Stories for October 2013

Tuesday, October 8th 2013 - 06:29 UTC
US Fed issues the new hi-tech 100 dollar bill with 3D security ribbon

The US Federal Reserve has issued a new hi-tech 100 dollar banknote comprising several new security features. It includes a blue 3D security ribbon and a bell and inkwell logo that authorities say are particularly difficult to replicate.
Tuesday, October 8th 2013 - 06:22 UTC
Falkland Islands sent their well-wishes to President Cristina Fernandez

The Falkland Islands joined the thousands of well-wishers supporting Argentine president Cristina Fernandez who is facing a complicated medical condition and on Tuesday will undergo surgery to extract a blood clot in the cranium.
Tuesday, October 8th 2013 - 05:54 UTC
Boudou riding a Harley Davidson in Brasilia while Cristina faced serious medical condition

“While Cristina has to step down, he’s riding a motorbike” printed in the front page one of Brazil’s leading newspapers O Estado de Sao Paulo that caught Argentine Vice-president and now acting president a few hours before he was called back to Buenos Aires because of Cristina Fernandez medical condition.
Tuesday, October 8th 2013 - 05:49 UTC
Boudou: “The worst negative image of the Cristina Fernandez administration”

Vice-president and caretaker president Amado Boudou has “the worst negative image” of the Argentine government, according to a leading pollster in Buenos Aires. Mariel Fornoni from Management & Fit made the statement only hours before Boudou, and according to Article 88 of the Constitution, signed as acting president for thirty days during the medical absence of Cristina Fernandez.
Tuesday, October 8th 2013 - 05:43 UTC
Cristina Fernandez undergoes surgery to remove clot; doctors consider operation ‘low-risk’

Argentine President Cristina Fernandez (60) will undergo surgery on Tuesday morning to remove an accumulation of blood in her skull (subdural haematoma) following a blow in early August, according to a statement issued by the hospital where she is being treated.
Tuesday, October 8th 2013 - 05:05 UTC
Boudou is Argentine caretaker president but power remains in Cristina’s inner circle

“There are no uncertainties or any weird things here, we just have to keep up with the performance”, said Argentine Vice-president and caretaker president Amado Boudou speaking on Monday from Government House a few hours after signing to replace Cristina Fernandez for thirty days while the head of state undergoes cranium surgery and a recovery period.
Tuesday, October 8th 2013 - 01:25 UTC
Ahead of Scotland referendum and 2015 election Cameron reshuffles cabinet

British Prime Minister David Cameron has kicked off a coalition reshuffle, with Scottish Secretary Michael Moore among the casualties. The Liberal Democrat's Cabinet post is being taken by the party's chief whip Alistair Carmichael, just a year before the crucial referendum on independence north of the border.
Monday, October 7th 2013 - 17:45 UTC
FAO food price index in September down 5.4% since the beginning of the year

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 199.1 points in September 2013, 2.3 points (1%) below its August value and down 11 points (or 5.4%) since the beginning of the year. The decline in September marked the fifth consecutive decrease in the value of the index and was driven by a sharp fall in the international prices of cereals, whereas prices of all other components of the index, namely dairy, oils, meat and sugar, rose slightly.
Monday, October 7th 2013 - 17:37 UTC
Brazilian police raid slum areas in Rio do Janeiro; claims of police brutality

Brazilian police poured into a dozen slum areas of Rio de Janeiro over the weekend continuing a drive to pacify the poor neighborhoods despite accusations of police brutality that have called the tactic into question.
Monday, October 7th 2013 - 15:42 UTC
Breathing space for Argentina’s bonds case: litigation continues at US appeals court level

The U.S. Supreme Court left intact a ruling that may force Argentina to make payments on defaulted government bonds, rejecting that country’s appeal in a clash that has roiled its financial markets. The justices, without comment, on Monday let stand a 2012 U.S. appeals court decision that bars Argentina from making payments on 24 billion in restructured debt unless it also pays owners of the earlier repudiated bonds.