Stories for August 2013

Tuesday, August 27th 2013 - 01:13 UTC
Cristina Fernandez sends bill to reopen third debt swap and calls on God to illuminate US Supreme Court

Argentina will send a bill to Congress this week to reopen a debt restructuring for those creditors who haven’t accepted previous swaps after the nation’s 2001 default, said President Cristina Fernandez Monday evening on national television.
Tuesday, August 27th 2013 - 01:05 UTC
EU will decide if cement blocks dumped in Gibraltar Bay is an environmental crime

Brussels will determine whether the 70 cement blocks dumped in the Gibraltar bay are legal or not, according to the European Union spokesperson Olivier Bailly who anticipated an EC fact finding mission can be expected next month to visit the controversy area.
Monday, August 26th 2013 - 08:25 UTC
Rising sea temperature will reduce krill growth habitat in Antarctica

Antarctic krill are usually less than 6 cm in length, but their size belies the major role they play in sustaining much of the life in the Southern Ocean. They are the primary food source for many species of whales, seals, penguins and fish.
Monday, August 26th 2013 - 07:40 UTC
South Georgia releases stamps commemorating former governor Sir Rex Hunt

South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands are currently promoting the release of a set of stamps commemorating the life of the former Falklands and dependencies governor Sir Rex Hunt. The release of the stamps on June 11 coincided with a memorial service for Sir Rex Hunt at St Clement Danes, the Central Church of the Royal Air Force, London.
Monday, August 26th 2013 - 07:30 UTC
Bolivian Senator arrives in Brazil after being granted political asylum

Bolivian Senator Roger Pinto, who had taken refuge in the Brazilian Embassy in La Paz, left the country in an official Brazilian vehicle escorted by soldiers, Brazilian Senate Foreign Relations Committee chairman Ricardo Ferraço said on Sunday.
Monday, August 26th 2013 - 04:10 UTC
HMS Argyll sails across the Panama Canal on the last leg of her deployment

South Atlantic patrol HMS Argyll is coming to the end of her seven month deployment and next month is expected back in Davenport. Last week the Type 23 frigate crossed the 80 kilometre Panama Caal sailing two seas in one day, after finishing an intense period of counter-narcotics operation in the Eastern Pacific.
Monday, August 26th 2013 - 03:43 UTC
Brazil surprised by Dilma Rousseff’s ‘city tour’ adventure on a Harley-Davidson

Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff had a long standing wish and it was finally made true with the help of an accomplice and high ranking official from her administration: a ride in motorbike to see Brasilia first hand without being recognized.
Monday, August 26th 2013 - 03:25 UTC
Falkland's Falklands’ lawmakers to Commonwealth Parliamentary conference in South Africa

Falkland Islands lawmakers, MLA Roger Edwards and MLA Barry Elsby are travelling to South Africa to attend the 59th Commonwealth Parliamentary conference and associated events to be held between 28 August and 6 September
Monday, August 26th 2013 - 03:21 UTC
Spain conditions talks with UK to removal of cement blocks from Gibraltar bay

Spain will only discuss about fisheries with the UK after the blocks dumped into the Gibraltar bay have been removed, said foreign minister Jose Manuel Garcia-Margallo in a Sunday interview with the right wing newspaper La Razon.
Monday, August 26th 2013 - 03:10 UTC
Royal Bank of Canada raid incident in Uruguay continues to be controversial

Uruguay’s Deputy Economy minister Alejandro Antonelli denied any ‘short-circuits’ in the government regarding the Royal Bank of Canada’s raid incident, just a ‘matter of differences’, but insisted that the whole issue is positive for Uruguay since it shows the country’s commitment in combating money laundering and other possible financial crimes.