International

• Tuesday, April 27th 2010 - 18:50 UTC

  Electoral Reform Shapes as Key Issue for Next UK Government

  

  Electoral reform is shaping up as the key issue in determining what sort of government would emerge in the UK if the May 6 General Election results in a hung Parliament. Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg indicated that a deal on proportional representation would be essential to any pact if his party holds the balance of power, describing it as an “absolute pre-condition” for renewal of Britain.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2010 - 18:33 UTC

  P&O Azura Calls in Gibraltar on its Maiden Voyage

  

  The newest addition to the P&O fleet the magnificent Azura sailed into Gibraltar on Sunday. The 289.60 meter vessel with 17 decks high, carrying 2.816 passengers and 1.241 crew members arrived in port at 12:30hrs reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2010 - 18:13 UTC

  UK Think Tank Warns About Drastic Spending Cuts After Election Day

  

  All three British major political parties are failing to come clean on spending cuts that will need to be at least as deep as the 1970s, a leading think tank warned Tuesday. Repairing the public finances will be the 'defining domestic policy task of the next government', the Institute for Fiscal Studies said at a special election briefing.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2010 - 18:03 UTC

  IATA Praises European Relief Measures for Airlines Affected by Volcanic Ash Plume

  

  The International Air Transport Association (IATA) openly supported the announcement by the European Commission of a comprehensive program to provide relief to the air transport sector in the aftermath of extra-ordinary airspace closures resulting from the ash plume of an Icelandic volcano.

• Tuesday, April 27th 2010 - 02:47 UTC

  US Extradites Former Panamanian Leader Noriega and CIA Recruit to France

  

  The former Panamanian leader, Manuel Noriega, has been extradited to France by the United States after spending more than 20 years in a prison there.

• Monday, April 26th 2010 - 21:49 UTC

  Grim Chapter of Chilean History Closes with Death of Former Nazi and Cult Leader

  

  At 7:20 a.m. Saturday, former Nazi and cult leader Paul Schäfer died of heart failure in a Chilean prison hospital, closing a decades-long story of torture, tax evasion, and child sexual assault.

• 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.