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  • Thursday, July 31st 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Memorial service at wreck of River Plate Battle HMS Exeter

    Memorial Service for wreck of WW2 HMS Exeter

    HMS Kent, one of the Royal Navy's most modern warships, looked back at history as she remembered one of her illustrious World War II predecessors last Sunday. The Portsmouth based frigate, currently undertaking tasking in the Far East, laid wreaths over the recently found wreck of cruiser HMS Exeter during a ceremony attended by the British Ambassador to Indonesia, veterans and descendants of the sinking and the diver who discovered the wreck.

  • Wednesday, July 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Controversial first shipment of US beef arrives in South Korea

    The Korean writing on the signs reads “We oppose import U.S. beef.”

    The first shipment of United States beef under a controversial import deal arrived in South Korea on Tuesday, officials said, amid lingering public concerns over mad cow disease.

  • Wednesday, July 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Huge plaques break off from Canadian ice shelf in Arctic

    An ice island about 1.5 kilometers long, 250 meters wide, and 30 meters thick moves into the Arctic after the fracturing of the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf

    A chunk of ice spreading across 18 square kilometers has broken off a Canadian ice shelf in the Arctic, scientists say. The sheet broke away last week from the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf off the north coast of Ellesmere Island in Canada's far north.

  • Wednesday, July 30th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Ban calls collapse of Doha round trade as “disappointing”

    United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon voiced on Wednesday disappointment at the collapse of the Doha round of trade liberalization negotiations, expressing concern over the effect of the breakdown of the talks on developing nations.

  • Tuesday, July 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    IMF warns credit crunch is extending to the whole world

    The global credit crunch shows no signs of abating, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF). In its latest global financial stability report the IMF says that falling house prices and slowing economic growth are hitting credit.

  • Tuesday, July 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Chilean mining companies, Latam's most profitable

    Chilean mining companies top the list of Latin America's 500 most profitable companies, according to the magazine América Economía.

  • Tuesday, July 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    UN outgoing chief of missions says “force does matter”

    Alain Le Roy, new head the organizations' peacekeeping operations

    The days of United Nations missions fielding only unarmed observers are long past, according to the outgoing head of the world body's peacekeeping operations, who said on Tuesday that peacekeepers need to be able to wield force to get respect and make a difference.

  • Tuesday, July 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    OPEC president predicts oil below 100 USD a barrel

    OPEC president Chakib Khelil

    The price of crude sunk to below 121 US dollars a barrel, touching on its lowest point since May, in the wake of a strengthening dollar and the comments of OPEC president Chakib Khelil, who called current prices “abnormal” and predicted that the barrel price could sink below 100 dollars in the long term.

  • Tuesday, July 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Air industry future is here: merger of British and Iberia

    British Airways is on the verge of joining forces with Spanish carrier Iberia after revealing both companies' boards' unanimously support an all-share merger. In a statement British Airways said it was in talks with Iberia with a view to an all-share merger of the two companies.

  • Tuesday, July 29th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

    Trade talks failure, seen as death kiss for multilateralism

    “There's no use beating around the bush, this meeting has collapsed,” Mr Lamy said

    Marathon talks in Geneva aimed at liberalizing global trade have collapsed admitted the head of the World Trade Organisation Pascal Lamy. Officials have blamed China, India and the US for failing to agree on import rules.