International

Monday, March 5th 2012 - 19:03 UTC
HMS Protector returns to spot in Antarctica where Shackleton saved his men

Sailors from HMS Protector have returned to the exact spot where polar explorer Ernest Shackleton saved his men nearly 100 years ago. A team form the ice survey ship carried out scientific research at Point Wild on Elephant Island - a remote and forbidding shore where Shackleton expedition party spent months awaiting rescue in 1916.
Monday, March 5th 2012 - 06:04 UTC
Change in Argentine policy is “an attempt to collect support and look less mean”

The apparent change in Argentine policy towards the Falkland Islands by offering three direct flights to the Islands from Buenos Aires instead of cutting the air link with Chile, as had been anticipated, was described by Chilean diplomatic sources as “an attempt to collect international support and look less mean”.
Monday, March 5th 2012 - 06:00 UTC
Falklands’ case triggers controversy in St Vincent and Grenadines

The Prime Minister of St Vincent and the Grenadines Dr Ralph Gonsalves said that he does not regard himself as a “water carrier” or the “president of a fitness club”, as he defended his decision not to meet with two legislators from a “colonial country assembly” in reference to the Falkland Islands.
Monday, March 5th 2012 - 05:56 UTC
Inter American bank does not trust Argentine official stats, uses private estimates

Argentina must solve the controversy over the measurement of inflation which has significant economic and political costs, said Eugenio Diaz-Bonilla the Inter American Development Bank, IADB, director for Argentina and Haiti.
Monday, March 5th 2012 - 05:38 UTC
Daily Telegraph readers’ poll says Falklands ‘should be returned’ to Argentina

According to an ongoing opinion poll among readers of The Telegraph on line, over 55% believe the Falklands/Malvinas should be returned to Argentina, and an estimated 14% say the Islanders should hold a referendum to decide.
Monday, March 5th 2012 - 05:34 UTC
Putin declares victory; opposition claim fraud, protests scheduled for Monday

Vladimir Putin has declared victory in Russia's presidential elections, returning for a third term after spending the last four years as the country's PM. Exit polls and preliminary results gave him about 60% of the vote.
Monday, March 5th 2012 - 05:28 UTC
Enjoy chocolate: it helps to lower blood pressure says scientific research

Eating chocolate is not only a treat for the tongue -- it may also have some tangible benefits for heart health, such as lowering blood pressure slightly, according to a study involving more than a thousand people.
Saturday, March 3rd 2012 - 04:43 UTC
Morrissey joins the controversy saying the “Falklands belong to Argentina”

Morrissey has waded into the row over the Falkland Islands telling the audience at an Argentine gig that they “belong to you”. The former Smiths front-man, who counts Prime Minister David Cameron among his fans, made the remarks during a concert in Cordoba, Argentina.
Friday, March 2nd 2012 - 22:05 UTC
Falkland Islands: Why we can't accept Cristina's 'kind' gesture

By John Fowler (*) - I handed the family's passports to a rather stern-looking official behind a desk, while my wife and mother-in-law passed through into the departure lounge with our daughter, who was just a few months short of her first birthday. Along with the passports, I also handed over three white identity cards. These were issued by the country through which we were in transit on our way to holidays in Britain from our home in the Falkland Islands.
Friday, March 2nd 2012 - 21:33 UTC
Any negotiations “must start from a position of trust” Falklands tells Argentina

Negotiations must start from a position of trust and “it is hard to trust a Government who so easily break their word, and who deny our right to exist as a people”, said Falklands lawmaker Roger Edwards in response to the announcement by Argentine President Cristina Fernandez on direct air-links to the Falklands.