Stories for October 2012

Tuesday, October 16th 2012 - 07:46 UTC
ARA Libertad conflict forces the resignation of the Argentine navy chief

The ARA Libertad conflict retained in Ghana has a new victim: Argentina’s Navy chief of staff Admiral Carlos Alberto Paz tendered his resignation and was replaced by his deputy Vice-Admiral Daniel Alberto Martin.
Tuesday, October 16th 2012 - 07:42 UTC
Paraguay confident it can recover the Chilean beef market as it has with Russia

Paraguay expects a significant upsurge in beef sales this year, despite the reported outbreaks of foot and mouth disease, because of the strong demand from Russia, according to local analysts.
Tuesday, October 16th 2012 - 07:37 UTC
Brazil implements racial and income affirmative action at federal universities

The law which forces Brazilian federal universities to leave 50% of higher education seats to students from government schools and minorities such as blacks and indigenous became effective on Monday.
Tuesday, October 16th 2012 - 07:33 UTC
UK to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan next year

Britain plans to withdraw thousands of troops from Afghanistan next year, Defence Secretary Philip Hammond said, as pressure mounts to end British involvement in the costly and unpopular war.
Tuesday, October 16th 2012 - 07:29 UTC
Soros suggests that if Germany does not lead, it should leave the Euro

The European Union could be destroyed by the “nightmare” Euro crisis, and Germany needs to take the responsibility to save the common currency, billionaire fund manager George Soros said on Monday.
Tuesday, October 16th 2012 - 07:23 UTC
Fungal meningitis from contaminated steroid injections keeps expanding in the US

Fungal meningitis outbreak linked to contaminated steroid injections expanded in the United States to 15 states as Pennsylvania reported its first case of the disease that has killed 15 people nationwide.
Tuesday, October 16th 2012 - 00:07 UTC
Brazil insists in criticizing US monetary policy, but “we are prepared”

Brazil’s central bank president Alexandre Tombini refuted on Monday arguments that the US expansionist monetary policy do not harm emerging countries such as Brazil.
Monday, October 15th 2012 - 23:08 UTC
ARA Libertad dispute in Ghana: high ranking Argentine navy officers lose their jobs

Argentina’ Defence Ministry announced on Monday that two top Navy officers had been disciplined for their responsibility in plotting the course of the training frigate ARA Libertad currently retained in Ghana on an injunction from a US based hedge fund and following a failed plea last Thursday.
Monday, October 15th 2012 - 22:17 UTC
Spain has lost a million people since January 2011 because of the recession

Condemned by recession, almost a million persons have left Spain since January last year according to a report from the country’s National Statistics Institute, INE, which also points out that the trend has intensified in the first nine months of this year.
Monday, October 15th 2012 - 22:06 UTC
NASA IceBridge on its fourth edition to study Antarctica’s polar ice changes

Scientists and flight crew members with Operation IceBridge, NASA's airborne mission to study Earth's changing polar ice have started another campaign over Antarctica. Now in its fourth year, IceBridge's return to the Antarctic comes almost a year after the discovery of a large rift in the continent's Pine Island Glacier.