International

• Friday, June 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  France demands from US reciprocity in farm subsidies cuts

  France's agriculture minister said Thursday Europe's farming sector is a “strategic” industry that has already been significantly overhauled and called for no further unilateral concessions in the global free trade negotiations.

• Friday, June 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Energy for sustainable development, main issue in OAS summit

  

  The Thirty-Seventh Regular Session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS) will open in Panama City, Panama, next Sunday, June 3, with a focus on “Energy for Sustainable Development,” in recognition of the fundamental importance of energy resources for the future of the nations of the region.

• Friday, June 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  The football industry involves 4% of the world population

  

  A total of 265 million male and female players and a further five million referees, coaches and other officials, a grand total of 270 million people, or 4% of the world's population, are involved in football.

• Friday, June 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  “Black Swan”: Odyssey denies alleged lawsuit filed by Spain

  Odyssey Marine Exploration, one of the world's leaders in the field of deep-ocean shipwreck exploration stated Thursday that claims of an alleged lawsuit against Odyssey by the Spanish government were false.

• Friday, June 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Japan threatens to leave whaling forum

  

  Japan threatened to quit the International Whaling Commission on Thursday after fierce opposition from anti-whaling nations forced it to scrap a proposal to allow four coastal villages to hunt the animals.

• Thursday, May 31st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Zoellick's first job, restore confidence

  

  Robert Zoellick has dealt with the Cold War, the killing in Darfur, China's rise as an economic colossus. His next challenge: to restore confidence at the badly shaken World Bank.

• Thursday, May 31st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Antarctic krill race continues

  

  The Norwegian Directorate of Fisheries has issued four licences to trawl for krill off Antarctica this week. Two licences were given to Aker Biomarine Antarctic AS, and one each to Ervik Marine Services AS and Krill Seaproducts AS. The fishery will take place in areas controlled by Convention on the Conservation of Antarctic Marine Living Resources (CCAMLR).

• Wednesday, May 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Opposition Committed to “UN defined Decolonisation”

  

  GSLP/Liberal Opposition will press on for a United Nations defined decolonisation of Gibraltar. That was the message reiterated yesterday by Opposition Leader Joe Bossano on his return from the UN seminar in Grenada.

• Wednesday, May 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Unemployment in Magallanes 2.3%, lowest in Chile

  Magallanes continues to figure as Chile's Region with the lowest unemployment according to figures released by the local chapter of the country's Statistics Office in Punta Arenas.

• Wednesday, May 30th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  UN report calls for US dollar support to avoid global recession

  

  In order for current world economic growth rates to continue, it is crucial to keep the United States dollar from falling rapidly while also avoiding a recession, says a United Nations report released Wednesday.