International

Saturday, December 19th 2009 - 12:10 UTC
35 crew members missing from sunken livestock transport vessel

The four Uruguayans on board the livestock transport vessel that was lost Thursday night off the coast of Lebanon are among 39 of the 83 crew members and stockmen rescued in the midst of high seas and strong winds.
Saturday, December 19th 2009 - 11:53 UTC
Key states reach “meaningful but modest” agreement at climate summit

Key states have reached what they call a “meaningful agreement” at the Copenhagen climate summit. Five nations, including China and the US, reached a deal on a number of issues, such as a recognition to limit temperatures rises to less than 2C.
Saturday, December 19th 2009 - 04:02 UTC
Chavez picks on Holland for a verbal exchange; The Hague demands clarification

The Netherlands government on Friday described as “groundless” the claims made by President Hugo Chávez in a speech on Thursday, when the Venezuelan ruler said that the Netherlands was plotting with United States “to target” Venezuela from the islands of Aruba and Curacao.
Friday, December 18th 2009 - 12:51 UTC
Ship loaded with Uruguayan livestock lost off Lebanon: 20 crew members rescued

At least 20 crew members were rescued Thursday night after a cattle transport ship with more than 80 people capsized in waters off the coast of Tripoli when storms battered the eastern Mediterranean according to Lebanese security and United Nations sources.
Friday, December 18th 2009 - 11:40 UTC
Scaring Japanese whalers with an eerie intimidating Maori chant

An international conservation society is using a small, space-age-like vessel to scare off whaling fleets from Antarctic waters, with a ghostly tune as its main weapon. The Ady Gil, a 24 metre carbon-fibre wave-piercing trimaran that runs on low-emission, renewable fuels, is the latest addition to the Sea Shepherd Conversation Society's protest fleet against Japan's yearly whale hunt near Antarctica, which is set to begin.
Friday, December 18th 2009 - 08:28 UTC
New Year for Gibraltar/Algeciras: ferry route reopened after four decades

The ferry route linking Gibraltar and Algeciras reopened for business this week, forty years after it was forced to shut down by the closure of the border between Spain and the Rock, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.
Friday, December 18th 2009 - 08:16 UTC
It’s a very merry Christmas for British Airways travellers

One million air travellers have breathed a sigh of relief after a British judge ruled that a planned 12-day Christmas strike by British Airways cabin crew could not go ahead. The airline won its legal challenge after claiming that Unite had balloted hundreds of members who had subsequently left the company.
Friday, December 18th 2009 - 08:08 UTC
European Parliament approves 2010 budget: almost half for agriculture

The European Parliament has approved a 122.9bn Euro EU budget for 2010 - nearly half of which is to go to agriculture and natural resources. It is a 6% increase on the 2009 budget, which was worth 116bn Euros.
Friday, December 18th 2009 - 03:40 UTC
Air Italy takes over air bridge UK/Falklands for the next few weeks

British military personnel were assured Thursday that they would not be stranded in the Falkland Islands despite the collapse of the only airline that flies direct to the Islands from the UK.
Friday, December 18th 2009 - 03:20 UTC
UK/Argentina: Tension over Falklands “likely to increase over the coming years”

Argentina has had to reduce military expenditure because of the recession but tension with the UK over the Falkland Islands is likely to increase over the coming years, according to a report from Companiesandmarkets.com (*) released this week.