Politics

• Monday, February 14th 2011 - 05:48 UTC

  Alleging national security, China plans to review foreign attempts to buy local companies

  

  China is launching a body to review foreign attempts to buy local companies in a move that might add to strains over access to its markets.

• Monday, February 14th 2011 - 03:49 UTC

  Kirchner told banks to “make cheap loans and mortgages” in 2007 presidential campaign

  

  The Spanish newspaper El Pais published new Wikileaks cables of the US embassy which mention the relationship between Argentina’s Kirchners ruling couple and the banks especially during the period previous to the presidential election of Cristina Fernández de Kirchner (2007).

• Monday, February 14th 2011 - 03:40 UTC

  UK frauds’ office looking for Mubarak’s cash and assets, says Sunday Times

  

  A British government minister said on Sunday there should be an international approach to dealing with the overseas assets of deposed Egyptian president Hosni Mubarak and his family.

• Monday, February 14th 2011 - 03:36 UTC

  Argentines accept inflation is in the range of 25%, but divided on the causes

  

  A majority of Argentines, 74%, believes that inflation is harming their finances and a similar percentage, 74%, considers the administration of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is hardly interested in the issue, according to a public opinion poll published Sunday in Buenos Aires La Nacion.

• Saturday, February 12th 2011 - 12:44 UTC

  Unilateral Fact II

  

  Mr. Andres Cisneros’s reply to the article “Unilateral Facts” by Dr. Graham Pascoe and myself last Sunday in the BA Herald, (Jan 21st and Feb 6th in MP), does not answer our points adequately. Our article was specifically about Argentina’s hypocrisy in using UN Resolution 31/49 to criticise Britain’s acts as “unilateral”. Instead he launches a general anti-British diatribe, and makes a number of errors. The worst are as follows.

• Saturday, February 12th 2011 - 08:12 UTC

  “Limits must be imposed” on Latinamerican presidential successive re-election

  

  The Organization of American States, (OAS), Secretary General Jose Miguel Insulza said that democracy must impose limits on Latin America’s presidential successive re-election tendency.

• Saturday, February 12th 2011 - 08:08 UTC

  IMF calls for fiscal austerity in South America but admits “dilemmas”

  

  IMF warned inflation is threatening South America but also admitted countries had a dilemma since increasing interest rates could further worsen the appreciation of local currencies vis-à-vis the US dollar.

• Saturday, February 12th 2011 - 08:02 UTC

  India, Brazil, Germany, Japan demand Security Council reform this year

  

  Four regional powers hoping to get permanent seats on the Security Council — India, Germany, Brazil and Japan — said Friday they believe the U.N. will take action by September on expanding its most powerful body.

• Saturday, February 12th 2011 - 07:40 UTC

  Falklands’ minefield clearance next phase moves to the capital Stanley Common

  

  Falkland Islands’ next phase of minefield clearance will take place in Stanley Common greatly increasing the Islands’ capital recreational area was announced by Government House reports the latest Penguin News edition.

• Saturday, February 12th 2011 - 05:31 UTC

  Brazil and Argentina will reject ‘commodity prices regulation’ at G20

  

  Brazil and Argentina came out Friday against a French proposal to be put to the G20 to regulate commodity prices whose recent rises are blamed for a spike in food costs.