International

• Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 18:36 UTC

  Falklands’ sovereignty “is not negotiable. Period”, says British PM Cameron

  

  British Prime Minister, David Cameron, sent a clear message on Wednesday during a Parliamentary speech regarding Argentina’s claim over the Falkland/Malvinas Islands as the British leader stated that sovereignty “is not negotiable. Period!”

• Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 14:41 UTC

  Aquaculture more efficient than livestock production, says WorldFish Centre

  

  WorldFish Centre and Conservation International (CI) have revealed a comprehensive analysis exploring the environmental impact of the world's major aquaculture production systems and species and gives an unprecedented global assessment of trends and impacts. The results from the two-year study show that aquaculture is more efficient than other forms of animal protein production such as livestock.

• Wednesday, June 15th 2011 - 02:38 UTC

  Argentina’s lessons from ‘dirty war’, apply today to Syria, said Ban Ki-moon

  

  United Nation Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged that the lessons learned from Argentina’s turn from dictatorship to democracy be applied widely, particularly in North Africa and the Middle East, and he called on Syria to allow humanitarian aid into areas affected by ongoing violence.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2011 - 22:20 UTC

  Facebook preparing for public offering; company value over 100 billion USD

  

  Facebook is preparing to file for an initial public offering as early as October or November that could value the popular social networking site at more than 100 billion US dollars, financial news channel CNBC reported this week.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2011 - 21:42 UTC

  Timberland sold for 1.8bn USD with a 43% premium for shareholders

  

  US clothing giant VF Corporation, parent of brands including The North Face, Wrangler jeans and Nautica, will buy Timberland for about 1.8 billion US dollars in cash, the companies announced Monday.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2011 - 20:47 UTC

  EU/Mercosur trade talks are frozen on the “edge of the cliff”

  

  Trade talks between Mercosur and the European Union have been frozen on the “edge of the cliff” because of the European debt crisis, differences over agriculture subsidies and other crucial issues according to sources in Brazil from both sides.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2011 - 15:09 UTC

  China hikes bank reserves to contain inflation; food costs up 11.7% in May

  

  China's central bank raised bank reserve ratios on Tuesday for the ninth time since October to try to curb inflation, which is running at its fastest pace in almost three years.

• Tuesday, June 14th 2011 - 14:04 UTC

  Nepal designated landmine free country; UK main contributor to the milestone

  

  The UK Government congratulated Nepal for the successful clearance of its last remaining minefields and its designation as a landmine free country. On the culmination of the task, the Foreign Office called on the Nepalese government to join the Ottawa Convention

• Monday, June 13th 2011 - 22:02 UTC

  Ban Ki-moon celebrates birthday on an Argentine coach and with ‘alfajores’

  

  On the day of his 67th birthday, United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon and his delegation arrived in Buenos Aires by coach after having landed in the northern city of Cordoba.

• Monday, June 13th 2011 - 21:56 UTC

  Argentina asks more support from Ban Ki–moon for Malvinas sovereignty claim

  

  President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, CFK, renewed the Argentine claim of sovereignty over the Malvinas Islands before UN Secretary General Ban Ki-Moon, who’s visiting the country on his birthday.