Stories for 2012

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”
Saturday, February 4th 2012 - 19:46 UTC
Costa Cruises calls for tenders to remove the crippled Concordia cruise vessel

Plans have been put in place to start removing the wreck of the Costa Concordia after it run aground with 4.200 people on board last month. Costa Cruises confirmed that it has called for tenders from 10 specialist companies for the removal of the crippled vessel.
Saturday, February 4th 2012 - 19:42 UTC
Captain Schettino’s lover admits she was in the Concordia bridge when the crash

The Moldovan blonde spotted with the captain of the shipwrecked Costa Concordia, Francesco Schettino, on the night of the disaster, has told Italian investigators she is in love with him.
Saturday, February 4th 2012 - 17:25 UTC
Flight Lt. Wales takes up his duties in the Falkland Islands

Flt Lt Wales has commenced his duties as an RAF Search and Rescue (SAR) helicopter pilot in the Falkland Islands providing Search and Rescue cover for both the civilian and military population.
Saturday, February 4th 2012 - 05:37 UTC
PM Cameron meets Obama in March ahead of the Falklands conflict anniversary

British Prime Minister David Cameron and US President Barack Obama will meet in Washington next month, three weeks before the 30 anniversary of the beginning of the Falklands conflict.
Saturday, February 4th 2012 - 05:35 UTC
Argentina organized labour leader again blasts the government

The Argentine organized labour CGT umbrella union leader Hugo Moyano once again blasted the government insisting he doesn’t understand the “fine-tuning” metaphor that President Cristina Fernández used to refer to subsidy cuts.