Politics

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 19:56 UTC

  Tory Leaders Will Stick With Cuts, Adjustment Will Not Be Without Struggle

  

  David Cameron and George Osborne have insisted they will stick to their spending cuts programme despite deepening economic gloom and renewed threats of co-ordinated strike action.

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 19:46 UTC

  Organised Crime on Agenda at Davos

  

  The World Economic Forum Global Agenda Council on Organised Crime, meeting in Davos, has issued a three page report on the international organised crime situation.

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 19:13 UTC

  Cuba: Reportedly Still Holding A Hundred Political Prisoners

  

  The Cuban Commission on Human Rights and National Reconciliation says that the island's communist government is still holding a hundred political prisoners, in spite of releasing numerous imprisoned dissidents last year.

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 18:52 UTC

  Ban Ki-moon Says World Leaders Need to “Lead By Action”

  

  United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon today called for “revolutionary action” to achieve sustainable development, warning that the past century’s heedless consumption of resources is “a global suicide pact” with time running out to ensure an economic model for survival.

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 14:27 UTC

  Muslim Birth Rate Drops

  

  Decreasing birth rates will slow the world’s Muslim population growth over the next twenty years, reducing it from 2.2% a year in 1990-2010 period to 1.5% up until 2030 a new study says.

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 14:22 UTC

  Euro is Not Going Through a Crisis According to European Central Bank President

  

  The euro is not going through a crisis, although in some countries if the EU there are problems which must be solved, said the President of the European Central Bank Jean Claude Trichet. “There is no euro crisis. That is absolutely clear,” he added.

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 06:12 UTC

  Thousands Due To Protest Across Egypt

  

  Egyptian demonstrators fought security forces into the early hours of Friday in the city of Suez, and the Internet was blocked ahead of the biggest protests yet planned against President Hosni Mubarak's 30-year rule.

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 02:21 UTC

  Nelson Mandela’s Health Surrounded by Secrecy

  

  Nelson Mandela is reportedly recovering from a collapsed lung at a Johannesburg hospital, cloaked by levels of secrecy that have triggered wild rumours and near panic.

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 02:19 UTC

  Half a Million Chileans Fall into Poverty Following Earthquake

  

  Chile’s Planning Minister Felipe Kast and Housing Minister Magdalena Matte met yesterday at Cerro Navia to announce the results of Chile’s Post Earthquake Survey (EPT). The survey’s aim was to measure the social impact of the February. 27, 2010, 8.8-magnitude earthquake on poverty, property, and psychological well-being in Chile.

• Friday, January 28th 2011 - 02:14 UTC

  Europe Could Fall Apart Sustaining Euro Warns Soros

  

  Billionaire financier George Soros warned on Wednesday that Europe could potentially fall apart because of the “two-speed Europe” of haves and have-nots that is being perpetuated by the reform of the embattled euro.