Politics

• Tuesday, November 3rd 2009 - 08:00 UTC

  Twin Towers steel debris sail up the Hudson as “USS New York”

  

  A United States Navy assault vessel built partly with 7.5 tons of steel debris from the World Trade Centre sailed up New York's Hudson River on Monday in its first tribute to the more than 2,700 people killed in the September 2001 terrorist attacks.

• Tuesday, November 3rd 2009 - 07:39 UTC

  US puts pressure on Brazil to purchase Boeing’s F 18 Super Hornets

  

  United States president Barak Obama has a special interest in the sale of 36 fighter aircraft Brazil has announced it plans to purchase and would consider a “disappointment” if the contract goes to any of its competitors (France or Sweden), said Ellen Tauscher Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security.

• Tuesday, November 3rd 2009 - 07:37 UTC

  Chilean Navy state of the art OPV “Piloto Pardo” visits Punta Arenas

  

  One of Chile’s Navy latest incorporations Offshore Patrol Vessel (OPV 81) “Piloto Pardo” is currently in Punta Arenas from where it will be operating during summer months in fisheries patrol protection, search and rescue operations and other Chilean sovereignty activities along the country’s long coastline, EEZ plus Antarctic logistics tasks.

• Monday, November 2nd 2009 - 11:44 UTC

  Honduras election commission takes off; Lobo leads in opinion polls

  

  United States secretary of Labour and a former Chilean president were named Sunday to a commission tasked with monitoring the creation of a power-sharing government in Honduras, under a US-brokered agreement to end the Central American nation's four-month-old political crisis.

• Sunday, November 1st 2009 - 19:37 UTC

  Bank of Japan to withdraw funds’ support programs as of next March

  

  A divided Bank of Japan began withdrawing from credit markets on Friday and said it would scrap all key funding support programmes by March, resisting government pressure to support corporate borrowing until the economy strengthens.

• Saturday, October 31st 2009 - 16:12 UTC

  ICANN Approves Non-Latin Domain Name Characters

  

  The Internet's governing body has approved a new domain name process that will allow for non-Latin characters.

• Saturday, October 31st 2009 - 11:41 UTC

  Argentina and Uruguay again clash over the Botnia pulp mill

  

  The Argentine government strongly repudiated on Friday a report from the Environmental Board of Uruguay saying Argentina had “adulterated” information referred to the pulp mill dispute submitted to the International Court at The Hague.

• Saturday, October 31st 2009 - 06:39 UTC

  British government sacks chief drugs’ advisor

  

  The British government's chief drugs adviser has been forced to resign in the wake of the row over the dangers of class A drugs. Home Secretary Alan Johnson asked Professor David Nutt to resign as chairman of the Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs (ACMD), saying he had “lost confidence” in his ability to give impartial advice.

• Saturday, October 31st 2009 - 06:06 UTC

  Colombia and US sign bases’ agreement in closed doors ceremony

  

  Colombia and the United States signed Friday in Bogotá the controversial agreement that allows US military personnel to be stationed at seven (land, air, sea) military bases in Washington’s closest ally in the region.

• Saturday, October 31st 2009 - 01:16 UTC

  Zelaya and Micheletti agree to deal to end the institutional crisis

  

  The de facto Honduran government has agreed to an eight point deal that may allow ousted President Manuel Zelaya to return to power ahead of elections next month. Unite States diplomats have been in the country to mediate an end to the four-month-old crisis.