International

• Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 18:17 UTC

  EU ‘animal well being’ group warns about Mercosur livestock conditions

  

  The Eurogroup for Animals called on the European Union to demand from Mercosur farmers associations and governments the same ‘animal well-being’ requisites and regulations which their European counterparts must comply with.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 17:10 UTC

  UK Europe Minister praises relation with Spain, but underlines no compromise on Gibraltar

  

  The Right Honourable David Lidington MP, the UK Minister of State for Europe, paid a short overnight familiarisation visit to Gibraltar, arriving Tuesday and leaving Wednesday lunchtime

• Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 05:37 UTC

  Tail section of Air France plane located on the Atlantic bed 4 km down

  

  The tail section of an Air France plane which crashed over the Atlantic in 2009 has been found on the ocean floor, relatives of those killed have said. Investigators had told them the section was “relatively intact”, they added.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 04:44 UTC

  Turkey slams Argentine Judge ruling blaming Ottomans for Armenian genocide

  

  Turkey has slammed an Argentine judge's ruling that it committed genocide against Armenians around the time of World War I. The Turkish Foreign Affairs Ministry said the ruling was an example of how legal systems are abused by extreme nationalists belonging to the Armenian Diaspora.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 04:42 UTC

  Chinook chopper losses in Scotland and Falklands cast doubt on their safety

  

  UK Defence chiefs cast doubt over the safety of Chinook helicopters two years before 29 people were killed in the crash off the coast of Scotland. A previous incident in the Falkland Islands dating back to 1987 with the loss of another Chinook was also included in the investigation.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 04:30 UTC

  China and Brazil agree to further expand their strategic partnership

  

  China and Brazil on Tuesday clinched a host of government agreements and economic deals in Beijing to enhance their strategic partnership as Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff paid her first state visit to China.

• Wednesday, April 13th 2011 - 00:34 UTC

  IMF says much more can be done to rein in fiscal deficits and debts

  

  The outlook for government debts and deficits in 2011 is a mixed bag, with most advanced economies reining in fiscal deficits, but not fast enough to keep their debt from rising. Fiscal balances are improving in most emerging economies, and some could do more as they experience a windfall from high commodity prices and strong capital flows.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2011 - 21:26 UTC

  IMF calls on the US to tackle the deficit and help financial markets stability

  

  There is an urgent need for the United States to tackle the deficit in the government's finances since the size of the exposure risks creating instability in the financial markets, according to the International Monetary Fund. However the IMF says the global economic recovery is gaining strength.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2011 - 21:04 UTC

  Majority of EU citizens want their fish from sustainable sources

  

  An overwhelming majority of EU citizens want the fish they buy to come from sources that are sustainable and not over-fished, according to an independent poll commissioned by World Wildlife Fund, WWF, and carried out in 14 EU countries.

• Tuesday, April 12th 2011 - 20:48 UTC

  EU makes effective tough new fisheries control system from “net to plate”

  

  A new system of fishery control with continent-wide, common rules and penalties is now fully operational, the European Commission said on Tuesday.