Politics

Tuesday, October 13th 2009 - 06:56 UTC
The 2009 Nobel Prizes round winners includes five women

With economists Elinor Ostrom and Oliver E. Williamson the round of 2009 Nobel Prizes comes to an end. Of the thirteen, five are women with a first in Economics.
Tuesday, October 13th 2009 - 04:50 UTC
Pickets lifted for the crucial World Cup qualifier Uruguay/Argentina

FIFA has more country members that the United Nations and is proving more effective than even the International Court of The Hague: Argentine pickets blocking for almost two years an international bridge will lift the ban so Argentine fans can cross to Uruguay for the South Africa Soccer World Cup qualifier.
Tuesday, October 13th 2009 - 04:16 UTC
Most developing countries workers did not benefit form global trade boom

The boom in global trade over the last two decades has failed to improve the quality of most jobs in poorer countries, the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and United Nations labour agency (ILO) said on Monday.
Tuesday, October 13th 2009 - 04:10 UTC
FAO: Food commodities prices forecasted to remain high and volatile

Food commodities prices are likely to stay high and volatile in the medium term, while a repeat of the 2007-2008 price spikes is seen as a realistic possibility, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said on Monday. Between 2006 and 2008, international prices for basic food commodities shot up by 60% while grain prices doubled.
Tuesday, October 13th 2009 - 04:01 UTC
Mexican government fights waste, inefficiency and takes over energy plant

Mexico has closed a state-run energy distribution firm with about 40,000 employees and 25 million customers, blaming the scale of its losses. Federal police seized the offices of Luz y Fuerza del Centro on Saturday night when the city was celebrating Mexico’s qualifier to the South Africa World Cup.
Monday, October 12th 2009 - 10:53 UTC
Chile, Costa Rica, Uruguay best performers in democratic development

Chile, Costa Rica and Uruguay have the highest democratic development in Latinamerica while Guatemala and Bolivia stand at the opposite end of the ranking. The index measures among other things respect for political rights, civil liberties, institutional quality and the capacity of the different governments to deliver.
Monday, October 12th 2009 - 10:40 UTC
Major missile systems upgrade for Type 23 frigate HMS Argyll

The Royal Navy warship HMS Argyll is to have her missile system upgraded in a major £19m refit in Fife. The Type 23 frigate has just arrived in Rosyth, Scotland for a year-long overhaul by 120 Babcock staff who will provide her with new electronic guns.
Monday, October 12th 2009 - 08:22 UTC
ALBA summit in Bolivia to speed economic integration

The ALBA, Bolivarian Alternative for the Americas, meets this week in Bolivia with economic integration as the main issue of the agenda.
Monday, October 12th 2009 - 07:58 UTC
Gorbachev says the world was a safer place during the Cold War

Mijail Gorbachev, the last leader of the defunct Soviet Union said that the “world was a safer place during the Cold War” and warned that the major current risk to the world is the proliferation of nuclear weapons.
Monday, October 12th 2009 - 07:48 UTC
A founder of Colombia’s FARC dies of heart attack in the jungle

One of the historic founders of the Colombian guerrilla movement FARC (Colombian Rebel Armed Forces) died in the jungle, close to the Venezuelan border, three months ago of a heart attack, according to FARC sources quoted in the Bogotá Sunday press.