Stories for October 2013

Friday, October 11th 2013 - 12:51 UTC
Over six million ticket requests for 2014 World Cup, with 70% from Brazil

A total of 6,164,682 requests for tickets for the 2014 FIFA World Cup had been received when the initial application period ended on Thursday 10 October 2013, of which 70.86% were from Brazil, with the remaining 29.14% from the rest of the world.
Friday, October 11th 2013 - 12:48 UTC
Brazil begins next year work on new Antarctic base at a cost of 54m dollars

Brazil said on Thursday it will start work early next year on a new Antarctic base to replace the one gutted by a 2012 fire. The new station would be modern and built with more resistant material, Navy Admiral Julio Soares de Moura told reporters as he unveiled the 54 million dollar project.
Friday, October 11th 2013 - 12:36 UTC
Falklands’ Flint and Fitz, protecting RAF valuable assets in the Islands

British military has always had proud traditions of families following each other into service and also offering a chance to make more out of life. Both are apparent in the story of the two newest additions to the RAF Police (RAFP) Section in the Falkland Islands.
Friday, October 11th 2013 - 12:33 UTC
Aerosmith rockers declared fans of Uruguayan president Jose Mujica

American rockers Aerosmith have declared themselves fans of Uruguayan leader Jose Mujica, a colourful former guerrilla known for his simple lifestyle. But the 78-year-old Mujica can't say the same of Aerosmith, admitting after meeting with band members that he hadn't heard any of their songs.
Friday, October 11th 2013 - 10:18 UTC
Uruguay: Pulp mill controversy: “Only God sets an ultimatum” Mujica tells Timerman

“Only God sets an ultimatum” said Uruguay’s President José Mujica in a laconic reply to Argentine Foreign Minister Hector Timerman demand (and countdown) to return to negotiations regarding the UPM pulp plant and Montevideo’s decision to allow an increase in production.
Friday, October 11th 2013 - 10:14 UTC
Gibraltar accuses Spain of incitement to racial hatred and calls for ad hoc talks

Gibraltar accused Spain before the United Nations Fourth Committee of incitement to racial hatred and called for reasonable dialogue urging the start of ‘ad hoc’ talks to resolve issues Madrid has been expressing concern over.
Friday, October 11th 2013 - 09:39 UTC
Cristina Fernandez ‘improving favourably; cabinet chief insists Boudou executing her calls

Argentine President Cristina Fernández is “improving favourably” and “controls were satisfactory” according to Thursday’s daily medical report on the patient who last Tuesday underwent surgery to have a subdural haematoma removed at the Fundacion Favaloro Institute in Buenos Aires.
Friday, October 11th 2013 - 08:11 UTC
Don’t be fooled by Libya: this is a failed state

Gunmen this week seized Libyan Prime Minister Ali Zeidan from a hotel in central Tripoli, releasing him shortly afterwards, but making it clear that post-Gaddafi Libya is a failed state and that the government is incapable of taking full control over its oilfields and export terminals
Friday, October 11th 2013 - 08:06 UTC
Nobel in Literature for short stories writer Alice Munro from Canada

Canadian Alice Munro won the Nobel Prize in Literature for her tales of the struggles, loves and tragedies of women in small-town Canada that made her what the award-giving committee called the “master of the contemporary short story”.
Friday, October 11th 2013 - 08:00 UTC
Argentine billionaire ready to invest 500m dollars in Patagonia shale development

Argentine billionaire Eduardo Eurnekian announced that his company Corporation America continues to work with government controlled oil company YPF “to develop projects” which could involve a 500 million dollars investment in the country’s rich shale deposits.