Stories for March 9th 2013

Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 22:58 UTC
Only 15% of Argentines believe Falklands should decide their future but in UK, 88%

Only 15% of Argentines think Falkland Islanders should have a say in their own future, and a quarter still believe that the islands will one day be governed from Buenos Aires, but in the UK, 88% of British people said the Islanders should have a say on who ruled them.
Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 05:57 UTC
Maduro takes the oath as acting president and candidate for the coming elections

Vice-President Nicolas Maduro was sworn in Friday as acting president of Venezuela in a ceremony held in the National Assembly in Caracas, three days after the death of President Hugo Chavez. He immediately asked the Electoral branch to decide on an election date.
Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 05:35 UTC
Falklands’ rights and sovereignty

By Sir Peter Westmacott (*) - Where in the world can you celebrate Margaret Thatcher Day with five kinds of wild penguins? Nowhere but in the Falkland Islands, a windswept archipelago in the South Atlantic that’s about the same area as Connecticut but has a population of only 3.100. This weekend, these small islands with a big personality face a momentous choice: a referendum to decide their political future.
Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 05:30 UTC
Iran’s Ahmadinejad received a standing ovation at Chavez emotional funeral

Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and Cuba's Raul Castro joined on Friday about thirty other heads of state at Hugo Chávez's funeral in an emotional farewell to the charismatic Venezuelan leader who during his fourteen years in office had a major impact on South American politics.
Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 05:20 UTC
Mujica tells Venezuelans that big contradictions in society are ‘not squashed but conducted’

Uruguayan president Jose Mujica called for unity and responsibility in Venezuela, ‘to fight for freedom and peace’ and cautioned that big contradictions in a society are not squashed but conducted. He also called on Brazil to lead the region but warned: “not creating a new regional empire”.
Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 05:10 UTC
A woman is commander of RAF Search and Rescue Force over UK and Falklands

In recognition of International Women's Day on 8 March the British Armed Forces profiled Group Captain Sara Mackmin who is the new commander of the RAF Search and Rescue Force with responsibility over the UK and the Falkland Islands.
Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 05:03 UTC
Falklands’ referendum: the view from the Islands, “as many as 98% of voters will say Yes”

“We hope, by voting overwhelmingly in favour of remaining British, the rest of the world will understand and support our right to self-determination”. The message is clear in Mar del Plata, Buenos Aires, in all of Argentina that is calling for sovereignty negotiations with the United Kingdom.
Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 04:55 UTC
Falklands’ referendum: Argentina admits impotence and claims UK acting with ‘ill-faith’

Argentina blasted the UK over the coming Falkland Islands referendum claiming it is acting with ‘ill faith’ trying to introduce elements of distortion by changing the definition of the dispute under international law, despite all the pronouncements of the world community.
Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 04:49 UTC
“Vision of the Seas” cruising the Caribbean hit by norovirus

Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. on Friday said its “Vision of the Seas” cruise ship returned to Port Everglades in Florida with 108 people who might have caught an illness thought to be norovirus.
Saturday, March 9th 2013 - 04:40 UTC
US jobs market picks up in February but budget dispute with Congress looms

Hiring in the US has gathered momentum after government figures showed that the economy created 236.000 jobs in February. The figure was much higher than analysts had expected, and more than the 157,000 jobs created in January.