Politics

Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 08:40 UTC
Pope Benedict invites divided Anglicans back to the Catholic Church

The Vatican has offered to allow conservative Anglican clergy to join a special section of the Catholic Church. They would be able to retain the Anglican liturgy and a married priesthood.
Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 08:29 UTC
“The main credit for the fall of the Berlin Wall belongs to Pope John Paul II”

The main honour and credit for the fall of the Berlin Wall belongs to Pope John Paul II and it is wrong to say it was the work of former Soviet president Mijail Gorbachev said the historic leader of Poland’s Solidarity movement and later head of state Lech Walesa
Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 08:17 UTC
Rio do Janeiro: police “wild west tactics” behind 10.000 death toll in 12 years

An independent study in Brazil suggests that the soaring number of police killings of suspected criminals in Rio do Janeiro's war on drugs is linked to bonuses now paid to “courageous” police officers, according to a newspaper report Monday.
Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 08:09 UTC
Mini-skirt student with “provocative attitudes” expelled from Brazilian university

In Brazil, famed for its tiny bikinis and carefree attitude, a university student has been expelled after violent protests by students and professors outraged at the short mini skirt she wore on campus and her “provocative attitude”.
Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 07:54 UTC
Lula da Silva: “I preferred to give Paraguay a chance to develop”

A country with the size of Brazil can’t fight with Paraguay, said Brazilian president Lula da Silva justifying the Itaipu hydroelectric energy agreement signed last July with his Paraguayan counterpart Fernando Lugo in Asuncion.
He added, “I preferred to give a country like Paraguay the chance to develop”.
Tuesday, November 10th 2009 - 07:40 UTC
Falklands’ new Legislative Assembly allocates portfolios

The newly elected Falkland Islands Legislative Assembly announced Monday the portfolio allocations among its new members and on Tuesday will elect three of their number to sit on the Executive Council.
Monday, November 9th 2009 - 15:17 UTC
Latinamerican media blasts populist regimes for trying to gag press critics

Populist leaders in Latin America increasingly use legal and political means to silence critics in the media, according to Enrique Santos Calderón, president of the Inter American Press Association (IAPA). Tactics include revoking broadcast licenses, fostering hostility toward journalists, and giving a free hand to government supporters who have attacked broadcast stations, newsrooms and printing plants.
Monday, November 9th 2009 - 15:15 UTC
Italian film attempts balanced approach to Falklands/Malvinas dispute

The Falklands/Malvinas are again the motive of a film this time by an Italian director and in the form of a documentary which tries to give a bigger picture of the issue, including Patagonia’s emptiness and the fact Falkland families have been living in the Islands for over 150 years.
Monday, November 9th 2009 - 12:54 UTC
Amorim and Taiana meet to address “trade difficulties”

Brazilian Foreign Affairs minister Celso Amorim will receive Monday in Rio do Janeiro his Argentine counterpart Jorge Taiana to discuss several issues of the “bilateral agenda” including, according to Argentine diplomatic sources the ongoing “trade differences”.
Monday, November 9th 2009 - 12:41 UTC
G-20 pledged to maintain economic stimulus and asked for IMF monitoring

Finance ministers from the Group of 20 industrialized and emerging market economies pledged to maintain economic stimulus measures until recovery from the global crisis is assured and asked the IMF to assess whether countries were on track for delivering strong, sustainable, and balanced growth to avoid future problems.