Politics

Saturday, December 17th 2011 - 03:50 UTC
London Olympics will have support from 13.500 MOD personnel

The extent to which Britain's Armed Forces will support the security effort for next year's Olympic and Paralympic Games in London was announced Friday by the Defence Secretary, Philip Hammond.
Saturday, December 17th 2011 - 03:40 UTC
Satellite picture of China’s first aircraft carrier in sea trials

A commercial US satellite company says it has managed to take a picture of China's first aircraft carrier during its sea trials in the Yellow Sea. If confirmed, it would be the first known photo of the former Soviet vessel recently refitted by Beijing.
Saturday, December 17th 2011 - 02:57 UTC
Russia after almost two decades is admitted to the World Trade Organization

The World Trade Organization admitted Russia as its newest member on Friday, giving a boost to its biggest trading partner, the European Union.
Saturday, December 17th 2011 - 02:52 UTC
Cameron: UK is a Christian country and “we should not be afraid to say so”

Prime Minister David Cameron said the UK is a Christian country “and we should not be afraid to say so”.
Friday, December 16th 2011 - 20:21 UTC
“We are in a war of attrition…and we can’t let Argentina win”, says Falklands MLA

The Falkland Islands are effectively “under a sea-blockade from Argentina” and after years of quiet diplomacy behind the scenes “we are now in a war of attrition and we need to take the war to the enemy” according to Dr Barry Elsby who on Thursday was elected to fill the vacant seat at the Falkland Islands eight member Legislative Assembly.
Friday, December 16th 2011 - 19:04 UTC
UK discussing with Uruguay officials docking ban for Falklands flagged vessels

The British Embassy in Montevideo is discussing with Uruguayan authorities the implications of President Jose Mujica public statement that Falklands/Malvinas flagged vessels “are banned from docking in the port of Montevideo”.
Friday, December 16th 2011 - 06:42 UTC
Mujica denies Argentine pressure, but confirms Falklands flagged vessels are banned

Uruguayan President José ‘Pepe’ Mujica denied on Thursday afternoon suffering pressure from the Argentine government to restrict British ships from docking at Montevideo’s ports.
Friday, December 16th 2011 - 06:26 UTC
Disclosed documents reveal Brazilian strong support for the Pinochet regime in Chile

Brazilian newspaper Folha de São Paulo published a report on this week revealing a series of 266 telegrams from the Brazilian embassy in Santiago that unveiled strong economic and diplomatic ties between the nations’ military regimes in the early 1970s.
Friday, December 16th 2011 - 06:16 UTC
Brazil joins the club of countries with strict no smoking legislation

President Dilma Rousseff on Thursday signed a law banning smoking in all enclosed public spaces in Brazil. The new text will make Brazil, which has a population of more than 191 million, the largest country in the world to go smoke-free.
Thursday, December 15th 2011 - 20:59 UTC
Astori anticipates investment grade and the white list for Uruguay in 2012

Vice president Danilo Astori anticipated that in 2012 Uruguay will recover investment grade and said that including Uruguay in the OECD “grey list” was a “tremendous injustice” which did not take into account all the advances achieved in combating money laundering and narcotics trade.