International

• Saturday, March 27th 2010 - 06:19 UTC

  In support of our planet, Earth Hour’s global display of climate action

  

  Saturday March 27 at 8.30pm local time, more than 4000 cities and towns across 125 countries and regions will switch off their lights for Earth Hour in an historic moment of global unity.

• Saturday, March 27th 2010 - 06:16 UTC

  Catholic Church is not above the law

  The Biblical formula “Render unto Caesar the things which are Caesar's, and unto God the things that are God's” is generally taken to mean that people should recognize the authority of the state in secular matters, but that is not necessarily what Jesus meant by it. It is certainly not the current practice of the Roman Catholic Church, although the rule in modern democracies is very clear: The law applies equally to everyone, even priests.

• Saturday, March 27th 2010 - 06:04 UTC

  Web 2.0 versus Control 2.0

  

  The fight for free access to information is being played out to an ever greater extent on the Internet. The emerging general trend is that a growing number of countries are attempting to tighten their control of the Net, but at the same time, increasingly inventive netizens demonstrate mutual solidarity by mobilizing when necessary.

• Saturday, March 27th 2010 - 03:25 UTC

  Spanish minister defends Gibraltar friendly-approach policy before Congress

  

  Spain is defending its interests in relation to Gibraltar “firmly and efficiently” Spanish Foreign Minister Miguel Angel Moratinos declared in a special session of Congress in Madrid. But he also underlined Spain’s commitment for police and judicial co-operation to stamp out crime in the area.

• Saturday, March 27th 2010 - 03:22 UTC

  German scientists find evidence of major tsunami in the Atlantic, 2000 years ago

  

  German scientists said Thursday they discovered evidence that a major natural disaster occurred in the Atlantic Ocean around 2,000 years ago - possibly triggering a monster tsunami.

• Saturday, March 27th 2010 - 03:20 UTC

  The Times and Sunday Times to begin charging for news on-line

  

  News Corp will charge readers for online versions of its UK Times and Sunday Times newspapers from June, becoming the first media firm to test consumers' appetite to pay for mass-market news online.

• Saturday, March 27th 2010 - 02:52 UTC

  WTO forecasts global trade will experience 9.5% record growth in 2010

  

  After the sharpest decline in more than 70 years, world trade is set to rebound, according to economists at the World Trade Organization.

• Friday, March 26th 2010 - 04:01 UTC

  Chile’s earthquake, fifth largest ever says US Geological Survey

  

  The United States Geological Survey (USGS) reported this week that Chile’s devastating 8.8 magnitude earthquake on Feb. 27 has been officially ranked as the world’s fifth largest quake ever.

• Friday, March 26th 2010 - 03:48 UTC

  Agreement would allow Chinese jiggers to operate from Argentine ports

  

  Norberto Yahuar, Argentina’s Fisheries Under Secretary is currently in China to advance on a fisheries cooperation agreement which would open Argentine ports to Chinese trawlers and jiggers while Beijing would lower tariffs to Argentine produce.

• Friday, March 26th 2010 - 01:53 UTC

  Euro zone agrees € 22 billion ‘safety net’ for Greece including the IMF

  

  Sixteen Euro zone countries have backed a financing plan to help debt-laden Greece, which will include IMF money. The safety net would total up to 22 billion Euros and would apply only if market lending to Greece dried up.