International

• Monday, April 11th 2011 - 19:49 UTC

  China plans to invest 10 billion USD in soy production and processing in Brazil

  

  China plans to invest ten billion US dollars in the production, storage and transport of soybeans in Brazil to ensure the supply of the commodity of which it is the world’s main importer, according to press reports in Beijing.

• Monday, April 11th 2011 - 05:24 UTC

  Protestors force Petrobras to suspend off shore seismic surveying in New Zealand

  

  Brazilian oil giant Petrobras suspended an offshore survey Sunday in New Zealand after several environmental activists jumped into the water to block the passage of the ship conducting the study, reports the NZ press.

• Saturday, April 9th 2011 - 07:56 UTC

  Oil prices surge to a 2.5 year high on concerns about supply and the dollar

  

  Oil prices have surged to a two-and-a-half-year high on concerns about supply and a weaker dollar. Brent crude topped $126, while US crude was at $112.79.

• Saturday, April 9th 2011 - 07:53 UTC

  Syrian government kills 23 peaceful protestors on Muslim day of prayer

  

  Protests erupted across much of the Arab world on the Muslim day of prayer, with demonstrators killed in Syria and Yemen while Egyptians staged one of the biggest rallies since President Hosni Mubarak's fall.

• Friday, April 8th 2011 - 22:41 UTC

  Chinese think-tank forecasts BRIC countries to overtake the US economy by 2015

  

  BRIC countries (Brazil, Russia, India and China) are expected to contribute one-third of the world's GDP increase in 2015, by which time their total economy will surpass United States, according to a leading Chinese think tank.

• Friday, April 8th 2011 - 21:54 UTC

  “Naked” penguin chicks in Argentina and South Africa puzzle scientists

  

  Researchers from the Wildlife Conservation Society, the University of Washington, and other groups are grappling with a wildlife mystery: Why are some penguin chicks losing their feathers?

• Friday, April 8th 2011 - 20:06 UTC

  US military Unified Command Plan reflect the growing importance of the Arctic

  

  Changes made to the US military’s Unified Command Plan shift geographic boundaries and stress the growing importance of the Arctic, US Pentagon officials said in an American Forces press service

• Friday, April 8th 2011 - 20:04 UTC

  Deadly bacteria named after New Delhi triggers controversy with India

  

  International health journal Lancet on Friday accused the Indian government of being in denial over the issue of presence of drug-resistant bacteria NDM-1 in the public water system of Delhi and argued that the debate over the naming of the bug should not detract one from the health implications of the findings.

• Friday, April 8th 2011 - 17:13 UTC

  EU tells Portugal more reforms are needed to secure the 80 billion Euro bail-out

  

  Euro zone finance ministers told Portugal that it would have to implement new economic reforms that went beyond those proposed by its outgoing government if it hoped to secure aid from the EU and IMF.

• Friday, April 8th 2011 - 17:09 UTC

  Spain an “insurmountable dam protecting the Euro zone” says Deputy PM

  

  Spain has gone from being “another domino” to “an insurmountable dam that it protecting the Euro zone” due to its tough economic reforms, the government said Friday.