Politics

• Monday, October 25th 2010 - 21:45 UTC

  Qatar interested in buying Christie’s to help with kingdom’s museum collection

  

  Qatar, the wealthy Gulf Arab state whose foreign assets include London property and investments in Volkswagen, may buy Christie's auction house to bolster its cultural credentials, the Financial Times said.

• Monday, October 25th 2010 - 21:23 UTC

  Malnutrition kills 206 children in six months in Argentine province

  

  A total of 206 children have died this year of malnutrition in the northern Argentina province of Misiones (bordering with Paraguay and Brazil), revealed Monday Governor Maurice Closs.

• Monday, October 25th 2010 - 21:07 UTC

  Rescued miners honoured at presidential palace in Santiago

  

  The 33 miners saved from underground hell in Chile have been honored as heroes at the presidential palace, but have lost out at soccer against a team of rescuers captained by President Sebastian Piñera.

• Monday, October 25th 2010 - 02:55 UTC

  US says China is “committed” to allow the Yuan to appreciate

  

  United States Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner has said he believes China is now “committed” to allowing the Yuan to go up in value. Mr Geithner made the comment in a TV interview before he held talks with China's Vice-Premier, Wang Qishan.

• Monday, October 25th 2010 - 02:45 UTC

  California voters support undocumented immigrants as “advantageous”

  

  California voters have an overall positive opinion about immigrants and support those undocumented aliens who have been working in the state for years should be able to remain and go on with their lives.

• Monday, October 25th 2010 - 02:39 UTC

  Controversy in Bolivia about the country’s proven gas reserves

  

  According to a recent audit commissioned by the Bolivian government and conducted by US-based consulting firm Ryder Scott allegedly shows that the country has only 8.3 trillion cubic feet of proven gas reserves, sharply lower than the range of 12.8 trillion to 26.7 trillion that has appeared in contradictory official versions.

• Monday, October 25th 2010 - 02:33 UTC

  Serra promises “substantial” changes to relations with Mercosur if elected president

  

  Brazil’s presidential opposition candidate Jose Serra promised substantial changes to the country’s foreign policy if elected next Sunday. He specifically mentioned Brazil’s lobbying for a seat at the UN Security Council, the functioning of Mercosur and relations with Cuba and Iran.

• Sunday, October 24th 2010 - 03:00 UTC

  The Economist prefers Jose Serra as a better president but admits the inevitable

  

  Nevertheless it admits that Dilma Rousseff, with the help from outgoing president Lula da Silva, (and his extraordinary political gifts and innate pragmatism), will most probably be the winner.

• Sunday, October 24th 2010 - 02:46 UTC

  Falklands’ defence ready for any crisis, “including external aggression”

  

  The Falkland Islands will continue to be defended by one of the most capable military forces in the world and Mount Pleasant remains configured to allow for rapid reinforcement should it become necessary to deal with external aggression, according to the British Forces South Atlantic Islands HQ, BFSAI.

• Sunday, October 24th 2010 - 02:15 UTC

  Asia leading global recovery but it’s time to tighten monetary policy, says IMF

  

  After leading the global recovery for a second year, Asia’s economic outlook remains positive but, in its latest report on the state of the region’s economy, the IMF cautions that inflationary pressures are emerging.