Stories for 2013

Tuesday, February 26th 2013 - 09:27 UTC
Tolerance of bribery and violation of the law in the Americas

Where disregarding the law is normal rather than an aberration, citizens are more likely to see paying a bribe as in their best interest and where obeying the law is the norm and disobeying it constitutes deviant behaviour, citizens are more likely to reject bribery, is one of the foundations for understanding the phenomenon, according to the Americas Barometer Insights in one of its latest papers titled, “tolerance of bribery and violation of the law”.
Tuesday, February 26th 2013 - 08:12 UTC
Italy rejects EU sponsored austerity measures leaves country in political deadlock

Italy faced political deadlock on Tuesday after a stunning election that saw the anti-establishment 5-Star Movement of comic Beppe Grillo become the strongest party in the country and left no political group with a clear majority in parliament. The protest vote is also a clear signal of the failure of the EU-German sponsored austerity measures which were implemented by the government of the non-elected technocrat government of Mario Monti.
Tuesday, February 26th 2013 - 07:42 UTC
Monsanto legal battle on Roundup Ready patent expected to reach Brazil Supreme Court

Monsanto Company announced plans to file an immediate appeal of a recent ruling by a single judge of the Brazilian Superior Court of Justice, relating to the company's request for term correction of a patent covering its Roundup Ready soybean product.
Tuesday, February 26th 2013 - 00:59 UTC
Argentine born MEP shocks UK politics by abandoning independents and joining the Tories

Argentine born Marta Andreasen a UK south east region MEP (Member of the European Parliament) for the UK Independent Party has said she is leaving the party to join the Conservatives.
Tuesday, February 26th 2013 - 00:10 UTC
Argentina accused UK of sending submarines with nuclear weapons capacity to the Falklands

Argentina accused the UK of displacement of submarines with nuclear weapons capacity in the Falkland Islands, violating international treaties that established the South Atlantic zone as free of nuclear arms. The claim was made on Monday at the United Nations Disarmament Conference in Geneva.
Monday, February 25th 2013 - 22:16 UTC
South Korea has first female president: pledges ‘trust-politik’ with Pyongyang

Park Geun-hye made history Monday by becoming South Korea's first female president, pledging to secure South Korea against the threat of an increasingly hostile North Korea at the same time as mending bridges with Pyongyang.
Monday, February 25th 2013 - 22:06 UTC
Pod of pilot whales beached in south Chile; 20 dead and 26 saved

At least twenty pilot whales stranded in the south of Chile died while another twenty six from the pod were rescued by local fishermen, Coast Guard personnel and the high tide, reports La Prensa Austral from Punta Arenas.
Monday, February 25th 2013 - 21:31 UTC
Promising gas discovery in southern Chile Magallanes Region

GeoPark Holdings has revealed the discovery of the new Palos Quemados gas field on the Tranquilo block in Chile in the southern region of Magallanes. The Palos Quemados field is the first gas discovery in the Tranquilo Block by GeoPark and the first hydrocarbon discovery in the Magallanes Fold and Thrust Belt in more than 40 years.
Monday, February 25th 2013 - 20:34 UTC
FIFA approves third goal-line technology licence, eligible for 2014 World Cup

Germany’s CAIROS technologies AG, the parent company of IMPIRE AG, became on Monday the third FIFA licensed Goal-line Technology (GLT) provider, after meeting all the test requirements and making it eligible to be considered for use at the 2014 World Cup, FIFA.
Monday, February 25th 2013 - 20:21 UTC
Kerry refuses to comment on Falklands’ referendum; US position remains unchanged

Starting in London his first trip overseas as the new US Secretary of State, John Kerry kept strictly to US policy on the Falkland Islands and refused to comment on the coming referendum when Islanders are expected to decide on their political status and future.