International

• Monday, April 9th 2012 - 05:26 UTC

  Sarkozy warns voters: look at Greece and Spain after seven years of Socialism

  

  Nicolas Sarkozy warned French voters Thursday they should re-elect him as president to pursue his cost-cutting plans or face the kind of debt crises that have gripped Greece and Spain.

• Friday, April 6th 2012 - 07:40 UTC

  Falkland’s war experiences comes to life in Tyneside novel

  

  A successful Northumberland author’s latest novel has a very timely subject as the UK marks the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War.

• Thursday, April 5th 2012 - 17:07 UTC

  Dragui confirms extraordinary long-term funding to financial system will continue

  

  European Central Bank President Mario Draghi dismissed a German-led push for the bank to start planning a retreat from emergency crisis-fighting, but stressed it was keeping a close eye on price pressures.

• Thursday, April 5th 2012 - 15:36 UTC

  IMF warns world recovery is very fragile; policy makers should not become complacent

  

  IMF Managing Director Christine Lagarde said the world economy is still in recession and the recovery remains fragile as she warned that, although some progress has been made, the global economic situation is not ideal yet. “We should not delude ourselves into a false sense of security,” she alerted.

• Thursday, April 5th 2012 - 14:48 UTC

  Global deal and tracking system to stem illegal tobacco trade

  

  Negotiators from 135 nations sealed Wednesday a global deal to stem the illegal tobacco trade that could net governments 50 billion dollars more annually in tax revenues, the World Health Organisation said.

• Thursday, April 5th 2012 - 14:29 UTC

  Memorandum for Lady Thatcher on Chile’s support during Falklands’ conflict

  

  It is a well known and admitted fact that the Chilean regime of General Augusto Pinochet provided very useful intelligence to the British effort to recover the occupied Falkland Islands in 1982.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 23:55 UTC

  Half of Argentines believe Malvinas conflict ‘will never be solved’, shows poll

  

  Half of Argentines believe that the Falklands/Malvinas conflict over which Argentina and Britain went to war 30 years ago, will not be solved, but a clear majority have no doubts about the sovereignty issue, according to a public opinion poll released on Wednesday.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 22:33 UTC

  Jimmy Burns updated edition of how Argentina lost the Falklands war

  

  On the 30th anniversary of the invasion of the Falkland Islands Jimmy Burns launches an updated edition of “The Land that lost its Heroes” , How Argentina lost the Falklands war, which draws on unique access to military, diplomatic and intelligence sources in Argetina, the US and the UK plus other key players.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 22:28 UTC

  Falklands invites Peace laureates to visit the Islands and “see for themselves”

  

  In an open letter the Falklands Islands elected government reminds Nobel Peace laureates that Falklanders as a people have the right to self-determination and that after 200 years of links with Britain, “we would consider any control (of the Islands) by Argentina as alien, and therefore a denial of our rights as a people”.

• Wednesday, April 4th 2012 - 04:08 UTC

  China says emerging economies suffering from major capital inflows caused by US monetary policy

  

  China’s central bank Governor Zhou Xiaochuan said the US Federal Reserve must consider responsibility of the global effects of its actions as emerging-market economies suffer from capital inflows.