MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency
Stories for September 2nd 2014
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Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 07:19 UTC
UK announces plans to strip suspected Islamist militants of their passports
UK Prime Minister David Cameron announced plans to strip suspected Islamist militants of their passports temporarily, to combat the threat posed by radicalized Britons returning from Syria and Iraq.
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Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 07:01 UTC
Controversy in Uruguay over transfer of Guantanamo prisoners, before or after October election
US ambassador in Montevideo, Julissa Reynoso said that Washington “does not impose a date” for the transfer and arrival of the Guantanamo prison detainees to be accepted by Uruguay, but admitted that the ideal would be for this to happen before the end of President Jose Mujica's mandate next March first.
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Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 06:57 UTC
Interreligious soccer match had Maradona as one of the outstanding stars
Diego Maradona and Roberto Baggio were among a host of former soccer stars who played in an interreligious charity match backed by Pope Francis on Monday night. The Argentine pope, an avid soccer fan, did not attend the match but had an audience with both teams earlier in the day and also broadcast a message on the big screens at Rome's Olympic Stadium ahead of kickoff.
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Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 06:34 UTC
Spain's Iberia returns to Carrasco with 2.300 seats a week on the Montevideo-Madrid route
Spain's flag carrier Iberia made its return to Uruguay on Monday after being out of the South American country's market for 18 months, marking the resumption of a route that will offer up to 2,300 seats to travelers on a weekly basis. Iberia, a unit of IAG, will be providing service on the Madrid-Montevideo and Montevideo-Madrid route with four weekly flights.
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Tuesday, September 2nd 2014 - 00:18 UTC
Ukraine's Next Crisis? Economic disaster
Ukraine's next crisis will be a devastatingly economic one, as violent conflict destroys critical infrastructure in the east and brings key industry to a halt, furthering weakening the energy sector by crippling coal-based electricity production.
