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Stories for May 29th 2012

• Tuesday, May 29th 2012 - 04:27 UTC

  UK former union leader beats Latam candidate and is next ILO director general

  

  The United Nations International Labor Organization on Monday selected a former trade union leader, Guy Ryder of Britain, to become its new director general, a position that puts him at the forefront of an agency pushing to improve labor conditions around the world.

• Tuesday, May 29th 2012 - 04:12 UTC

  Argentine human rights lawyer to become FIFA first head of Ethics Committee

  

  FIFA, the official international governing body of football is set to appoint top human rights lawyer Luis Moreno Ocampo as the first head of the new Ethics committee’s investigation arm.

• Tuesday, May 29th 2012 - 04:02 UTC

  Spain calls on Europe for a show of force “to dissipate any doubts about the Euro”

  

  Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy called for a show of force from European authorities as his government sought ways to avoid tapping markets to fund the bailout of the nation’s third-biggest lender.

• Tuesday, May 29th 2012 - 00:14 UTC

  Dollar restrictions target money of ‘non-declared origin’ argues Argentine Senator

  

  Argentine Senator and former cabinet chief Anibal Fernandez strongly defended on Monday restrictions imposed by the government on dollar purchases arguing it would be “suicidal” to return to a flexible scheme which he insisted was implemented in defence of “the interests of Argentina”.