Stories for June 24th 2013

Monday, June 24th 2013 - 19:09 UTC
Abortion law in Uruguay stands; insufficient support to force a repeal referendum

A liberal abortion law in Uruguay withstood a challenge Sunday as Uruguayan opponents failed to attract enough votes in a consultation ballot to force a national referendum on repealing it.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 19:04 UTC
Messi paid €10 million to correct tax returns for 2010/2011, says La Vanguardia

Barcelona striker Lionel Messi, who turned 26 on Monday and is under investigation in Spain for tax fraud allegations, paid €10 million to the Spanish tax authorities to correct tax returns for 2010 and 2011, according to Spanish media reports.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 19:01 UTC
EC clears purchase of NYSE Euronext by INE for 8.2bn dollars

The European Commission gave unconditional approval for Intercontinental Exchange (ICE) to buy NYSE Euronext for 8.2 billion dollars a deal that strengthens ICE's presence in the lucrative derivatives trading business.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 18:00 UTC
Extreme energy, extreme implications: interview with Michael Klare

Interview by James Stafford of Oilprice.com - If oil and gas is a profoundly dynamic phenomenon, then so too must be environmental risk and conflicts over natural resources—and we are not getting the full picture from the mainstream media, according to Michael T. Klare, professor of peace and world security studies at Hampshire College, TomDispatch blogger.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 15:46 UTC
Google is in a borderline crisis with European Union

By Thomas Richardson - Google has reached a settlement with regulators of the European Union after antitrust charges were levied against the company. The EU accused Google of selectively displaying results based on its preferences. Google, which owns a virtual monopoly on Internet queries in Europe, is also accused of favouring the use of its own products in search results, which has drawn complaints from competitors, and the attention of regulators.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 08:24 UTC
Supreme Court Justice and anti-corruption champ has become symbol of Brazilian protests

Joaquim Barbosa the black magistrate from Brazil’s Supreme Court and who won national acknowledgement as inflexible with corruption cases has become the preferred candidate for 2014 presidential elections by the thousands of protestors who took to the streets these last two weeks.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 08:22 UTC
Three out of four Brazilians fed up with poor public services support street protests

An overwhelming majority of Brazilians, 75% supports the two weeks street demonstrations demanding improved public services and complaining about the huge sums invested in stadiums for football world cups, according to a public opinion poll from Ibope and which was released in the latest edition of the weekly magazine Epoca.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 08:20 UTC
Ecuador confirms Edward Snowden has formally requested for asylum

Ecuador's foreign minister said his country was “analyzing” a request for asylum by fugitive US intelligence whistleblower Edward Snowden who is currently in Moscow
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 08:18 UTC
Francis will meet indigenous leaders abused and persecuted in northern Argentina

Following a request made by Nobel Peace Prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel, Pope Francis is scheduled to meet on Monday with Félix Díaz, the chief of the La Primavera Qom indigenous community from northern Argentina.
Monday, June 24th 2013 - 08:17 UTC
UK and China sign three year currency swap to make business in Yuan

The Bank of England and its Chinese counterpart have signed a deal likely to boost trade between the UK and China in the Yuan. The BoE and the People’s bank of China have signed a three year currency swap arrangement worth 200bn Yuan (33bn dollars), the UK central bank confirmed.