International

Monday, November 26th 2012 - 04:39 UTC
Separatists win Catalonia regional election but independence referendum delayed

Separatists in Spain's Catalonia won regional elections on Sunday but failed to get a resounding mandate for a referendum on independence, which had threatened to pile political uncertainty on top of Spain's economic woes.
Saturday, November 24th 2012 - 21:59 UTC
Why the Qatar Summit could bring new direction for action on climate change

By Lord Hunt & Terry Townshend - We have learnt to expect surprises at UN climate change summits. At Durban, a year ago, there was the unexpected, but welcome, agreement to begin negotiations on a new legally binding instrument involving all major emitters of greenhouse gases, to be finalised by 2015, and to take effect in 2020.
Saturday, November 24th 2012 - 15:34 UTC
Argentina insists with Malvinas during UN ceremony with Ban Ki-moon

Argentina is strongly committed with multilateralism and trusts in the UN to reach a fair, peaceful and long lasting solution to the sovereignty dispute in the Malvinas issue, said Ambassador Maria Cristina Perceval during her Friday credentials presentation ceremony with Secretary General Ban Ki-moon.
Saturday, November 24th 2012 - 04:25 UTC
OAS will send more than 50 international observers to Paraguay’s election

The Organization of American States (OAS) and Paraguay signed an agreement this week to send observers to the April 2013 elections. OAS contrary to Unasur and Mercosur did not describe Paraguay political events of last June as “a rupture of the democratic process” or a congressional coup and has been supportive of the country.
Friday, November 23rd 2012 - 09:54 UTC
Australian scientists ‘discover’ the island that never was in the mid-Pacific

A South Pacific island identified on Google Earth and world maps does not exist, according to Australian scientists who went searching for the mystery landmass during a geological expedition.
Friday, November 23rd 2012 - 05:24 UTC
Argentina to request on Monday a review of US Judge Griesa latest ruling

Argentine Economy Minister Hernán Lorenzino assured during a press conference on Thursday that “paying off the vulture funds is illegal,” and said that the ruling by US District Judge Thomas Griesa against Argentina is “unfair”.
Friday, November 23rd 2012 - 05:19 UTC
Mexico’s war on drugs a “failure” according to public opinion poll

The war on drugs launched by outgoing Mexican President Felipe Calderón six years ago has been a ‘failure’ concluded a public opinion poll on public security and law and order, done by the Mexico United against Crime non government organization.
Thursday, November 22nd 2012 - 20:51 UTC
Chinese government bankers and financers warned on extravagant and lavish expenditures

China will ban executives from state-owned banks and financial companies from spending extravagantly on cars and houses, according to the state news agency Xinhua. The 12 regulations, issued jointly by the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Supervision and the National Audit Office, come after Communist Party chief Xi Jinping warned that the party risks major unrest and the collapse of its rule if corruption is allowed to run wild in China.
Thursday, November 22nd 2012 - 14:50 UTC
Argentina’s outbursts backfire: Judge Griesa orders payment to holdout bond investors

Argentina suffered a stinging blow late Wednesday when New York federal judge Thomas Griesa, citing threats by the country's leaders to defy his rulings in a decade-old dispute over defaulted sovereign bonds, ordered immediate payment.
Thursday, November 22nd 2012 - 07:38 UTC
Hamburg tribunal confirms hearings on ARA Libertad impounded at Ghana port

The Law of the Sea Tribunal in Hamburg confirmed the oral hearings’ date for 29 and 30 November referred to the Argentine vessel ARA Libertad impounded and retained in Ghana since 2 October, with a previous day of consultations with both litigants on 28 November.