International

• Wednesday, June 11th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  UK truckers row over pay triggers petrol panic-buying

  Crucial talks aimed at averting a strike in the United Kingdom by hundreds of tanker drivers have been held amid signs some drivers are panic-buying petrol. Leaders of the Unite union met officials of two companies working on Shell contracts in a bid to resolve a row over pay.

• Tuesday, June 10th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  S. Korean government on the cliff over US beef imports

  

  Thousands of protestors in downtown Seoul continued an overnight street march into early Wednesday morning, calling for the renegotiation of a United States beef import agreement despite an offer by the entire South Korean Cabinet to resign, reported the local Yonhap news agency

• Monday, June 9th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  G11emphasize energy efficiency rather than increased supply

  Energy ministers from the G 8 plus China, India, and South Korea meeting in Japan to address energy prices adopted Sunday a joint declaration calling for more domestic energy efficiency rather than insisting on oil producing countries to increase supply

• Monday, June 9th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Scientific warning on carbon emissions impact on marine life

  Natural carbon dioxide vents on the sea floor are showing scientists how carbon emissions will affect marine life. Dissolved CO2 makes water more acidic, and around the vents, researchers saw a fall in species numbers, and snails with their shells disintegrating.

• Monday, June 9th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  OPEC: oil barrel price should be US$ 70; blames speculation

  A weak dollar and geopolitical problems are fueling the speculative bubble in oil markets which should be trading at around half the current price of a barrel said on Monday, OPEC President Chakib Khelil.

• Sunday, June 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Oil crisis dominates Group of Eight meeting in Japan

  

  The energy ministers of the world's leading industrialised nations are meeting in Japan amid fears soaring oil prices could damage the global economy.

• Sunday, June 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Worldwide: the unpredictable future of seafood prices

  The rising costs of energy, metals, manpower, transport, and so on, have conspired with the unfavourable foreign exchange developments of the year to make it an altogether tough time for the global seafood industry. Still, despite many sector hardships, the picture is hardly consistent.

• Sunday, June 8th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Britain tells UN new constitution decolonized Gibraltar

  

  The British Government has told the United Nations that Gibraltar, --which is disputed by neighboring Spain-- should be removed from the Unite Nations list of colonies, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Saturday, June 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Oil keeps breaking records: 16 dollars jump in two days

  

  The oil price rebounded on Friday to gain over ten dollars a barrel to almost 139 while US stock prices plummeted following the report of a sharp rise in unemployment. Oil soared after Israel raised the specter of an Israeli military strike on Iran and reports that it could reach 150 US dollars a barrel by July.

• Saturday, June 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Japanese banks feels the fallout from US subprime crisis

  Japanese banks are feeling the fallout from the US subprime mortgage crisis and the credit crunch, according to the country's financial watchdog.