International

• Friday, May 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Extinction threatens 15% of European mammal species

  

  The first assessment of all European mammals, commissioned by the European Commission and carried out by the World Conservation Union (IUCN), shows that nearly one in every six mammal species is now threatened with extinction.

• Friday, May 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Helicopter Pilots Finish Record Pole-To-Pole Trip

  

  Two British-based pilots completed this week a record-breaking helicopter journey to both the North and South Poles, touching down at the Texas airport they left more than five months ago.

• Friday, May 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Gibraltar decolonized and all that remains is “UN delisting”

  Joe Holliday, Gibraltar's deputy Chief Minister, told the United Nations seminar in Grenada that Gibraltar is decolonised and that it is for the UN to de-list the territory. The seminar reaffirmed the principle of self determination and Argentina and Spain were criticized for furthering their sovereignty disputes.

• Thursday, May 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Pope acknowledges sufferings of Latam colonized peoples

  Pope Benedict XVI has acknowledged the suffering of indigenous Latin Americans during European colonialisation in a move to control damage caused by remarks made during his recent trip to Brazil.

• Thursday, May 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Spain cancels permission to search for sunken HMS Sussex

  

  Spain has cancelled the permission of a US treasure-hunting company to search for a sunken British warship in the Strait of Gibraltar over suspicions that it has illegally exported a coin treasure found in Spanish waters, the daily El Pais reported Thursday.
  Florida-based Odyssey Marine Exploration says the treasure was found in international waters and imported legally into the United States.

• Wednesday, May 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  US/China talks reach no tangible results on currency

  Further liberalization of aviation and financial services and greater collaboration on clean energy technologies are among “tangible results” of high-level bilateral talks between the United States and China, according to U.S. officials. But no “tangible results” were arrived on the controversial currency reform issue.

• Wednesday, May 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Japan, Iceland and Denmark challenge anti whaling lobby

  

  While the anti-whaling lobby appears to be heading for a clear majority at next week's International Whaling Commission (IWC) meeting in Alaska opponents to Japan's “scientific” whaling programme say more needs to be done.

• Tuesday, May 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  BA in group seeking to buy Spain's Iberia for 3.4bn euros

  

  British Airways is expected to announce on Tuesday that it is joining a consortium led by Texas Pacific Group, the US private equity firm, to explore a takeover bid for Spain's Iberia airline.

• Tuesday, May 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Spain investigating if recovered treasure was from its waters

  

  Spain is investigating whether one of the world's biggest-ever finds of sunken treasure was plundered from its waters or from a shipwrecked Spanish galleon, the Madrid government said yesterday.

• Tuesday, May 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Increasing threat to sea mammals from climate change

  

  Whales, dolphins and porpoises are facing increasing threats from climate change, according to a new report published by Whale and Dolphin Conservation Society and World Wildlife Fund ahead of the 59th meeting of the International Whaling Commission.