Stories for June 2012

Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 20:38 UTC
Member states agree on the UN Rio+20 conference outcome document

Members States announced on Wednesday that they have reached an agreement on the outcome document of the United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20).
Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 20:30 UTC
Federal Reserve extends monetary stimulus for another six months

The Federal Reserve extended on Wednesday its monetary stimulus to the US economic recovery renewing effort to depress borrowing costs by selling short-term bonds to buy longer-dated ones.
Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 10:54 UTC
Falkland Islanders fight for their sovereignty

(By COHA*) - Taking advantage of the 30th anniversary of the Falkland Islands War (April 2/June 14), Argentine President Cristina Fernández and her administration have become increasingly confrontational toward the United Kingdom regarding the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands.
Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 10:32 UTC
Once the pride of the RAF and RN, the Harriers sit at the US “Boneyard”

Once the pride of Britain’s RAF and Royal Navy, the now stripped-down Harrier vertical take-off jump jets sit like skeletons in the famous US aircraft ‘Boneyard’ in the Arizona desert.
Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 06:52 UTC
Last minute deal on trade barriers reveals strong divide at the G20 summit

World leaders extended by one year their vow not to put up new trade barriers at the G20 summit on Tuesday in a last-minute deal that exposed deep rifts over protectionism.
Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 06:49 UTC
Antarctica Chinstrap penguins suffering the effects of a warming climate

The population of chinstrap penguins is feeling the heat, with more than one-third of a breeding colony lost in the past 20 years, new research finds.
Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 06:44 UTC
Rousseff reveals how she was tortured as a student by the Brazilian military regime

President Dilma Rousseff still has trouble chewing, after her jaw was dislocated during three years of torture and imprisonment under Brazil's former military leadership, it was revealed this week.
Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 06:41 UTC
Uruguay will send bill to liberalize trade and consumption of marihuana

Uruguayan president Jose Mujica will send to Parliament a bill to liberate the production, trading and consumption of marihuana as part of a package of drastic measures to combat crime which he will discuss with security area cabinet minister before making them public.
Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 06:37 UTC
Uruguayan government takes over bankrupt airline from private investors

The Uruguayan government has reassumed control of Pluna, the nation's flag carrier after the airline’s controlling shareholder Leadgate announced that it will withdrawal from the ownership structure of the company.
Wednesday, June 20th 2012 - 06:33 UTC
Wikileaks’ Assange holed in Ecuadorian embassy and asked for political asylum

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange on Tuesday walked into Ecuador's embassy in London and applied for political asylum in a sensational bid to avoid extradition to Sweden over alleged sex crimes.