Politics

Tuesday, November 6th 2012 - 06:33 UTC
Argentina to appeal Ghana court decision to move ‘Libertad’ from commercial port

A Ghanaian court authorized on Monday to have Argentina’s ARA Libertad navy training frigate, impounded over a lawsuit filed by a US based fund, removed from Tema’s commercial port to another local pier in order to liberate space that’s crucial for the in and out of cargo liners.
Tuesday, November 6th 2012 - 06:25 UTC
Spain breaks another unemployment record in October; 52% for the under 25

The number of job seekers in Spain soared to the highest level in at least 16 years in October, the Labour Ministry reported on Monday. As recession deepens the number of officially unemployed jumped by 128,242 people in October which means about 4.83m people were jobless at the end of last month, an increase of 2.7% on September.
Tuesday, November 6th 2012 - 06:17 UTC
China PM family’s alleged fortune triggers debate on “sunshine law” for Beijing leaders

China’s communist party leadership has launched a probe into the alleged family wealth of Wen Jiabao at the premier's request, according to sources. In a letter submitted to the Politburo Standing Committee, the party's top decision-making body of which the premier is also a member, Wen asked for a formal inquiry into claims made by The New York Times.
Monday, November 5th 2012 - 19:55 UTC
Falklands commemorates anniversary of the war and Remembrance Sunday

A ‘Short Service of Thanksgiving and Commemoration on the Thirtieth Anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands’ will be held on Saturday 10 November at the Liberation Monument in Stanley in the presence of HRH The Duke of Kent and returning veterans of the 1982 war.
Monday, November 5th 2012 - 19:38 UTC
Son of Falklands’ war hero will take command of British troops in Afghanistan

The son of Falkland Islands war hero Colonel ‘H’ Jones is to take command of Britain’s 9.000 troops in Afghanistan, reports the Daily Mail. Brigadier Rupert Jones was 13 when his father died during a one-man charge on an Argentine trench in the Battle of Goose Green in 1982, for which he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.
Monday, November 5th 2012 - 15:43 UTC
Hispanics growing influence in US elections could be decisive for Obama

US Hispanics are over 50 million according to the 2010 census and as the most important minority their influence could be decisive on Tuesday 6 November when the presidential and legislative election. Between the two censuses (2000/2010) Hispanics’ growth rate was four times the overall population rate.
Monday, November 5th 2012 - 14:51 UTC
Majority of Argentines believe Cristina Fernandez is losing control of government

A majority of Argentines disapproves of President Cristina Fernandez but more significantly 40% believe she is losing control of her administration and another 20% consider it a fact, according to Sergio Berenztein from the respected pollster Poliarquía.
Monday, November 5th 2012 - 13:45 UTC
G20 puts the US ‘fiscal cliff’ as the biggest short term threat to global growth

The leading world economies pressed the United States on Sunday to act decisively to avert a rush of spending cuts and tax hikes, warning that the so-called ‘fiscal cliff’ is the biggest short-term threat to global growth.
Monday, November 5th 2012 - 13:10 UTC
Lawless Sao Paulo: 22 people killed over the weekend including the 90th cop

Law and order seems out of control in Brazil’s largest city and financial hub. To the usual appalling crime statistics follows a rash of police officers killings. This weekend an off duty military police officer was the twenty second murder victim and the 90th killed in the city so far this year.
Monday, November 5th 2012 - 13:02 UTC
Argentina calls on G20 for global action against ‘predatory’ actions from ‘vulture funds’

Argentine Economy Minister Hernán Lorenzino called for developed countries to set limits to ‘vulture funds’ and credit rating agencies as “promoters of the global crisis,” as he addressed the G20 Finance Ministers meeting in Mexico on Sunday.