International

• Tuesday, July 14th 2009 - 11:18 UTC

  A/H1N1 influenza virus is “unstoppable” admits WHO

  

  The new H1N1 virus is “unstoppable” reported on Monday the World Health Organization which gave drug makers a full go-ahead to manufacture vaccines against the pandemic influenza adding healthcare workers should be the first to get one.

• Tuesday, July 14th 2009 - 10:19 UTC

  WTO blasts protectionism and warns global crisis is far from over

  

  Warning that the global economic crisis is far from over, World Trade Organization Director-General Pascal Lamy said Monday that protectionism is not the answer to tackling the turmoil.

• Tuesday, July 14th 2009 - 07:01 UTC

  India joins the exclusive club of nuclear powered submarines

  

  As part of a major project India is going to place its first domestically produced nuclear powered submarine to sea by mid-August and according to experts, this success will raise the status of Indian technology plus becoming a member of the exclusive club of nations with such submersibles, according to reports in the Indian press.

• Tuesday, July 14th 2009 - 02:41 UTC

  Argentina requests Non-Aligned Movement observer status

  

  The Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) countries will consider the admission of Argentina and the World Peace Council (WPC) as observers during the XVth. conference and triennial summit in Sharm el-Sheikh, according to a press release distributed by the summit secretariat Sunday.

• Monday, July 13th 2009 - 11:36 UTC

  Falklands’ war air battles marks record rating in Argentina

  

  History Channel established a new record audience rating in Argentina with the June release of “1982: Malvinas, the war from the air”, an original production from the channel which chronicles the clash of the Argentine Air Force with the British Task Force sent to recover the Islands.

• Saturday, July 11th 2009 - 15:17 UTC

  New leaner GM is born: four key brands and 61% owned by US government

  

  General Motors (GM) says it has emerged from bankruptcy protection after creating a “new GM” made up of the carmaker's best assets. GM chief executive Fritz Henderson said it was the beginning of a “new era”.

• Friday, July 10th 2009 - 12:57 UTC

  The Latin American Dream

  

  Britain’s Foreign Office Minister, Chris Bryant, attended an event at the Overseas Development Institute (ODI) and delivered a speech on “Latin America – realising the dream”. The event and speech focused on Latin America's role in the world and how the EU and Latin America need to work together on global issues such as climate change and the international financial crisis.

• Friday, July 10th 2009 - 12:51 UTC

  G8 and G5 consensus to close the Doha Round trade talks next year

  

  A consensus has emerged Thursday at the expanded Group of Eight summit in Italy on the need to close the Doha Round on world trade talks by the end of next year. The World Trade Organization (WTO) talks began in 2001 and were aimed at lowering trade barriers for agriculture and the services sector and to boost trade and development for poor countries.

• Friday, July 10th 2009 - 12:31 UTC

  Cruise passengers ill with Norovirus virus demand refund

  

  Passengers on a cruise liner at the centre of a virus outbreak have said they will stay on the ship until they are promised their money back. The Marco Polo has been berthed at Invergordon on the Cromarty Firth in Scotland since Monday after hundreds of passengers and crew became ill with norovirus.

• Friday, July 10th 2009 - 12:19 UTC

  Bank of England adopts “wait and see” stand on money injection

  

  Bank of England Monetary Policy Committee adopted a “wait and see” stand as they held off from delivering more aid to the recession-blighted UK economy. The Bank had been expected to expand its quantitative easing (QE) programme - effectively printing money - by £25 billion to £150 billion, but took no further action after its two-day meeting.