Politics

• Tuesday, October 26th 2010 - 04:59 UTC

  Argentina announces production of enriched uranium for 2011

  

  Argentina will produce the first batch of enriched uranium for civilian purposes next year as part of the re-launching of its atomic power industry, President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said Monday.

• Tuesday, October 26th 2010 - 04:44 UTC

  An overwhelming majority of Chileans accept cohabitation before marriage

  

  Eighty-seven percent of Chileans believe that single mothers are capable of raising children just as well as married couples or mothers with partners, according to a recent survey. Support for men as single parents is similarly strong, as 79 percent of those surveyed believe the same of single fathers.

• Tuesday, October 26th 2010 - 02:44 UTC

  Argentine population in Antarctica 230, including nine families and 16 children

  

  Argentina’s population and housing census which this week took off in Antarctica revealed that 230 people live in the six Argentine bases including nine families and 16 children. The survey was done two days before the official launching in continental Argentina and was considered a “very successful experience”.

• Monday, October 25th 2010 - 21:45 UTC

  Qatar interested in buying Christie’s to help with kingdom’s museum collection

  

  Qatar, the wealthy Gulf Arab state whose foreign assets include London property and investments in Volkswagen, may buy Christie's auction house to bolster its cultural credentials, the Financial Times said.

• Monday, October 25th 2010 - 21:23 UTC

  Malnutrition kills 206 children in six months in Argentine province

  

  A total of 206 children have died this year of malnutrition in the northern Argentina province of Misiones (bordering with Paraguay and Brazil), revealed Monday Governor Maurice Closs.

• Monday, October 25th 2010 - 21:07 UTC

  Rescued miners honoured at presidential palace in Santiago

  

  The 33 miners saved from underground hell in Chile have been honored as heroes at the presidential palace, but have lost out at soccer against a team of rescuers captained by President Sebastian Piñera.

• Monday, October 25th 2010 - 02:55 UTC

  US says China is “committed” to allow the Yuan to appreciate

  

  United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has said he believes China is now “committed” to allowing the Yuan to go up in value. Mr Geithner made the comment in a TV interview before he held talks with China's Vice-Premier, Wang Qishan.

• Monday, October 25th 2010 - 02:45 UTC

  California voters support undocumented immigrants as “advantageous”

  

  California voters have an overall positive opinion about immigrants and support those undocumented aliens who have been working in the state for years should be able to remain and go on with their lives.

• Monday, October 25th 2010 - 02:39 UTC

  Controversy in Bolivia about the country’s proven gas reserves

  

  According to a recent audit commissioned by the Bolivian government and conducted by US-based consulting firm Ryder Scott allegedly shows that the country has only 8.3 trillion cubic feet of proven gas reserves, sharply lower than the range of 12.8 trillion to 26.7 trillion that has appeared in contradictory official versions.

• Monday, October 25th 2010 - 02:33 UTC

  Serra promises “substantial” changes to relations with Mercosur if elected president

  

  Brazil’s presidential opposition candidate Jose Serra promised substantial changes to the country’s foreign policy if elected next Sunday. He specifically mentioned Brazil’s lobbying for a seat at the UN Security Council, the functioning of Mercosur and relations with Cuba and Iran.