Politics

• Thursday, December 17th 2009 - 13:42 UTC

  Falklands/UK air bridge goes bust and all flights are cancelled

  

  Scotland's biggest airline, Edinburgh-based Flyglobespan and also responsible for the UK Ministry of Defence air link with the Falkland Islands was placed Wednesday in administration with all scheduled flights cancelled.

• Thursday, December 17th 2009 - 05:04 UTC

  How Copenhagen will affect international security

  

  The United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen has been billed as 'the most important gathering in human history'. Without binding commitments to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and stabilise expectations, climate change will have a huge impact on future security considerations.
  By Duncan Depledge for RUSI.org (*)

• Thursday, December 17th 2009 - 03:08 UTC

  Honduras considers political amnesty for all those involved in June coup

  

  The Honduras congress and president-elect Porfirio Lobo agreed to consider extending a political amnesty to all those involved in the June 28th coup against ousted President Manuel Zelaya.

• Thursday, December 17th 2009 - 03:05 UTC

  Brazil strong message to Paraguay on support of Venezuela inside Mercosur

  

  Following this week’s Brazilian Senate vote to for the incorporation of Venezuela as a Mercosur full member, only Paraguay’s support is pending, but the Paraguayan Senate is divided on the issue. More over President Fernando Lugo had to withdraw the initiative last August when he was informed the divided coalition that took him to office could not garner the sufficient votes to ensure support.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2009 - 23:33 UTC

  Leading case: EU Court ruling supports non disclosure of press sources

  

  Judges at the European Court of Human Rights said that four British newspapers and a news agency were right to defy a court order to disclose documents that would have identified the source of a story about a multimillion pound City takeover in 2001.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2009 - 23:29 UTC

  Socialist El Salvador president rejects XXI century Socialism

  

  El Salvador president Mauricio Funes said his country will not take a single step towards the incorporation of his country to ALBA or the XXI century Socialism promoted by Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez and defended close relations with United States.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2009 - 13:03 UTC

  Mercosur: Finally Brazil’s Senate approved Venezuela incorporation

  

  Bringing to close a year-long internal debate over the role of Venezuela in South American political and economic affairs, Brazil's Senate, by a vote of 35 to 27, voted Tuesday to approve the entrance of the country's northern neighbor into the Mercosur trade bloc.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2009 - 07:33 UTC

  Climate Change: We Are All In The Same Boat

  

  Global warming does not respect borders; a mindset shift is required if world leaders are to save us from ourselves
  By Kofi Annan

• Wednesday, December 16th 2009 - 05:50 UTC

  Banco do Brazil interested in Argentina’s fourth largest bank

  

  Banco do Brazil (BB), Latinamerica’s largest government-managed bank, is in talks with Argentina’s Banco Patagonia, seeking to expand internationally, announced CEO Aldemir Bendime.

• Wednesday, December 16th 2009 - 05:48 UTC

  Spain tops “misery index” that combines unemployment rate and budget deficit

  

  Spain tops a new “misery index” that combines unemployment rates with budget deficits, according to forecasts from Moody’s Investors Service. Ireland appears in fourth place on the sovereign-risk outlook for 2010, behind Spain, Latvia and Lithuania.