International

Monday, June 8th 2009 - 13:33 UTC
Air France accelerating replacement of Airbus speed monitors

Air France has said it is accelerating replacement of speed monitors on Airbus planes following the disappearance of a jet over the Atlantic six days ago.
Monday, June 8th 2009 - 13:25 UTC
EU Parliament election: Centre right advances at expense of the left

Centre-right parties have done well in elections to the European Parliament at the expense of the left. Far-right and anti-immigrant parties also made gains, as turnout figures plunged to between 43 and 44%, according to the latest reports from BBC.
Monday, June 8th 2009 - 13:09 UTC
UK electorate furious: trounces Labour and main parties system

Britain’s ruling Labour party has suffered its worst post-war election result as it was beaten into third place by UKIP and saw the BNP gain its first seats at Brussels. Labour's share of the vote at the European elections was just 15.3% - worse than party bosses had feared.
Monday, June 8th 2009 - 13:04 UTC
British far right party gains first seat (former Labour) in EU parliament

British Primer Minister Gordon Brown's hopes of political survival have been dealt another blow as the far right British National Party achieved a major electoral breakthrough gaining their first seat in the European Parliament.
Monday, June 8th 2009 - 10:16 UTC
EC recommends UK/Spain “friendly accord” on Gibraltar waters dispute

Spanish diplomatic sources have said that the PSOE Government is willing to offer an agreement on the current dispute over Gibraltar territorial waters that sets sovereignty to one side and concentrates on issues of practical cooperation.
Sunday, June 7th 2009 - 19:16 UTC
Chilean wine prices on sales to UK fall on average 31.2%

Chilean bottled wine prices fell an average of 14.6% on the international market in April, while the quantity of bottled exports increased by 5.2%, according to a recent report by industry advocacy group Wines of Chile.
Saturday, June 6th 2009 - 14:48 UTC
Nuclear sub joins Flight 447 search; Iberia tailing flight sheds some light

While France announced Friday it was sending a nuclear submarine to help find the flight data recorders of the Air France plane, which this week disappeared over the Atlantic, a press report in the Spanish press involving an Iberia plane on the same route but flying ten minutes behind could shed light into what really happened.
Saturday, June 6th 2009 - 14:38 UTC
Peru joins Odyssey/Spain dispute over recovered sunken treasure

United States treasure hunters Odyssey Marine Exploration were dealt a heavy blow this week after a Florida judge ordered the company to hand thousands of silver and gold coins to Spain. The case however could be exposed to another demand, this time from Peru which claims the original gold and silver came from the colonial viceroyship of Lima.
Saturday, June 6th 2009 - 14:14 UTC
Right wing British National Party wins several county council seats

Right wing British National Party has won its first county council seats in Lancashire and Leicestershire as Labour was humiliated in local elections across England. Elsewhere, Peter Davies of the English Democrats celebrated victory in Doncaster's mayoral election and Labour lost its four remaining county councils to the Tories.
Saturday, June 6th 2009 - 14:07 UTC
Chinalco “disappointed” with Rio Tinto’s decision to scrap deal

Aluminium Corp. of China, or Chinalco, confirmed Friday that Australian mining firm Rio Tinto has scrapped the proposed 19.5 billion US dollars of investment by Chinalco, and Rio Tinto would pay a break fee of 195 million U.S. dollars to the Chinese aluminium maker.