International

• Monday, December 3rd 2012 - 04:54 UTC

  Holdout funds want Argentina to deposit 250m by December 10

  

  Investment funds suing over Argentina's 2002 debt default have asked a US court to order the country to post a security deposit of at least 250 million dollars by December 10, while an appeal of a lower court's order is pending.

• Saturday, December 1st 2012 - 07:00 UTC

  Moody’s downgrades EU financial support funds after France loses top grade

  

  Moody's Ratings agency announced it has downgraded the European Stability Mechanism (ESM) and European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) from “Aaa” to “Aa1,” with negative outlook on each.

• Friday, November 30th 2012 - 20:24 UTC

  Law to regulate UK press: PM Cameron against; Clegg and Miliband in favour

  

  Prime Minister David Cameron rejected the idea of a law to regulate the British press risking a split in his government after an inquiry advised legal backing for a watchdog to police the sometimes outrageous conduct of newspapers

• Friday, November 30th 2012 - 19:39 UTC

  RAF honour guard at former Falklands’ governor Sir Rex Hunt funeral

  

  Personnel from 34 Squadron RAF Regiment and No 609 (West Riding) Squadron Royal Auxiliary Air Force (RAuxAF) have attended the funeral of Sir Rex Hunt, former Governor of the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, November 30th 2012 - 19:24 UTC

  EU Court of Justice confirms Spain has a listed nature site in Gibraltar waters

  

  British Government has lost a crucial appeal before the European Court of Justice [ECJ] relating to Gibraltar’s territorial waters. Britain was seeking to overturn an earlier judgement dismissing its legal challenge to the European Commission’s approval of a Spanish EU nature site in British waters.

• Friday, November 30th 2012 - 06:02 UTC

  Seabourn Cruise Line no longer will call at the Falklands, reports Ushuaia media

  

  The Bahamas flagged cruise vessel ‘Seabourn Sojourn’ that on Thursday berthed at Ushuaia reported to Argentine port authorities it has no plans to visit the Falklands/Malvinas Islands according to press reports from the capital of Argentine Tierra del Fuego.

• Friday, November 30th 2012 - 02:30 UTC

  UN approves ‘non member observer’ status for the Palestine authority

  

  The United Nations General Assembly on Thursday endorsed an upgraded UN status for the Palestinian Authority, despite intense opposition from the United States and Israel.

• Thursday, November 29th 2012 - 20:47 UTC

  Law of the Sea tribunal will decide Argentina/Ghana case on December 15

  

  The International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea announced that the decision on the case involving the Argentine Navy frigate ARA Libertad retained in Ghana will be made public next 15 December. On Thursday both sides made their case in a several hours hearing at the seat of the tribunal in Hamburg.

• Thursday, November 29th 2012 - 18:28 UTC

  Ocean acidification taking toll of Antarctica marine snails, shows BAS research

  

  The shells of marine snails – known as pteropods – living in the seas around Antarctica are being dissolved by ocean acidification according to a new study published this week in the journal Nature Geoscience. These tiny animals are a valuable food source for fish and birds and play an important role in the oceanic carbon cycle.

• Thursday, November 29th 2012 - 13:02 UTC

  Post-Sandy, why urgent preparation is needed for storms of the future

  

  By Lord Julian Hunt and Professor Johnny Chan.(*) - The devastation wrought by super-storm Sandy (253 deaths in the Americas and over 50 billion dollars in economic damage and disruption), is prompting renewed thinking about climate change and national security.