Politics

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.
Thursday, November 6th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Gibraltar: UK complains Spanish military restrictions

Great Britain has again brought up with Madrid the question on military restrictions imposed by Spain around Gibraltar, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.
Thursday, November 6th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
First names of Obama's future administration

Barack Obama has started forming his administration by asking Rahm Emanuel, a former adviser to President Clinton, to be his chief-of-staff. US President-elect Obama is expected to appoint a new treasury secretary soon.
Thursday, November 6th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Abortion bill triggers acid controversy in Uruguay

The Archbishop of Montevideo, Uruguay, Nicolas Cotugno, warned this week that those legislators who vote for abortion are ”ipso facto (by that very fact) excommunicated.”
Thursday, November 6th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
A New Constitution for the Falkland Islands

Foreign Office Minister, Gillian Merron, today welcomed the new Falkland Islands Constitution Order 2008. The Minister said:
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.
Wednesday, November 5th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Ex Paraguay leader accused of public funds squander

Former Paraguayan president Nicanor Duarte authorized payments equivalent to 13 million US dollars to media and journalists during the last twenty months of his term in a desperate effort to boost the campaign of the incumbent presidential candidate and his own candidacy to a Senate seat.
Wednesday, November 5th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Killings of civilians, forces Colombia's top general to resign

Colombia's top army commander resigned following allegations that soldiers killed civilians in an effort to inflate military successes in a war against rebel groups.
Wednesday, November 5th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Pascal Lamy wants a second term as head of WTO

The World Trade Organization's French director-general Pascal Lamy will seek another four-year term heading the body that sets rules for global commerce.
Wednesday, November 5th 2008 - 20:00 UTC
Suitcase scandal moves from Miami back to Buenos Aires

US-Venezuelan citizen Guido Alejandro Antonini Wilson was paid to testify that a cash-stuffed suitcase he smuggled into Argentina from Venezuela was for the successful presidential campaign of Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, alleged a top Argentine Cabinet minister.