International

Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 02:25 UTC
New worldwide Halal certification scheme for the food industry

Cert ID Europe, the leading certification business has joined forces with the Hijaz Group to form the Halal Authority Board (HAB) www.haboard.com, which will offer a new worldwide benchmark for Halal certification for the food industry.
Thursday, May 3rd 2012 - 02:19 UTC
UK describes incident of Ambassador Castro with Hague as “disappointing”

The United Kingdom ratified on its refusal to start any negotiation over the sovereignty of the Malvinas Islands, and considered “disappointing” the episode occurred on Monday between Argentine ambassador to London Alicia Castro and British Foreign Secretary William Hague.
Wednesday, May 2nd 2012 - 15:06 UTC
Peru could find itself snared in the Falklands/Malvinas dispute

By W. Alex Sanchez, Research Fellow at the Council on Hemispheric Affairs - Thirty years after a bloody war between the United Kingdom and Argentina, the longstanding territorial conflict over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands continues to simmer.
Wednesday, May 2nd 2012 - 06:01 UTC
Far-right candidate announces blank ballot in French presidential run-off

Five days before French voters pick their new president, the far-right candidate Marine Le Pen announced she would cast a blank ballot in the second round poll of the election. Faced with a choice between conservative incumbent Nicolas Sarkozy and Socialist Party challenger François Hollande, the National Front (FN) leader said the two candidates were the same.
Wednesday, May 2nd 2012 - 05:58 UTC
Pre-dawn bomb blast at EU offices in central Buenos Aires

Explosive materials were set off outside the door of the European Union’s branch in Argentina, located in an expensive neighbourhood. Early police reports said the explosion only caused superficial damage and that there were no injuries.
Wednesday, May 2nd 2012 - 05:50 UTC
Peace Nobel laureates deliver letter to PM Cameron office calling for Falklands’ dispute dialogue

Argentine Peace Nobel prize winner Adolfo Pérez Esquivel delivered in London a letter of seven Peace Nobel winners to Prime Minister David Cameron urging UK along with Argentina to reach a peaceful solution over the sovereignty of the disputed Falklands/Malvinas Islands.
Wednesday, May 2nd 2012 - 05:37 UTC
Argentina promises more public harassment on Falklands: “you wait and see”

Argentine ambassador in London Alicia Castro who on Monday surprised and embarrassed (‘ambushed’, according to the UK media) Foreign Secretary William Hague asking him at a public meeting on talks on the disputed Falkland Islands future, has promised more of the same stuff.
Wednesday, May 2nd 2012 - 04:58 UTC
Argentina UN Security Council non permanent member starting January 2013

Argentina received support across Latin America and the Caribbean to become the non-permanent representative for the region at the UN Security Summit for the 2013-2014 period the Foreign Ministry informed on Tuesday.
Tuesday, May 1st 2012 - 08:53 UTC
The Titanic II will mark the entrance of China to the cruise-ship industry

Australian mining billionaire Clive Palmer plans to build a 21st-century replica of the Titanic and sail it from England to New York accompanied by the Chinese navy by the end of 2016.
Tuesday, May 1st 2012 - 00:37 UTC
Argentina looking to absorb the million tons of bio-diesel Spain no longer will import

Almost a million tons of bio-diesel which was exported to Spain will now have to be absorbed by Argentina’s domestic market following on Madrid’s decision to cut all imports because of the seizure of oil corporation YPF from Repsol by the administration of President Cristina Fernandez.