Politics

• Wednesday, October 24th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Twenty leaders confirmed for the IberoAmerican summit

  

  Twenty leaders of Ibero-America will be participating in the coming XVII Ibero-American summit scheduled for next November 8/10 in Santiago announced Chilean Foreign Secretary Alejandro Foxley on Tuesday.

• Wednesday, October 24th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: British reservists re-live Royal Marine history

  

  ONE hundred Royal Marine reservists exercising in the Falklands have paid tribute to victims of the 1982 War and attended a reception in their honour hosted by the His Excellency the Governor Alan Huckle.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Former Argentine leader charged with riot killings in 2001

  

  A federal judge charged former Argentine president Fernando de la Rua with five counts of manslaughter Tuesday in connection with bloody street riots in December 2001 when his administration collapsed plunging Argentina to its most serious economic meltdown in recent times.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Ecuador proposes Washington military base reciprocity

  

  Ecuador's President Rafael Correa said Washington must let him open a military base in Miami if the United States wants to keep using an air base on Ecuador's Pacific coast.

• Tuesday, October 23rd 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  EU “blue card” job program visa to attract skilled labor

  

  The European Union's top immigration official on Tuesday launched EU's biggest global job advertising blitz, presenting plans to set up a US-style green card job program to lure highly skilled workers to fill ever-increasing gaps across the 27-country bloc.

• Monday, October 22nd 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  HMS Nottingham sails for South Atlantic Patrol Task

  

  Portsmouth-based warship HMS Nottingham left on Monday to take up duties in the South Atlantic. She will be taking over from Type 42 destroyer HMS Southampton.

• Sunday, October 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Polls show Kirchner couple retaining office next Sunday

  

  All Argentine public opinion polls released over the weekend show the incumbent candidate First Lady Cristina Kirchner winning the presidential election next Sunday with no need for a run off although in the last few days opposition candidates advanced 8.3 percentage points in vote intention.

• Sunday, October 21st 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Insecurity, main concern of four out of ten Argentine voters

  

  Insecurity is the growing, sustained concern among Argentines according to a public opinion poll published Sunday in Buenos Aires daily La Nacion. Poliarquia Consultants state that 39.3% of Argentine residents consider insecurity the country's main problem, which also represents a 12.1 percentage point advance over September's opinion poll.

• Saturday, October 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Falklands' war restored icon Vulcan takes to the sky

  

  A former Royal Air Force Vulcan bomber has made her first flight in 14 years after a restoration project said to be “probably one of the longest and costliest” in the history of British aviation.

• Saturday, October 20th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Regional autonomy dispute in Bolivia blocks busiest airport

  

  Thousands of Bolivians have taken control of the country's busiest airport as part of an ongoing power struggle between President Evo Morales and authorities in the region of Santa Cruz.