Politics

• Monday, September 26th 2011 - 06:42 UTC

  Palestinians ready for negotiations if Israel freezes construction of settlements

  

  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas repeated his refusal to talk with Israel without a settlement freeze after international mediators, responding to his United Nations bid for statehood, urged negotiations within a month.

• Monday, September 26th 2011 - 04:43 UTC

  Argentine inflation controversy reaches the courts: Judge subpoenaed reporters

  

  An Argentine Judge has subpoenaed six newspapers for the names and phone numbers of all reporters and editors who have covered Argentina's economy the past five years, so they can be called as witnesses against their sources.

• Monday, September 26th 2011 - 04:37 UTC

  Chavez says he’s fine but admits feeling “a little diminished’ and short in red cells

  

  Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Sunday that he is recovering “favourably” from the “impacts” of his fourth and latest round of chemotherapy, although he admitted that he feels that his physical strength is “a little diminished”.

• Monday, September 26th 2011 - 03:34 UTC

  G77 urges UK to return to Malvinas sovereignty negotiations with Argentina

  

  For the first time ever the 131 Foreign Affaire ministers from the countries in the G77 coalition plus China urged the United Kingdom to return to negotiations with Argentina over the sovereignty of the Falklands/Malvinas Islands, the Argentine Foreign Ministry informed on Sunday.

• Saturday, September 24th 2011 - 22:51 UTC

  Falklands Island’s reps get full Parliament experience

  

  Thoroughly aware of the sheer volume of work involved in politics at the recent Commonwealth Youth Parliament (CYP), Nadia Smith said such a high level career may not be for her just yet, “but there was a strong possibility the Falklands Legislative Assembly may beckon one day.”

• Saturday, September 24th 2011 - 22:22 UTC

  Human Rights Watch praises “critical” support from four Latam countries

  

  Four Latin American countries, Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico, have been identified among the seven most important countries on the UN Human Rights Council, in a report by the Human Rights Watch organisation.

• Saturday, September 24th 2011 - 22:17 UTC

  The Medvedev-Putin teams hang on: next March they change posts

  

  Vladimir Putin declared he was ready to return to the Russian presidency after current head of state Dmitry Medvedev announced he would bow to his mentor at March's election.

• Saturday, September 24th 2011 - 21:50 UTC

  Abbas anticipates long debate in Security Council on Palestine UN membership

  

  Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas said he expected the Security Council to finish debating his nation's application for full UN membership within weeks, not months.

• Saturday, September 24th 2011 - 00:50 UTC

  Israel and Palestinians told to resume peace talks within one month

  

  The Quartet of Middle East negotiators urged Israel and the Palestinians on Friday to resume peace talks within one month and aim for a deal by the end of 2012.

• Friday, September 23rd 2011 - 21:23 UTC

  Bolivia former anti-drugs chief sentenced in Miami to 14 years for trafficking

  

  A US federal judge in Miami on Friday sentenced the Bolivian former anti-drugs chief to 14 years prison on drug trafficking charges, court sources said. General Rene Sanabria, who was President Evo Morales's top anti-drug official 2007-2008, was arrested in Panama last February and extradited to Miami to face the charges.