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International

  • Monday, March 4th 2013 - 06:08 UTC

    EU begins campaign to uncover extent of branding fraud with horse meat

    Main foreign suppliers of horse meat to EU are Mexico, Canada and Argentina

    The European Union wide campaign to determine the extent of branding fraud in the food industry, with horse meat sold as beef, commenced on the weekend. Over 2,250 processed food items will be tested for DNA in member states.

  • Monday, March 4th 2013 - 05:43 UTC

    Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands: Another Falklands?

    Chinese patrol vessels challenging the Japanese

    By Gwynne Dyer - Chinese survey vessels go into the waters around the disputed islands and Japanese patrol ships tail them much too closely. Twice last month Chinese maritime surveillance aircraft flew into the airspace around the Japanese-controlled islands and Tokyo scrambled F-15 fighters to meet them. On the second occasion, China then sent fighters too. Can these people be serious?

  • Monday, March 4th 2013 - 05:06 UTC

    The “entente fugale” and the French point of view on defence of the Falklands

    James Arbuthnot, head of the British Parliament’s Defence Select Committee

    Dubbed the “entente frugale” and criticised by some as a dangerous dilution of military sovereignty, Franco-British defence cooperation is nonetheless growing stronger. Shrinking budgets, a less indulgent United States and Europe’s diminishing military clout in the world have bolstered the two countries’ determination to work together.

  • Saturday, March 2nd 2013 - 08:27 UTC

    On Monday congregation of cardinals begins process to vote for a new Pope

    Brazil’s Odilo Scherer and Leonardo Sandri from Argentina among the “papabile”

    On the first day that the Church is without a Pope, Cardinal Angelo Sodano announced that the first general congregation of cardinals will take place next Monday morning. Cardinal Angelo Sodano, the Dean of the College of Cardinals, made the date public in an official letter sent to the world’s cardinal on Friday March first.

  • Saturday, March 2nd 2013 - 07:55 UTC

    Argentina offers to pay ‘holdouts’ but on same terms as those who accepted debt restructuring

    Cristina Fernandez: “the world has to choose whether they will let a handful of people ruin everyone”

    President Cristina Fernández defended on Friday her debt reduction policies and blasted the so-called vulture funds and multilateral organizations but also admitted Argentina was willing to pay holdouts on the same conditions that those who accepted the 2005 and 2010 debt restructuring.

  • Friday, March 1st 2013 - 16:05 UTC

    IAG insists Iberia “must adapt to survive”; forecasts profit this year

    CEO Willie Walsh underlined the “stunning” performance” of Iberia Express with its domestic and short-haul flights

    British Airways parent International Consolidated Airlines Group (IAG) has pledged to push through a plan to shrink Spanish arm Iberia by 15% and deliver a profit rebound this year following a group-wide loss last year.

  • Friday, March 1st 2013 - 13:29 UTC

    Euro-zone unemployment reaching 12%; Greece and Spain above 26%

    Youth unemployment in Greece and Spain is above 55%

    Unemployment in the Euro zone reached a new high of 11.9% in January, as an additional 201,000 people joined the jobless ranks in the crisis-battered bloc, latest data showed Friday. The unemployment rate has been increasing relentlessly since the middle of 2011.

  • Friday, March 1st 2013 - 06:39 UTC

    Be careful: Russia is back to stay in the Middle East

    Following the blunders of Russian diplomacy in Libya, President Vladimir Putin wants to ensure control of an Aliwite state carved out of the original Syria

    Russia is back. President Vladimir Putin wants the world to acknowledge that Russia remains a global power. He is making his stand in Syria. The Soviet Union acquired the Tartus Naval Port in Syria in 1971 without any real purpose for it. With their ships welcomed in Algeria, Cuba or Vietnam, Tartus was too insignificant to be developed. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, Russia lacked the funds to spend on the base and no reason to invest in it.

  • Friday, March 1st 2013 - 02:08 UTC

    Ban Ki-moon calls for a more inclusive dialogue on decolonization

    ”Eradication of colonialism, in keeping with the principles of the Charter and the relevant UN resolutions, is our common endeavour” said Ban Ki-moon

    With the world undergoing a “great transition,” it is time for a new kind of inclusive dialogue about decolonization, Secretary General Ban Ki-moon said, calling for fresh approaches to resolve the situations of the remaining 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories.

  • Friday, March 1st 2013 - 02:01 UTC

    Political challenges for the ambitious US-EU trade agreement to ensure Western preeminence

    Kerry in Berlin after talks with his German counterpart Guido Westerwelle

    US-EU plans to join forces via a free-trade agreement are taking on shape. During his Berlin visit, US Secretary of State John Kerry described the planned pact as a priority for President Barack Obama's second term and marked out the agreement as a key element in cementing transatlantic ties.