Politics

• Tuesday, March 23rd 2010 - 03:43 UTC

  Falklands’ oil dispute: Argentina presents its case and backgrounds to OAS

  

  Argentina presented before the Organization of American States, OAS, documents on recent British decisions and actions referred to the disputed Falkland Islands and requested they be made public to all members of the OAS General Assembly.

• Tuesday, March 23rd 2010 - 03:36 UTC

  Google is “totally wrong” in stopping filtering Chinese site, warns Beijing

  

  Google Inc. is “totally wrong” in stopping censorship of its Chinese-language search results and blaming China for “alleged hacker attacks,” Xinhua News Agency reported on Monday, citing an unidentified government official.

• Tuesday, March 23rd 2010 - 03:32 UTC

  European Union remains divided over monetary aid to Greece

  

  The president of the European Commission challenged German Chancellor Angela Merkel to rise above domestic politics and agree on a financial safety net for debt-stricken Greece to help preserve European monetary union.

• Tuesday, March 23rd 2010 - 03:18 UTC

  Green light for Argentina to restructure 20 billion in defaulted debt

  

  Argentina has US regulatory approval to restructure 20 billion USD in defaulted debt and expects to launch the deal within three weeks, announced the government on Monday.

• Tuesday, March 23rd 2010 - 03:13 UTC

  Drug abuse among teenagers in several South American countries

  

  The Organization of American States (OAS), through its Inter-American Drug Abuse Control Commission (CICAD), and the United Nations (UN), through its Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), presented in Vienna the latest joint study on drug consumption among student populations in Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Peru and Uruguay.

• Tuesday, March 23rd 2010 - 02:55 UTC

  Four Rio Tinto executives admit taking bribes to a court in Shanghai

  

  Four executives of mining giant Rio Tinto have admitted to a court in the Chinese city of Shanghai that they took bribes, officials have said. Lawyers for the men - Australian Stern Hu and three Chinese colleagues - said they admitted accepting some money but are disputing the amounts.

• Monday, March 22nd 2010 - 21:25 UTC

  All set for Insulza’s re-election in OAS; Piñera flies to Washington in support

  

  With a few hours left before the election of a new Secretary General for the Organization of American States, OAS, which has as only candidate Chilean Jose Miguel Insulza running for re-election, Chilean Foreign Affairs minister Alfredo Moreno said that support from United States is “welcome”.

• Monday, March 22nd 2010 - 21:08 UTC

  “Slow and sluggish” UK economy in 2010 forecasts British Industry

  

  The UK economy is in for a “bumpy ride” in 2010, according to a report from the UK's largest employers' group. Growth will remain fragile and the economy will be “slow and sluggish” as Government stimulus measures - like the VAT cut and the car scrappage scheme - are phased out, the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) said.

• Monday, March 22nd 2010 - 21:05 UTC

  Latinamerica leads in distribution of free laptops for schoolchildren

  

  The massive delivery of free laptops for schoolchildren -- begun on an experimental basis nearly three years ago in Uruguay -- is booming throughout Latin America.

• Monday, March 22nd 2010 - 20:53 UTC

  IDB agrees to 70 billion USD capital increase and condones Haiti’s debt

  

  The Inter American Development Bank’s (IDB) board agreed to a 70 billion US dollars capital increase, an amount that should allow the organization to lend 12 billion a year, bank President Luis Alberto Moreno said during the annual meeting in Mexico.