Stories for April 26th 2013

Friday, April 26th 2013 - 22:42 UTC
Shackleton’s centenary scholarship to encourage scientific research in South Atlantic and Antarctica

By Harold Briley - The Falkland Islands, South Georgia or the British Antarctic Territories stand to benefit from an ambitious science research project to commemorate Ernest Shackleton’s 1914 trans-Antarctic expedition.
Friday, April 26th 2013 - 14:48 UTC
Falkland Island's Conservation review and appeal on World Penguin Day

This week penguins are celebrated through World Penguin Day (Thursday April 25) and Sarah Crofts from Falklands Conservation explains why more research is desirable on them in the Islands.
Friday, April 26th 2013 - 14:39 UTC
Chinese scientists confirm new bird flu strain jumped from chickens to humans

Chinese scientists have confirmed for the first time that a new strain of bird flu that has killed 23 people in China has been transmitted to humans from chickens. In a study published online in the Lancet medical journal, the scientists echoed previous statements from the World Health Organization (WHO) and Chinese officials that there is as yet no evidence of human-to-human transmission of this virus.
Friday, April 26th 2013 - 08:00 UTC
President Rousseff calls on Vale to dialogue with Argentine authorities

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff said during a joint conference with her Argentine peer Cristina Fernández at Government House in Buenos Aires that she was certain the Vale mining company “would find a way to reach an agreement with the Argentine authorities” on the suspended project.
Friday, April 26th 2013 - 07:46 UTC
Falkland Islands’ lawmakers in a round of European visits to inform on referendum results

A delegation of Falkland Islands lawmakers made a round of visits to European capitals and the European Union to inform on the recent referendum results in which an overwhelming turnout and vote indisputably decided the Islands wanted to remain as an Overseas Territory.
Friday, April 26th 2013 - 07:40 UTC
Unemployment in Spain with no ceiling: 27% in first quarter of 2013

The Spanish National Statistics Institute, INE, reported on Thursday that the nation's unemployment rate shot up from 26.02% in the last quarter of 2012 to 27.16% in the first three months of this year. This is approximately 6.2 million Spaniards are out of a job. Youth unemployment stands at 57%.
Friday, April 26th 2013 - 07:36 UTC
Argentina industrial production down in March and in first quarter compared to 2012

Argentina’s industrial output registered a 0.3% drop in March year-on-year, according to Indec the official statistics bureau. The report stated that the manufacturing activity climbed 1.5% compared to February and dropped 0.4% annually in the first three months.
Friday, April 26th 2013 - 07:29 UTC
Berlusconi emerges as the great saviour of the current Italian political stalemate

Silvio Berlusconi, the three-time prime minister and two-time convicted lawbreaker seems to be the great victor in Italy by out-manoeuvring rivals during an eight-week political stalemate and becoming the key figure in talks for a new coalition government.
Friday, April 26th 2013 - 07:25 UTC
UK spring surprise: economy expands 0.3% in first quarter

Britain has avoided falling into its third recession since the 2008 global financial crisis, after the economy grew by a better-than-expected 0.3% in the first quarter of 2013 compared with the final three months of last year, official data showed on Thursday.
Friday, April 26th 2013 - 07:20 UTC
In chaotic session Argentina approves controversial bills of the judicial reform

Argentina’s Lower House passed early Thursday morning after an overnight and at time chaotic debate the most controversial bills contained in a judicial reform which the administration of President Cristina Fernandez is obsessed in having approved before mid May.