Stories for 2012

Monday, October 15th 2012 - 18:42 UTC
China’s inflation eases as growth slows; plans to further boost domestic demand

China's policymakers have been given more room to boost stimulus measures after the country's inflation rate dipped in September. Consumer prices rose 1.9% from a year earlier which is down from a rate of 2% in August.
Monday, October 15th 2012 - 18:39 UTC
US dominates Nobel in Economics, this time for “market design” with ethical and legal complications

Alvin Roth and Lloyd Shapley have won the 2012 Nobel Prize in economics. The Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences cited the US academics for their work on the “theory of stable allocations and practice of market design”.
Monday, October 15th 2012 - 18:32 UTC
Scotland to hold an independence referendum before the end of 2014

A referendum on Scottish independence will take place before the end of 2014 following an agreement signed on Monday by UK Prime Minister David Cameron and Scottish leader Alex Salmond.
Monday, October 15th 2012 - 07:58 UTC
Minister confirms talks for re-incorporation of Paraguay to Unasur and Mercosur

Foreign minister Jose Felix Fernandez Estigarribia confirmed the beginning of negotiations for the re-incorporation of Paraguay to Unasur and Mercosur which will take place through the mediation of a Latinamerican country he did not identify.
Monday, October 15th 2012 - 07:50 UTC
Brazil good at global PR, but loses ground as an IMF group leader

A good one and a bad one for Brazil: The New York Times announced on Sunday that it will launch an online edition Portuguese language edition in 2013 given the country’s growing global clout, but on the other hand Brazil’s nine nation constituency at the IMF will lose a member, Colombia that will join Mexico.
Monday, October 15th 2012 - 07:39 UTC
Gibraltar condemns Spanish policy of deliberate delays at the border crossing

The Gibraltar Government strongly condemned the lengthy and deliberate delays to cross the frontier into Spain which have been experienced by Gibraltarians and visitors to Gibraltar. Chief Minister Fabian Picardo, currently in London has already been in touch with the UK Government and urged them to take up the matter with Spain at the highest level
Monday, October 15th 2012 - 07:32 UTC
Colombian government and guerrillas begin this week peace talks in Oslo

Colombia's government and rebel guerrillas will sit down this week in Norway, and later in Cuba, to start peace talks aimed at ending nearly half a century of conflict, a task to which both sides have anticipated their full commitment.
Monday, October 15th 2012 - 07:19 UTC
Norwegian financed team of experts begins demining in Chile-Peru border areas

A group of experts from Norway begins on Monday demining tasks along the Chile-Peru border which are expected to last for at least two months, according to a release from the Chilean Foreign Ministry.
Monday, October 15th 2012 - 07:06 UTC
Chilean student demonstrations leaders honoured with human rights prize in US

Two student leaders who have been at the head of the 18 months long demonstrations in Chile demanding an overhaul of the education system will be honoured this week with the 2012 Letelier-Moffit Human Rights Prize in representation of the Chilean Students Federation.
Monday, October 15th 2012 - 07:00 UTC
Argentina trusts in a ‘political solution’ with Ghana to release ARA Libertad

The Argentine Navy Secretary General Luis María González Day, expressed confidence on Sunday that the joint ministerial commission that went to Ghana to seek the release of the training vessel ARA Libertad will reach a successful agreement.