International

Thursday, February 21st 2013 - 01:35 UTC
Cameron describes as “deeply shameful episode” 1919 massacre of Indians by colonial troops

British Prime Minister David Cameron visited the site of a colonial-era massacre in India on Wednesday, describing the episode as “deeply shameful” while stopping short of a public apology.
Wednesday, February 20th 2013 - 05:36 UTC
Gibraltar has a new police patrol boat to match the Guardia Civil.

A very wet naming and blessing ceremony of the Sir William Jackson (*) took place on Tuesday the 19th of February at 3.30pm at the Royal Gibraltar Police Marine Section at Coaling Island. Speaking at the ceremony Commissioner Eddie Yome thanked HM Government of Gibraltar for continuing to invest in providing assets to the RGP.
Wednesday, February 20th 2013 - 05:26 UTC
Interpol cracks down on illegal logging in Central and South America: 200 arrested

Interpol has announced that it arrested nearly 200 people in a wide-ranging international operation against illegal logging and the trafficking of timber. The three-month effort spanned 12 Central and South American countries, and 8 million dollars worth of timber was seized.
Wednesday, February 20th 2013 - 05:13 UTC
Malvinas: read what the real world is saying

By Fernando Petrella (*) - The following article by an Argentine former Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs was published as a column in the Buenos Aires media. The following reproduction in English is not necessarily literal but tries keep to its spirit as much as possible.
Tuesday, February 19th 2013 - 23:38 UTC
HMS Argyll begins her West Africa and South Atlantic tour

The Royal Navy frigate HMS Argyll left on Monday from Devonport for the West African region and the South Atlantic to undertake a range of tasks in support of British interests worldwide. She replaces in her South Atlantic tour HMS Edinburgh, ‘Fortress of the Seas’ which is to be decommissioned next June.
Monday, February 18th 2013 - 17:26 UTC
Gibraltar and the Falklands referendum: “we are with you every step of the way”

Chief Minister Fabian Picardo has expressed Gibraltar’s “unqualified” support for the people of the Falklands in their forthcoming referendum. Picardo’s remarks were delivered by Samantha Sacramento last week at the Commonwealth parliamentary Association regional conference in the capital of Stanley in Falklands.
Monday, February 18th 2013 - 16:29 UTC
Morales nationalizes control of Bolivia three main airports

Populist Bolivian President Evo Morales on Monday nationalized control of the country’s three main airports from Spain’s operator Abertis-Aena, arguing that the company had not fulfilled investments commitments promised for years.
Monday, February 18th 2013 - 06:39 UTC
Scandal-hit Vatican bank tries to make clean start but again stumbles

The Vatican appointed a German lawyer to head its bank, but the bid to turn the fortunes of the scandal-hit institution was clouded by his business links to a military shipbuilder.
Monday, February 18th 2013 - 06:33 UTC
Head of Italy’s main defence firm arrested on allegations of corruption in helicopter sales

The chairman and chief executive of the Italian defence firm Finmeccanica, has formally resigned. Giuseppe Orsi was arrested in Italy this week as part of a corruption investigation involving the sale of helicopters to the Indian government. India has started the process of cancelling the 750m dollars contract.
Monday, February 18th 2013 - 06:29 UTC
Russian meteor: 17 metres wide, weighed 10.000 tons and crashed at 64.373 km/h says NASA

The meteor that exploded over Russia Friday was slightly larger than previously thought and more powerful, too, NASA scientists say. The explosion over the city of Chelyabinsk, on Friday injured more than 1,000 people and blew out windows across the region in a massive blast captured on cameras by frightened witnesses.