International

Monday, March 2nd 2009 - 23:00 UTC
Wall Street below 7.000 benchmark drags global markets

Markets have fallen worldwide, rattled by fears that turmoil in the financial sector is far from over. On Wall Street, the US Dow Jones index fell below 7,000 points for the first time since October 1997.
Monday, March 2nd 2009 - 23:00 UTC
British team treks to North Pole to measure ice sheet

British team has begun a gruelling trek to the North Pole to discover how quickly the Arctic sea-ice is melting.
Monday, March 2nd 2009 - 23:00 UTC
UN praises landmines milestone treaty, but “much work remains”

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has commended the tireless efforts undertaken over the past decade to rid the world of anti-personnel landmines, while stressing that much work remains to eliminate this global scourge.
Monday, March 2nd 2009 - 23:00 UTC
“Public opinion” court will not accept UK banker's pension

Sir Fred Goodwin will not get his ?650,000-plus pension even if he is legally entitled to it, Commons Leader Harriet Harman vowed in the strongest Government attack yet on the former banking chief.
Monday, March 2nd 2009 - 23:00 UTC
UN calls on G-24 for pragmatic approach to self determination

With 16 Non-Self-Governing Territories still remaining, the United Nations must step up its decolonization efforts, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said, calling for greater cooperation between these areas and administering countries.
Monday, March 2nd 2009 - 23:00 UTC
Rescued pilot whale returns to stranding point Tasmania

Rescuers on Tasmania's King Island in Australia have been trying to return a straggling pilot whale to the sea after 48 pilot whales and five dolphins were returned to sea on Sunday.
Monday, March 2nd 2009 - 19:09 UTC
“Public opinion” court will not accept UK banker’s pension

Sir Fred Goodwin will not get his £650,000-plus pension even if he is legally entitled to it, Commons Leader Harriet Harman vowed in the strongest Government attack yet on the former banking chief.
Sunday, March 1st 2009 - 23:00 UTC
UK care of veterans “disgraceful”, says VC decorated soldier

The British Army's most decorated serving war hero has claimed the UK Government is failing to care for soldiers with mental trauma caused by combat in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Sunday, March 1st 2009 - 23:00 UTC
UK taken by surprise reaffirms sovereignty over Gibraltar waters

The British Government reaffirmed Friday its sovereignty over Gibraltar waters and said it would urgently investigate how they came to be designated as a European protected site under Spanish responsibility, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.
Sunday, March 1st 2009 - 23:00 UTC
Euro-zone: record high jobless: record low inflation

Euro-zone unemployment rose more than economists expected in January and inflation slowed. The jobless rate in the Euro zone increased to 8.2%, the highest in more than two years, from 8.1% in December, the European Union statistics office in Luxembourg said Friday.