Stories for July 29th 2013

Monday, July 29th 2013 - 22:25 UTC
Norway media question why Oslo is not collaborating with South Georgia rat eradication campaign

An ambitious multi-national move to reduce the rat population on the island of South Georgia has yielded results despite no Norwegian government funding underlines an Oslo media recalling the close relations of the Scandinavian country with the extreme south island and sixty years of whaling.
Monday, July 29th 2013 - 21:53 UTC
Four decommissioned Royal Navy Type 22 frigates en route to the scrap yard

Four decommissioned Royal Navy frigates are destined for the scrap-yard. Type 22s HMS Cumberland, HMS Campbeltown, HMS Chatham and HMS Cornwall are currently moored in Portsmouth Harbour. The Ministry of Defence expects to receive just under £3m from the sales agreed earlier this month.
Monday, July 29th 2013 - 21:49 UTC
Francis speaks openly about the Church’s problems during his trip back to Italy

Pope Francis said the troubled Vatican bank must become “honest and transparent” and that he will listen to the advice of a commission he has set up on whether it can be reformed or needs to be shut down altogether.
Monday, July 29th 2013 - 21:48 UTC
US power regulator after JP Morgan Chase for market manipulation

The US power regulator outlined its case of market manipulation against JPMorgan Chase & Co as industry sources said a final settlement on the issue should come on Tuesday. Traders used improper bidding tactics in California and the Midwest to boost profits, officials said in a statement that brought to light some details of an extensive investigation.
Monday, July 29th 2013 - 06:18 UTC
Colombia government and FARC resume peace negotiations despite armed clashes

Colombian government and Marxist-inspired-drugs-funded FARC rebels resumed peace negotiations in Havana on Sunday after a recess of more than two weeks, during which 19 soldiers and a number of rebels were killed and rural protests left four farmers dead and several police injured.
Monday, July 29th 2013 - 06:12 UTC
Rousseff brushes aside a ‘Lula option for 2014’ and ratifies minister Mantega

Responding to claims that former president Lula da Silva ‘is returning to politics’ and thus conditioning her re-election bid next year, Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff said the former trade union leader ‘never left politics’ and their relation ‘can’t be dissociated’. She also ratified Finance minister Guido Mantega.
Monday, July 29th 2013 - 06:01 UTC
Falklands’ next general election announced for 7 November

The Falkland Islands next general election to renew the eight members of the Legislative Assembly, five for Stanley and three for the Camp is scheduled to be held next 7 November, it was decided in the latest meeting of the Executive Council.
Monday, July 29th 2013 - 05:57 UTC
Gibraltar blasts Spain over incident and calls for upgrade or Royal Navy engagement rules

Gibraltar Chief Minister Fabian Picardo Governor Sir Adrian Johns said Spain had no right to interfere with activities in British Gibraltar territorial waters and called for an upgrade of Royal Navy engagement rules.
Monday, July 29th 2013 - 05:29 UTC
Francis congratulates Cristina Fernandez on her first grandson with a pair of shoes and socks

Pope Francis met with President Cristina Fernandez and other South American leaders following the closing ceremony of the XXVIII World Youth Day in Rio do Janeiro and presented the Argentine head of state with a gift of socks and shoes for her recently born first grandson Nestor Ivan Kirchner.
Monday, July 29th 2013 - 03:40 UTC
Cristina Fernandez administration accused of corruption and waste by farm leaders

Claiming the government of President Cristina Fernandez has wasted opportunities with ‘cheap politics and extended corruption’, the Argentine Rural Society, SRA president Luis Miguel Etchevehere inaugurated this weekend the Rural farm show in Palermo, the largest event of its kind in Argentina.