International

• Monday, May 21st 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Cutty Sark, London landmark damaged in blaze

  

  Cutty Sark, a London landmark and the world's last surviving 19th century tea clipper that made its name in the China trade, was severely damaged in a blaze Monday.

• Sunday, May 20th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Sharks, sawfish, eels in WWF list of top ten endangered species

  

  Ahead of the world's major meeting on wildlife trade WWF released its list of top ten species needing urgent global action to reduce threats from trade.

• Friday, May 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Helping families in business expand using private equity

  

  By Karen Jones in London
  
  
  Cobblestone Advisers LLC, based in Boston help families in business with private equity to help generational expansion, cross border growth, and ongoing liquidity.

• Friday, May 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  China tightens credit and monetary policy to stem speculation

  The People's Bank of China widened on Friday the fluctuation band of the Yuan, raised interest rates and curbed bank loans to tame a runaway economy and ease trade tensions with United States and Europe.

• Friday, May 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  G4 expects Doha round success “by the end of the year”

  Trade ministers from the European Union, Brazil, India and the United States failed to revive global trade negotiations but expressed hopes that the Doha Round talks will meet success by the end of the year.

• Friday, May 18th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  UN decolonization and self determination seminar in Grenada

  Gibraltar's leader of the Opposition Joe Bossano will be attending the annual regional seminar of the UN dealing with the Eradication of Colonialism that takes place next week in the Caribbean island of Grenada.

• Thursday, May 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Japan: rates unchanged at 0.5% as economy looses steam

  The Bank of Japan on Thursday kept its key interest rate on hold at 0.5% after a recent slip in consumer prices but the country's chief banker cautioned about leaving rates “too low, too long”.

• Thursday, May 17th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  World Bank begins nomination process to replace Wolfowitz

  

  The World Bank Board announced late Thursday that President Paul Wolfowitz will resign June 30, putting an end to his two year controversial tenure finally undermined by the generous compensation he arranged for his girlfriend.

• Wednesday, May 16th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Extensive snow areas of west Antarctica suffered melting

  

  A team of NASA and university scientists has found clear evidence that extensive areas of snow melted in west Antarctica in January 2005 in response to warm temperatures.

• Tuesday, May 15th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Five years to save planet from climate change disaster

  

  World leaders have just five years to save the planet from a climate change disaster - but it can be done, according to a new report.