Politics

• Thursday, May 14th 2009 - 07:44 UTC

  British police accuse MPs of “Third World dictatorship” expenses

  

  United Kingdom frontline police officers have accused Members of Parliament of enjoying expenses that would not look out of place in a “Third World dictatorship”. Home Secretary Jacqui Smith was hauled over the coals by members of the Police Federation of England and Wales.

• Thursday, May 14th 2009 - 03:42 UTC

  Shannon praises Valenzuela and lists agenda of pending issues

  

  Thomas Shannon Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs who is to be replaced by Arturo Valenzuela said on Wednesday the incoming official will face “difficult challenges” in the management of relations with Latinamerica.

• Thursday, May 14th 2009 - 03:33 UTC

  Chilean president invited to the White House June 23

  

  Chilean president Michelle Bachelet will be meeting with President Barak Obama at the White House next June 23, it was announced in Santiago. This will be the second meeting of the two leaders: the first was at the recent Summit of the Americas in Trinidad Tobago.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2009 - 15:58 UTC

  Continental shelf claim: Falklands replies to Argentina’s vehement reaction

  

  The Falkland Islands Government Director of Mineral Resources today responded calmly to the Argentine Foreign Affairs vehement reaction to the UK submission in respect of its extended continental shelf claim around the Falkland Islands.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2009 - 15:39 UTC

  Another Clinton hand joins Obama’s team as head of hemispheric affairs

  

  US President Barack Obama named Tuesday Arturo Valenzuela, a US-Chilean citizen and former member of President Bill Clinton’s administration as the new head of hemispheric affairs in the State Department reported the White House press office.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2009 - 15:36 UTC

  Restored iconic RAF Vulcan bomber set to soar at Air Tattoo show

  

  One of the stars of this summer’s Royal International Air Tattoo in the Cotswolds, England has been unveiled by organisers. Visitors to RAF Fairford on July 18-19 will have a rare opportunity to see a display by one of the most iconic war-birds of the Cold War era.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2009 - 01:50 UTC

  Senior Tory MPs agree to repay “excessive” expenses

  

  Britain’s opposition leader David Cameron says he will lead senior Conservatives in repaying “excessive” expenses - warning that he will boot any MPs who refuse out of the party.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2009 - 01:48 UTC

  Record unemployment in UK, totals 2.2 million

  

  United Kingdom’s unemployment has jumped by almost a quarter of a million to take the total to 2.2 million, official figures have revealed. Data showed a quarterly rise of 244,000 - the biggest increase in the number of people looking for a job since 1981.

• Wednesday, May 13th 2009 - 01:39 UTC

  Washington expresses full support for Paraguayan president Lugo

  

  United States explicitly expressed support for Paraguayan president Fernando Lugo and his administration in response to some “instability” rumours which are “not positive” for the country.

• Tuesday, May 12th 2009 - 09:51 UTC

  Immediate Argentine reaction to UK’s Falklands’ sea shelf submission

  

  The Argentine government expressed on Monday its most vigorous rejection to “the United Kingdom’s pretension to establish maritime spaces round the Malvinas, South Georgia and South Sandwich islands, which are part of Argentine national territory”.