Mercosur

• Thursday, November 13th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Mercosur in “solid position” to address global crisis

  

  Mercosur country members are in a more solid position to face the global financial crisis that rich nations, said Brazilian president Lula da Silva who nevertheless called for a stronger trade links among its members.

• Saturday, November 8th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  US unemployment in Oct. 6.5%; peak since 1994 and climbing

  Unemployment in the United States during October rose to 6.5%, totalling 10 million jobless and the highest rate since March 1994, according to the latest release from the US Labour Department.

• Friday, November 7th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  UN elects five judges for International Court of Justice

  The General Assembly and the Security Council elected this week five judges to serve nine-year terms on the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the principal judicial organ of the United Nations, starting early next year.

• Wednesday, November 5th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Obama's historic win promises new dawn of US leadership

  

  Barack Obama promised “a new dawn of American leadership” as he delivered his victory address in front of 100,000 people in Chicago's Grant Park after being elected as America's first black president.

• Tuesday, November 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Count down for the man who heralds a new era for the US

  Millions of Americans will bring in a new era of United States' politics as they cast their votes in the most expensive presidential election in history.

• Tuesday, November 4th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands and Malvinas veterans meet at Gosport

  

  The Mayor of Gosport Councillor Derek Kimber recently received three special visitors to the Parlour, three gentlemen who might, a few years ago, have come very close to crossing paths with the Mayor, but in very different circumstances.

• Friday, October 31st 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

  

  Headlines: 'Positive and constructive' two days at the OTCC; Ocean 8 cleaned but still leaking; FIRS goes global; Broadband goes rural; Your Views about Penguin News!

• Thursday, October 30th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile's stock market looses 9.57% in Oct.; Peso down 26% in 08

  Chile's stock market climbed 1.93% on Thursday but finished the turbulent October 9.57% down. As with most global markets Chile's bounced back following on a better performance in Wall Street and the Sao Paulo Bovespa index.

• Tuesday, October 28th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands present at the OT Consultative Council in London

  

  Elected Councillor Mike Summers is representing the Falkland Islands at the tenth two day meeting of the Overseas Territories Consultative Council (OTCC) which opened Monday in London, presided by Foreign Office Minister Gillian Merron.

• Monday, October 27th 2008 - 20:00 UTC

  Mercosur special meeting with challenging agenda

  

  The Mercosur Council meets Monday in Brasilia to address an agenda of controversial issues: the global financial crisis; commercial asymmetries among country members and Uruguay's veto to former President Nestor Kirchner's for the chair of Unasur.