International

Tuesday, October 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
FAO underscores “opportunities and risks” of bio-fuels

Global bio-fuel policies should be urgently reviewed to ensure that the world's poor benefit by ending trade-distorting subsidies favouring developed nations while countering the rise in food prices sparked by the diversion of foodstuff to energy production, according to a new United Nations report released today.
Tuesday, October 7th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Australian markets react to sharp cut in interest rate

Australia's central bank surprised financial market by cutting its key interest rate a full percentage point from 7% to 6%. The bank said the sharp cut was justified given the prospects for growth, even though inflation is currently above target.
Monday, October 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Parliament consensus for a UK “balanced migration” policy

British campaigners for a “balanced migration” policy welcomed hints from the Government's new immigration minister that he may seek limits on the number of migrants coming into the United Kingdom.
Monday, October 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
UK fuel poverty expected to reach 3.5 m households

British government attempts to tackle rising energy bills were accused of being in “meltdown” as the latest figures showed a million more households slipped into fuel poverty in 2006.
Monday, October 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Irish “bail-out” rash rapidly extending to rest of Europe

Germany offered a blanket bank deposit guarantee on Sunday in a bid to contain the spreading credit crisis as European officials clinched deals to rescue Germany's Hypo Real Estate and recapitalize two other European banks.
Monday, October 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Nobel in Medicine to cancer linked discoveries: HPV, HIV

This year's Nobel Prize in Medicine honors three Europeans who discovered viruses that cause deadly diseases, and whose findings have led to major medical advances.
Monday, October 6th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Refugee numbers increasing by millions warns UN

The world's poor and uprooted people are increasingly at risk as the world struggles with a combination of adverse economic, social and political trends that threaten to trigger even greater displacement in the future, the top United Nations refugee official warned on Monday.
Sunday, October 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Facing a Falklands' fanatic at the Fourth Committee

Chief Minister Peter Caruana and Opposition leader Joe Bossano will soon appear before the UN Fourth Committee in New York.
Sunday, October 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Top UK brig calls for political solution in Afghanistan

The UK's commander in Helmand has said Britain should not expect a “decisive military victory” in Afghanistan. Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith told the Sunday Times the aim of the mission was to ensure the Afghan army was able to manage the country on its own.
Sunday, October 5th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Gibraltar on UN General Assembly agenda for this week

Gibraltar delegates left for New York to participate in the session dedicated to the British Overseas Territory before the 4th Committee of the United Nations. The 4th Committee is one of the six main committees of the General Assembly of the United Nations.