International

• Friday, September 30th 2011 - 19:49 UTC

  Shakira ex-boy friend has found a new love in Miss Colombia (with panties)

  

  Shakira’s former boyfriend and manager is no longer a member of the lonely hearts club, but has kept faithful to the Colombian blend: Antonio De la Rúa’s new couple is none less than a former Miss Colombia.

• Friday, September 30th 2011 - 16:27 UTC

  Latin America remembers and praises links with Beijing on China’s National Day

  

  With China's National Day hours away, (October first), countries across Latin America pledged to further deepen ties with China, one of their biggest trade partners.

• Friday, September 30th 2011 - 16:22 UTC

  World Travel Market 2011 will have a strong Olympics tourism emphasis

  

  UK Olympics Minister Jeremy Hunt will open World Travel Market (WTM) 2011, the leading global event for the travel industry – the final WTM before the 2012 London games.

• Friday, September 30th 2011 - 05:52 UTC

  New Zealand involves the Navy in high seas fisheries rules compliance

  

  New Zealand Fisheries and Aquaculture Minister Phil Heatley has acknowledged the crew of HMNZS Wellington with a presentation to mark the first ever high seas fisheries compliance operation involving the NZ Navy’s new offshore patrol vessels (OPVs).

• Friday, September 30th 2011 - 05:28 UTC

  Rare white humpback whale calf spotted near Australia’s Great Barrier Reef

  

  An extremely rare white humpback whale calf has been spotted near Australia's Great Barrier Reef in an event witnesses described Thursday as a “once in a lifetime experience”.

• Thursday, September 29th 2011 - 18:33 UTC

  Bilateral negotiations in Gibraltar’s future, anticipates Spanish expert

  

  Already in difficulty under Spain’s Socialists, PSOE, the Trilateral forum (Spain, UK and Gibraltar) is unlikely to flourish under a Conservative PP government. That is the view expressed by Luis Ayllon, diplomatic correspondent of the right-leaning ABC Spanish national and a veteran reporter of Gibraltar affairs.

• Thursday, September 29th 2011 - 17:16 UTC

  German parliament approves Euro bail out fund to cut Greek contagion

  

  A large majority in the German parliament has approved expanded powers for the EU main bailout fund. Chancellor Angela Merkel received stronger than expected support in the Bundestag despite some in her coalition vowing to oppose the bill.

• Thursday, September 29th 2011 - 06:36 UTC

  UK rejects EU sponsored financial tax: “Euro crisis not Britain’s problem”

  

  The UK has rejected a call from European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso for a new continent-wide banking tax to help raise billions to ease the Euro zone debt crisis.

• Thursday, September 29th 2011 - 06:31 UTC

  Divided German coalition votes to strengthen Euro support fund

  

  Commodity prices fell and stocks ended a three-day rally on Wednesday on anxiety over a looming German vote to strengthen the fund set up to help the Euro zone combat its debt crisis.

• Thursday, September 29th 2011 - 06:28 UTC

  EC desperate call on the European Central bank to maintain financial stability

  

  European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso urged the European Central Bank to do everything in its power to maintain financial stability in the Euro zone, saying the EU faced the biggest challenge in its 50-year history.