International

• 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.

• Saturday, June 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Arms dealer involved with FARC extradited from Spain to US

  The Spanish government on Friday authorized the extradition to the United States of a suspected Syrian weapons dealer accused of planning to supply arms to Colombian rebels, the government said in Madrid.

• Friday, June 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  “Many airlines will not survive” oil crisis warns IATA

  

  The leaders of the world's airlines unanimously agreed to a resolution calling for governments, airports and labour to take immediate action to help the industry survive the growing financial crisis.

• Thursday, June 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC

  Fishermen clash with police in Brussels over fuel prices

  Police clashed Wednesday with hundreds of fishermen protesting against the high cost of fuel outside the headquarters of the European Union in Brussels reported BBC.