International

• Thursday, September 30th 2010 - 02:20 UTC

  Improved animal breeds and feed helps reduce “carbon hoof-print”, say FAO experts

  

  Soaring carbon emissions from a meat-hungry developing world could be cut back substantially by improving animal breeds and feed, according to a study. Demand for livestock products is predicted to double by 2050 as a result of growing populations, urbanisation and better income in the developing world, leading to rise in emissions from the industry.

• Thursday, September 30th 2010 - 02:14 UTC

  Milky Way neighbours? US astronomers discover potentially habitable Earth-size planet

  

  United States astronomers have found a new, potentially habitable Earth-sized planet. It is one of two new planets discovered around the star Gliese 581, some 20 light years away, report the Carnegie Institution and the Santa Cruz, University of California.

• Thursday, September 30th 2010 - 01:18 UTC

  FIFA joins global campaign against money laundering and corruption

  

  FIFA the international federation of associate football will implement as of next October first a new computerized system of players’ transfers geared to establish a greater control and help combat money laundering and corruption.

• Thursday, September 30th 2010 - 01:13 UTC

  Guardia Civil and Gibraltar police physically scuffle in the Rock’s waters

  

  A suspected smuggler was removed from Gibraltar territorial waters by the Spanish Guardia Civil following physical scuffles and a tense stand-off with the Gibraltar police. The incident was described as “very serious” and Gibraltar’s Chief Minister Peter Caruana warned that it could undermine the efforts of the Trilateral Forum to cooperate on law enforcement issues.

• Thursday, September 30th 2010 - 01:12 UTC

  Germany pays off last war debts on anniversary of reunification

  

  Germany will finally pay off the last of its debts from World War One next Sunday, on the 20th anniversary of German reunification. Germany's federal office for central services and unresolved property issues (BADV) said a bond issued to pay remaining debts stemming from the conflict would mature on Oct. 3, two decades after West and East Germany united.

• Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 19:36 UTC

  At least 30 Latam journalists killed doing their job in nine months

  

  At least 90 journalists (30 in Latinamerica) have been killed doing their job so far this year, a 25% increase on the same period of 2009, the media watchdog Press Emblem Campaign (PEC) said this week. PEC has also called on the UN Humans Rights Council to urgently take up the matter.

• Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 04:40 UTC

  IMF head sees “no major danger” of escalation of currency devaluations

  

  International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kham sees no major danger of an escalation of currency devaluations as countries seek to boost economic growth.

• Wednesday, September 29th 2010 - 04:38 UTC

  Argentina chairs G-77; CFK demands effective multilateralism

  

  President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner led on Tuesday in New York the 34th G-77 annual meeting to celebrate Argentina's appointment as the group's chairmanship.

• Tuesday, September 28th 2010 - 04:50 UTC

  German unification conditioned to acceptance of Euro, reveal documents

  

  Deceased French president Francois Mitterrand in 1989 gave his approval to German unification on condition that then Chancellor Helmut Kohl opened the way for the creation of an only currency in the European Union.

• Monday, September 27th 2010 - 18:26 UTC

  China alleges ‘dumping’ and imposes 104% tariff on US chicken imports

  

  The Chinese Commerce Ministry said it would impose a 105.4% tariff on U.S. chicken exports after concluding they were unfairly priced. After a yearlong investigation, China concluded US exporters were selling chicken in China at prices that were lower than the costs of production, a practice known as product “dumping.”