celebrity Jackie Chan for the Chinese market. The aircraft is painted with a dragon logo.
Sunday, February 5th 2012 - 07:47 UTC
Brazil strikes onshore light oil in the Amazonas state; record oil and gas in 2011

Brazil's state-controlled oil company Petrobras announced last week it had struck good-quality light oil in the Solimoes Basin, in the state of Amazonas.
Sunday, February 5th 2012 - 07:26 UTC
Malvinas conflict is diplomatic: “unnecessary ostentation of firepower” from UK

Argentine Defence minister Arturo Puricelli described UK’s announcement to send state of the art and latest incorporation to the Royal Navy HMS Dauntless, and according to the London press a nuclear powered submersible, to the disputed Falklands/Malvinas Islands as “an unnecessary ostentation of fire power”