International

• Monday, April 2nd 2012 - 07:34 UTC

  Worst public relations week for the ruling British coalition

  

  Prime Minister David Cameron's approval rating hit its lowest level since he took office, a poll showed, after his Conservative party came under fire for an unpopular budget, cosy ties to rich donors and a botched handling of a looming fuel strike.

• Monday, April 2nd 2012 - 05:28 UTC

  China’s Sinopec buys 30% stake in Portugal’s Galp operations in Brazil

  

  Chinese oil group Sinopec officially completed a deal to buy a 30% stake in Petrogal Brasil which is responsible for oil and gas exploration and production activities of Portugal’s Galp Energia in Brazil.

• Monday, April 2nd 2012 - 03:37 UTC

  The Voice of the Falklands recalls the Argentine invasion

  

  Sky News Michelle Clifford interviewed Patrick Watts, who recalls the night of the invasion 30 years ago and how he kept running the only radio station in the Falklands during the 74 days of Argentine occupation.

• Monday, April 2nd 2012 - 01:49 UTC

  Cristina Fernandez leads main Malvinas war commemoration in Ushuaia

  

  Argentine president Cristina Fernandez will lead on Monday the main ceremony commemorating the 30th anniversary of the beginning of the Malvinas war or South Atlantic conflict, when Argentine troops invaded the Falklands and held them for 74 days until ousted by a British Task Force.

• Sunday, April 1st 2012 - 08:58 UTC

  Thirty years after the Falklands short, victorious war

  

  The Economist latest edition includes a piece on April 2nd 1982 when Argentina invaded the Falkland Islands. The ensuing war Britain fought to recover them still colors UK and Argentine domestic politics

• Sunday, April 1st 2012 - 08:49 UTC

  Argentina has decided to take control of YPF, says pro-government newspaper

  

  The Argentine government has made the decision to take control of leading energy company YPF and is discussing whether to renationalize it or intervene in its administration, a newspaper reported on Saturday.

• Sunday, April 1st 2012 - 08:45 UTC

  Sanctions on Iran force Uruguay to propose Teheran rice for oil barter deal

  

  Uruguay will consult with Iran the possibility of exporting rice in exchange for oil, the government of President Jose Mujica said on Friday.

• Sunday, April 1st 2012 - 08:24 UTC

  Euro-zone builds firewall but calls for bigger global financial emergency fund

  

  European governments called for a bigger global financial emergency fund after engineering a firewall to fight the region’s debt crisis that tops the symbolic 1 trillion dollars mark.

• Sunday, April 1st 2012 - 08:16 UTC

  India and Brazil agree to push for UN Security Council reform

  

  India and Brazil on Friday decided to step up efforts to push the UN reforms, particularly the Security Council and signed half a dozen agreements in areas ranging from science and biotechnology to cultural exchanges.

• Sunday, April 1st 2012 - 07:54 UTC

  Former president to stand trial in relation to Argentina’s deadliest terrorist attack

  

  Former Argentine president Carlos Menem was ordered Friday to stand trial for obstruction of justice in a probe of the 1994 bombing of a building housing Jewish charity that killed 85 people.