Politics

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 07:26 UTC

  Cyprus bailout conditions trigger fears of Euro debt crisis escalation and run on banks

  

  Asian markets have dipped after Cyprus bailout plans triggered fears of an escalation of the Euro zone debt crisis. The EU and IMF want all bank customers to pay a levy in return for a bailout worth 10bn Euros and although the plan is yet to be finalised, the news of the deal caused a rush to the cash machines in Cyprus as people tried to withdraw money.

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 07:20 UTC

  Peruvian capital Lima’s first woman mayor narrowly survives recall vote

  

  The first woman mayor of Peru's capital Lima, Susana Villaran, has narrowly survived a vote to depose her from office, exit polls suggest. They indicate that Ms Villaran was backed by about over 50% of voters.

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 07:14 UTC

  New leadership pledges “a great renaissance of the Chinese nation”

  

  China's new President Xi Jinping will fight for a “great renaissance of the Chinese nation”, he said Sunday as the world's most populous country completed its once-in-a-decade power transition.

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 07:04 UTC

  “Argentina should accept the near-unanimity of the Falklanders”

  

  Canada’s Globe and Mail had an editorial on the Falklands referendum.
  Not since the halcyon days of the Soviet Union has a vote been so lopsided, but there was no fraud or coercion. Ninety-two per-cent turnout; over 98% support for the Falkland Islands to retain its status as a British Overseas Territory.

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 06:58 UTC

  Poll shows for 52% of Britons involvement in Iraq war damaged UK reputation

  

  More than half of Britons have said the UK's involvement in the Iraq war damaged the country's reputation around the world, a new poll has found. On the 10th anniversary of the invasion, the survey by King's College London (KCL) and Ipsos Mori showed that some 52% said the war had damaged UK's standing.

• Monday, March 18th 2013 - 06:50 UTC

  Malvinas Islands claim, an act of “epic stupidity” says El Pais from Madrid

  

  John Carlin, the British writer and journalist who works for Spain’s leading newspaper El Pais, with a high degree of irony strongly criticized Argentina’s claim over the Falklands/Malvinas Islands as an ‘epic idiocy’.

• Saturday, March 16th 2013 - 07:41 UTC

  Millions turned out in Caracas for the final farewell to Hugo Chavez

  

  Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets of Caracas on Friday to bid a final farewell to late president Hugo Chavez a month before elections to pick his successor.

• Saturday, March 16th 2013 - 07:38 UTC

  Romario calls for an investigation of football’s head regarding death of a journalist in 1975

  

  Former Brazil striker Romario has called on authorities to investigate a possible connection between the head of the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) and the mysterious death of a TV journalist 38 years ago.

• Saturday, March 16th 2013 - 07:28 UTC

  Mining project suspension in Mendoza leading to major clash between Argentina and Brazil

  

  A major conflict could be brewing between Argentina and Brazil after Rio’s Vale decided to cancel a 6 billion dollars potash development project in Mendoza and the Argentine Labour minister issued a mandatory conciliation which actually impedes implementation of the closing down decision.

• Saturday, March 16th 2013 - 03:54 UTC

  Interpol: red notices on Iranian suspects in Buenos Aires bombing remain active

  

  Foreign Minister Héctor Timerman revealed that the Argentine government had received on Friday morning a letter from Interpol stressing that the memorandum of understanding signed between the Argentine and Iranian governments last month meant a “positive progress” for the investigation of the AMIA bombing.