Politics

• Sunday, October 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Polls show Kirchner couple retaining office next Sunday

  

  All Argentine public opinion polls released over the weekend show the incumbent candidate First Lady Cristina Kirchner winning the presidential election next Sunday with no need for a run off although in the last few days opposition candidates advanced 8.3 percentage points in vote intention.

• Sunday, October 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Insecurity, main concern of four out of ten Argentine voters

  

  Insecurity is the growing, sustained concern among Argentines according to a public opinion poll published Sunday in Buenos Aires daily La Nacion. Poliarquia Consultants state that 39.3% of Argentine residents consider insecurity the country's main problem, which also represents a 12.1 percentage point advance over September's opinion poll.

• Saturday, October 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands' war restored icon Vulcan takes to the sky

  

  A former Royal Air Force Vulcan bomber has made her first flight in 14 years after a restoration project said to be “probably one of the longest and costliest” in the history of British aviation.

• Saturday, October 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Regional autonomy dispute in Bolivia blocks busiest airport

  

  Thousands of Bolivians have taken control of the country's busiest airport as part of an ongoing power struggle between President Evo Morales and authorities in the region of Santa Cruz.

• Friday, October 19th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: 'Penguin News' weekly update

  

  Headlines:
  New and improved airbridge? Government pushes for a service which aids economic growth; Nordnorge leads the way; Badminton team go for it in Greenland; Come on England!; Today's listings – today.

• Friday, October 19th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  UK and Spain in diplomatic exchange over Odyssey wrangle

  

  Spain's detention of the treasure-hunting ship Odyssey Explorer on Tuesday has prompted a diplomatic exchange between London and Madrid over the status of waters around Gibraltar.

• Thursday, October 18th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Latam lagging in universal and quality education says WB

  

  Most countries in Latin American and the Caribbean have achieved almost universal primary school coverage and boosted enrollment rates in secondary and tertiary education. Average spending on education reached 4.3% of GDP in 2003, up from 2.7% in 1990 reveals a World Bank, (WB) report released this week.

• Thursday, October 18th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Bolivia busiest airport militarized following “staff disturbances”

  

  Bolivian soldiers and police took control of the country's most important airport Thursday after airport workers detained an American Airlines plane on the runway, demanding the carrier pay them landing fees in cash.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Odyssey ship arrested after gunpoint encounter at sea

  

  'Odyssey Explorer', the flag ship of the treasure hunting sea archaeologists Odyssey Marine Exploration (OME), has been arrested along with its captain by the Spanish authorities following a dramatic gunpoint encounter at sea three miles south of Gibraltar.

• Wednesday, October 17th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Migrant workers' remittances reached 300 billion in 2006

  Migrant workers sent home more than 300 billion US dollars to their families in developing countries in 2006, according to a study released Wednesday in Washington, D.C. by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) and the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).