International

• Monday, July 25th 2011 - 07:08 UTC

  EU/Mercosur agreement: “too much fear from both sides”

  

  A trade agreement between Mercosur and the European Union would significantly expand European investment given the increase in bilateral trade, but ‘there’s too much fear from both sides’, according to Adrian van den Hover head of international relations for Business Europe.

• Monday, July 25th 2011 - 05:54 UTC

  Norwegian mass-killer says he is a righteous ‘crusader’ fighting the tide of Islam

  

  Over 1,500 pages long and nearly a decade in the making, the manifesto detailing Norwegian mass-killer Anders Behring Breivik's murderous “crusade” gives a chilling picture of a self-confessed “monster.”

• Saturday, July 23rd 2011 - 06:36 UTC

  Double attack in Norway kills at least 87; one extreme-right extremist arrested

  

  Norwegian authorities early Saturday dramatically increased the death toll in a gun attack at a youth camp on the Norwegian island of Utoya to at least 80, bringing the total number dead in a pair of apparently related attacks Friday to 87.

• Friday, July 22nd 2011 - 06:24 UTC

  Organizing and hosting major sports events deliver a “positive social legacy”

  

  The upcoming World Cup soccer tournament and Summer Olympics in Brazil should be harnessed to deliver a “positive social legacy” for the South American country and beyond, the United Nations envoy for sports and peace has said.

• Friday, July 22nd 2011 - 01:59 UTC

  Weak Spanish government conditions enthusiasm for an EU/Mercosur deal

  

  The Spanish government's enthusiasm for an European Union free-trade agreement with Mercosur remains solid and Madrid seems willing to put some sectors of agriculture at risk in exchange for access to new markets for the country's multinationals.

• Friday, July 22nd 2011 - 00:25 UTC

  Paris-Berlin soften rescue terms admit “selective default” and announce Euro IMF

  

  Euro zone leaders agreed at an emergency summit on Thursday to give their financial rescue fund sweeping new powers to help Greece overcome its debt crisis and prevent market instability from spreading through the region.

• Thursday, July 21st 2011 - 23:30 UTC

  Falklands present at the centennial of the Commonwealth’s Parliamentary Conference

  

  Legislative Assembly Member Dick Sawle will represent the Falkland Islands at the 57th Commonwealth Parliamentary Conference next week in London which on this occasion will have a very special significance: the founding centennial of the Commonwealth’s oldest organization.

• Thursday, July 21st 2011 - 09:30 UTC

  Cameron regrets having hired former editor at heart of phone-hacking scandal

  

  British Prime Minister David Cameron, defending his integrity in an emergency debate in parliament, said on Wednesday he regretted the uproar caused by his hiring of a former newspaper editor at the heart of a phone-hacking scandal.

• Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 22:23 UTC

  Auschwitz “angel of death” writings and records on auction

  

  More than 4,000 pages of journal entries and other material written by Dr. Josef Mengele, the “angel of death” are to go under the hammer Thursday at a United States auction house.

• Wednesday, July 20th 2011 - 09:22 UTC

  Reduced Chinese import makes and cheaper palm oil, see G-3 exports fall

  

  Soybean processing and exports from the US, Argentina and Brazil, the largest shippers, were below expectations in the second quarter on reduced Chinese imports and competition from palm oil, Oil World said in a Tuesday released report.