International

• Friday, April 1st 2011 - 16:33 UTC

  Chilean politicians’ expertise helps democratic transition in Egypt

  

  As upheaval continues across the Middle East, the path towards democracy is far from clear. A civil war is raging in Libya as protests become deadly in Syria. The leader
  of Yemen is negotiating his removal from power, and Saudi Arabian forces have been called in to help “maintain order” on the streets of Bahrain.

• Friday, April 1st 2011 - 06:44 UTC

  India’s population hits 1.21 billion in 2011; female foeticide remains high

  

  India's population has grown by 181 million people over the past decade to 1.21bn, according to the 2011 census. More people now live in India than in the United States, Indonesia, Brazil, Pakistan and Bangladesh combined.

• Friday, April 1st 2011 - 00:22 UTC

  Gibraltar expects 350.000 cruise visitors; opposition says 2010 was “the worst year”

  

  Gibraltar expects to receive approximately 350.000 cruise visitors during the current 2011 season, announced Deputy Chief Minister Joe Holliday during the reception for the inaugural call to the Rock of MSC Poesia.

• Friday, April 1st 2011 - 00:09 UTC

  Massive ‘Martyr’s Day’ demonstrations challenge to Syrian government

  

  Facing a massive protest movement demanding reform, Syria's president has set up committees to look into the deaths of civilians during nearly two weeks of unrest and replacing decades-old emergency laws.

• Friday, April 1st 2011 - 00:03 UTC

  G20 leaders closer on agreeing greater global role for Chinese currency

  

  G20 leaders have moved towards agreeing that China's currency should have a wider role in global finance. The G20 is to study whether to include the Chinese Yuan within the basket of currencies that make up the IMF Special Drawing Right.

• Thursday, March 31st 2011 - 07:35 UTC

  “Unlikely there will be a Mercosur/EU trade deal” in 2011 says Irish minister

  

  Ireland believes it looks increasingly unlikely that there will be a Mercosur-European Union trade deal before the end of the year. Mercosur and the EU resumed trade talks in May 2010 with the objective of reaching a deal by the end of 2011.

• Wednesday, March 30th 2011 - 05:25 UTC

  Israel concerned with Uruguay’s position in an Israeli/Palestinian forum

  

  Israel will follow with a critical eye the United Nations organized forum on the Israel-Palestine conflict which opened Tuesday in Montevideo, because whatever the results, the Israeli government is ‘particularly interested in the Uruguayan government’s position’.

• Wednesday, March 30th 2011 - 05:03 UTC

  G20 meeting in China expected to address Japan, Libya and European debt crisis

  

  China hosts Wednesday a Group 20 leaders meeting, originally scheduled to address the international monetary system, most probably criticism of the US Federal Reserve for flooding the world with money, but the latest world events, Japan, Libya and Europe’s debt crisis are bound to change the emphasis of the agenda.

• Tuesday, March 29th 2011 - 04:53 UTC

  Obama justifies his first war, but will not go down the Iraq road

  

  US President Barack Obama has defended the first war launched under his presidency, insisting US military involvement in Libya will be limited. He told Americans US intervention as part of the coalition had saved “countless lives” threatened by the forces of the “tyrant” Muammar Gaddafi.

• Tuesday, March 29th 2011 - 00:55 UTC

  African migrants flood Italian islands: 19.000 since civil unrest begun in January

  Nearly 2,000 African migrants, many of them Eritrean and Somalis, have arrived on Italy's tiny, overcrowded Lampedusa Island in the past 24 hours. It is one of the biggest migrant waves to reach Lampedusa this year.