International

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 21:16 UTC

  Germany and France Strongly Condition Rescue Aid Package to Greece

  

  Greece will not get its multi-billion Euro aid package until it commits to bigger economic sacrifices, Germany’s finance minister warned over the weekend.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 19:59 UTC

  Majority of Gibraltarians Consider the Role of The Governor Relevant

  

  A majority of Gibraltarians considers that the role of the Governor is important/ relevant in today’s Gibraltar. That is the conclusion of the recent poll carried out by the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 19:35 UTC

  British BAE Systems First non-US Arms Company to Lead SIPRI’s Top 100 List

  

  With arms sales reaching 32.4 billion in 2008, BAE Systems is the first non-US company to lead SIPRI's Top 100 list of the largest arms-producing companies.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 06:04 UTC

  Lib-Democrats Discard Support for PM Brown if Labour is Third in Popular Vote

  

  Britain’s Liberal Democrats said they would not back Primer Minister Gordon Brown if his party came third in the popular vote on May 6, even if the nation's electoral system gave Labour the most parliamentary seats.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 05:51 UTC

  Former Royal Navy Falklands’ Patrols Sold to Bangladesh

  

  Two former Royal Navy offshore patrol vessels built by Hall Russell in Aberdeen and which for years were on Falkland Islands service have been sold to Bangladesh's navy.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 05:40 UTC

  Huge Operation to Stop Oil Leaking from Gulf of Mexico Well Explosion

  

  Efforts were under way Sunday to contain and stop oil leaking from a BP well after a rig explosion in the Gulf of Mexico, the US Coast Guard said. Officials found oil was leaking Saturday from the well.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 01:36 UTC

  World Bank Agrees to Increased Capital and Voting Power for Developing Countries

  

  The 186 countries that own the World Bank Group endorsed on Sunday boosting its capital by more than 86 billion US dollars and giving developing countries more influence.

• Saturday, April 24th 2010 - 11:08 UTC

  Exchange Rate Disorder

  

  By Jose Antonio Ocampo – Two troubling features of the ongoing economic recovery are the depressed nature of world trade and the early revival of international global payment imbalances. Estimates by the International Monetary Fund and the United Nations indicate that the volume of international trade in 2010 will still be 7% to 8% below its 2008 peak, while many or most countries, including industrial nations, are seeking to boost their current accounts.

• Saturday, April 24th 2010 - 07:28 UTC

  Volcanic Ash Cloud Costs European Tourism 2.3 Billion USD Losses

  

  Air traffic disruptions caused by the volcanic ash cloud from Iceland inflicted losses on the European tourism sector worth 2.3 billion dollars (1.7 billion Euros), the United Nations World Tourism Organization (UNWTO) estimated Friday.

• Saturday, April 24th 2010 - 07:13 UTC

  Global Warming Contributing to Rapid Ocean Acidification

  

  Carbon dioxide emissions that contribute to global warming are turning the oceans more acidic at the fastest pace in hundreds of thousands of years, the U.S. National Research Council warns.