Politics

• Wednesday, September 14th 2011 - 06:43 UTC

  BRICS countries preparing aid package in support of the European Union

  

  Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa, which make up the so-called BRICS group, will meet in Washington next week to discuss how to help the European Union avert a full-blown financial crisis as Greece veers toward default on its debt, Brazilian Finance Minister Guido Mantega said Tuesday.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2011 - 06:29 UTC

  Menem acquitted from gun running to Ecuador and Croatia

  

  Former Argentine President Carlos Menem was acquitted in connection with the case of gun running to Ecuador and Croatia between the years 1991 and 1995.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2011 - 06:26 UTC

  Top Republicans criticize elimination of tax breaks in Obama jobs plan

  

  Top opposition Republicans in Congress criticized today President Barack Obama's proposal to pay for a job creation plan by eliminating 467 billion dollars in tax breaks for wealthier Americans and corporations.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2011 - 06:19 UTC

  UK reiterates support of Gibraltar sovereignty and will protest naval incident

  

  Any discussions that UK has on Gibraltar with Spain “reflect our clear position on sovereignty, which is that the UK will never enter into arrangements under which the people of Gibraltar would pass under the sovereignty of another state against their wishes” Europe Minister David Lidington has said.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2011 - 06:11 UTC

  Venezuelan presidential election moved forward to 7 October 2012

  

  Venezuela's elections board announced the 2012 presidential vote for October 7, moving the contest up from its traditional December time frame, which some critics say gives President Hugo Chavez an edge by shortening the campaign of potential challengers.

• Wednesday, September 14th 2011 - 06:01 UTC

  Bus-trains collision in Buenos Aires leaves 11 dead and hundreds injured

  

  A bus driver gambled and tried to rush across railroad tracks on Tuesday despite a barrier, bells and flashing lights, setting off a chain-reaction collision with two trains that killed 11 people and injured hundreds in Argentina's capital.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2011 - 20:43 UTC

  Falklands MLAs and Sukey Cameron will be present at UK parties’ conferences

  

  Falkland Islands Members of Legislative Assembly will be present at the annual party conferences in United Kingdom. MLA Sharon Halford and MLA Roger Edwards left for the UK on Tuesday and will be joined for their task by the Falkland Islands Government (FIG) London Representative Sukey Cameron MBE.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2011 - 20:37 UTC

  The Falklands show the flag and competition spirit at Commonwealth Games

  

  The Falkland Islands team that participated in the 4th Commonwealth Youth Games is back following a week of successful competition, contacts and proudly showing the Islands’ flag among the over seventy countries worldwide that were present at the Isle of Man sports’ celebrations.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2011 - 07:29 UTC

  Guatemala: promising to crack crime, retired general wins first presidential round

  

  A right-wing retired General promising a crackdown on rampant crime leads Guatemala's Sunday presidential election although he fell short of the votes needed to avoid a run-off in November.

• Tuesday, September 13th 2011 - 05:33 UTC

  G7 countries lack Unasur “imagination and audacity” to overcome current crisis

  

  The Secretary-General of the Union of South American Nations (UNASUR), Colombian María Emma Mejía said that the region has shown “more imagination and audacity in the measures applied” than G7 countries, which are debating how to get out of the mess they are currently undergoing.