International

• Sunday, January 22nd 2012 - 23:30 UTC

  Historic Portsmouth dockyard could face the axe, says The Sunday Times

  

  UK arms manufacturer BAE Systems said it was reviewing its warship business but refused to comment on a newspaper report that it was set to close the historic Portsmouth dockyard.

• Sunday, January 22nd 2012 - 20:45 UTC

  “Argentina not looking to organize a blockade of the Malvinas”, says Timerman

  

  Argentine Foreign Affairs minister Hector Timerman said that Argentina “is not looking to organize a blockade of the Malvinas” but only wants “to counter British interests” based on the Unasur and Mercosur decisions to bar Falklands’ flagged vessels from having access to regional ports.

• Sunday, January 22nd 2012 - 05:29 UTC

  EU shipping safety review to take full account of Costa Concordia sinking

  

  A review of EU passenger ship safety rules is being stepped up following the Costa Concordia shipwreck off the Italian coast. Europe’s transport Commissioner Siim Kallas announced Friday that the review, which began in 2010, must take full account of the circumstances surrounding the sinking of the cruise vessel Costa Concordia in shallow water a week ago.

• Sunday, January 22nd 2012 - 04:57 UTC

  Argentina is “not intimidating Falkland Islanders”; claiming sovereignty right

  

  Argentine Interior Minister Florencio Randazzo, quickly hit back at the statements made by the British government, after Foreign Secretary William Hague said that Argentina “should stop their intimidation attempts” against the Falkland Islanders.

• Saturday, January 21st 2012 - 15:19 UTC

  “Only the Falkland Islanders can be the masters of their future”

  

  In an article published today the Foreign Secretary William Hague sets out why the future of the Falkland Islands can only be decided by its people themselves.

• Saturday, January 21st 2012 - 05:57 UTC

  Falklands’ dispute: protestors burn Union Jack flags outside UK embassy in Buenos Aires

  

  Left-wing activists have protested outside the British embassy in Buenos Aires to demand Argentina break off diplomatic relations with the UK over the Falkland Islands dispute.

• Saturday, January 21st 2012 - 05:52 UTC

  Russia ‘far advanced’ to host the World Cup (in 2018) than Brazil

  

  Russia is already better prepared to host the 2018 World Cup than Brazil, which will stage the 32-team soccer competition in 2014, FIFA president Sepp Blatter said on Friday.

• Saturday, January 21st 2012 - 05:51 UTC

  Vote on US legislation to combat online piracy postponed

  

  Yielding to strong opposition from the high tech community, United States Senate and House leaders said Friday they will put off further action on legislation to combat online piracy.

• Saturday, January 21st 2012 - 05:36 UTC

  Italian cabinet approves legislation to deregulate services and professions

  

  Italy's cabinet on Friday approved legislation to deregulate service sectors and professions in an effort to increase competition, cut costs to consumers and boost chronically weak growth in the Euro zone's third largest economy.

• Saturday, January 21st 2012 - 05:26 UTC

  GM regains in 2011 title as the world’s top selling automaker

  

  General Motors Co regained its title as the world's top-selling automaker in 2011, less than three years after its 2009 taxpayer-funded bankruptcy under the Obama administration.