Politics

• Monday, September 12th 2011 - 22:51 UTC

  Utility company must compensate couple for ruining their marriage with a blackout

  

  An Argentine power company must compensate a couple whose marriage was ruined because of a blackout which forced the suspension of the religious ceremony and the subsequent party.

• Monday, September 12th 2011 - 22:35 UTC

  Miss Colombia panties and Miss Australia see-through dress on the limelight

  

  Miss Universe 2011 will be aired Monday night but there has been plenty of sparking controversy. Catalina Robayo, Miss Colombia has been snapped one too many times without her panties.

• Monday, September 12th 2011 - 21:01 UTC

  DNA tests confirm two suspects raped French students killed in Argentina

  

  The DNA results on tests run on the two French tourists murdered in the Argentine province of Salta indicated that prosecuted suspects Santos Clement Vera, and Gustavo Lasi sexually abused the victims. Likewise, the exam did not test positive on third suspect Daniel Vilte Laxi.

• Monday, September 12th 2011 - 20:15 UTC

  Obama calls on opposition not to play political games and approve jobs package

  

  President Barack Obama called on Republicans not to play “political games” with his jobs plan as he pressed for swift passage of a 447 billion dollars package he hopes will revive the US economy and boost his re-election prospects.

• Monday, September 12th 2011 - 20:06 UTC

  Former Chilean president Allende remains buried for third time in private ceremony

  

  The Salvador Allende Foundation that the remains of former President Salvador Allende were re-interred last Thursday after being exhumed in May for forensic analysis.

• Monday, September 12th 2011 - 20:00 UTC

  Violent incidents and power cuts in Chile recall the 11 September 1973 military coup

  

  Chile’s Sunday September 11 demonstrations to recall the military coup of 1973 turned violent and left one adolescent with a gun wound, power cuts, dozens of arrests and 350 “outbreaks of violence” in the capital Santiago according to the Carabineros (militarized police) report.

• Monday, September 12th 2011 - 05:42 UTC

  Obama pays tribute to 9/11 and gives message of hope and optimism

  

  US President Barack Obama marked the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks by emphasizing Americans’ perseverance, saying that for all the wars, disruptions and soul-searching of the past decade the country’s values and optimism remain.

• Monday, September 12th 2011 - 03:04 UTC

  Corruption in Lula da Silva’s administration widely extended to all branches

  

  US ambassador in Brazil Thomas Shannon said the country suffered from “extended corruption” according to a diplomatic cable a year and a half ago referred to former president Lula da Silva administration and which was recently released by Wikileaks.

• Monday, September 12th 2011 - 02:25 UTC

  CFK in France to meet Sarkozy and witness Peace prize award to Grandmothers

  

  Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner travelled on Sunday to France and is scheduled to meet with her peer Nicholas Sarkozy on Wednesday midday at the Palais de l'Élysée, according to French government sources.

• Sunday, September 11th 2011 - 02:51 UTC

  Ten years after 9/11, Obama says the US is stronger and al Qaeda is on path to defeat

  

  President Barack Obama said the United States was stronger 10 years after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and Americans would “carry on” despite continued threats against their safety.