Stories for October 2012

Tuesday, October 9th 2012 - 01:24 UTC
Hague reaffirms Gibraltar sovereignty but calls for more cooperation with Spain

The British Government and the Government of Gibraltar must work ever more closely together in a spirit of openness and trust to further mutual interests and “without conceding on sovereignty, which must remain paramount,” they must also look to the future and work to strengthen relationships with Spain”.
Tuesday, October 9th 2012 - 01:13 UTC
Gibraltar unveils management scheme for its territorial waters

The Gibraltar Government has provided for more protection for British Gibraltar Territorial Waters with the publication of the revised Southern Waters of Gibraltar Management Scheme.
Tuesday, October 9th 2012 - 01:09 UTC
Nobel in Medicine for stem-cells reprogramming that could some day repair damaged organs

Scientists from Britain and Japan shared the Nobel Prize in Medicine for the discovery that adult cells can be reprogrammed back into stem cells which can turn into any kind of tissue and may one day repair damaged organs.
Tuesday, October 9th 2012 - 00:35 UTC
Falkland Islands unravelled

By Alicia Dunkley-Willis, Jamaica Observer - What does a country with 3,000 people and nearly half a million sheep look like? After 18 hours of flying and trekking through four airports, I was determined to find out.
Tuesday, October 9th 2012 - 00:03 UTC
Designer brands fleeing from Argentina’s imports and exchange restrictions

Kenzo, Louis Vuitton, Armani, Calvin Klein, Polo Ralph Lauren, Cartier are some of the designer luxury brands that have left or are leaving Argentina forced by the very strict import restrictions and money exchange controls.
Monday, October 8th 2012 - 23:51 UTC
Cristina Fernandez ruffling feathers with the Falklands to mask domestic failings

Several British newspapers have turned their eyes on Argentina arguing that the challenging situation faced by President Cristina Fernandez both domestically and internationally is making her increasingly take advantage of the Falkland Islands dispute as a smokescreen to mask domestic failings.
Monday, October 8th 2012 - 23:36 UTC
Americas’ defense ministers’ summit rejects addressing Falklands’ issue

Argentina’s intention of having the Falklands/Malvinas sovereignty issue included in the agenda of the Americas Defense ministers’ conference currently taking place in Uruguay was rejected, mainly because of the positions from the US, Canada and several Caribbean states.
Monday, October 8th 2012 - 20:43 UTC
Paraguay expects 9.5% expansion next year propped by a ‘super soybean crop’

Paraguay’s economy is forecasted to contract 1.5% in 2012 but in 2013 will soar 9.5% based on a “super soybean crop” and the recovery of other sectors, according to the latest report from the country’s Central bank confirming its previous 2012 GDP estimate.
Monday, October 8th 2012 - 20:37 UTC
Steroid injection spreading rare form of fungal meningitis infection in the US

The United States Center for Disease Control and Prevention and the Food and Drug Administration are quickly moving to determine the source of the fungal infection causing a rare form of meningitis that has killed seven people in nine states in the last few weeks, as the producer of the steroid injection apparently carrying the infection recalled all of its products.
Monday, October 8th 2012 - 20:28 UTC
MSC Orchestra four crew members hospitalized with bacterial meningitis

Four members of the crew of an Italian liner are in hospital, including one who is fighting for his life, following an outbreak of bacterial meningitis. The four were admitted to hospital in the Tuscan port of Livorno on Sunday at the end of a cruise by MSC Orchestra liner. A 32-year-old Indonesian crew member is the most ill of the four.