Politics

Friday, September 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Ban Ki-Moon praises Pavarotti as “true friend of the UN”

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid tribute to the late Luciano Pavarotti who beyond being one of the world's foremost tenor singers was a United Nations Messenger of Peace.
Friday, September 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Cordoba's dispute, unexpected “gift” for the Kirchner couple

The disputed results of a controversial and tight governor election in the Argentine province of Cordoba, one of the country's main electoral districts, is rapidly becoming another volatile and unpredictable hot issue for President Nestor Kirchner's administration.
Friday, September 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

Headlines:
Tongan fisherman is lucky South Georgia tagger; Kiwi nabs tourism job; Weekly Lan drops Puerto Montt stop; Tamar awaiting repair; Inside Penguin News.
Friday, September 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
President Bachelet discusses Free Trade in Australia

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet met Thursday with Australian Prime Minister John Howard to discuss further rounds of negotiations concerning an eventual Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two countries.
Friday, September 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
President Bush couldn't make it in the Sydney Opera House

United States President George Bush was not born to act at the Sydney Opera House. He'd only reached the third sentence of Friday's speech to business leaders, on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation forum, when he committed his first gaffe.
Thursday, September 6th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
General election in Gibraltar “between now and New Year”

Gibraltar's Chief Minister Peter Caruana confirmed that an election will be called before the New Year, reports the Chronicle.
Tuesday, September 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
IDB announces annual assembly in Miami for next April

The Inter-American Development Bank will host an event in Miami September 6 for government officials, business leaders and journalists to officially launch its 2008 Annual Meeting that will take place in the city in April.
Tuesday, September 4th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Risk Network: political pressures, main threat to global growth

Political pressures present the greatest medium-term threat to global growth, according to a report released Tuesday by the World Economic Forum's Global risk network.
Monday, September 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Kirchner ally loses gubernatorial race

A socialist beat a candidate allied with Argentine President Nestor Kirchner for the governorship of a key province late Sunday, in a test of the strength of Kirchner's ruling coalition ahead of next month's presidential vote.
Monday, September 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Mexico's Calderón slams US

President Felipe Calderón blasted the United States yesterday for immigration policies that have divided families and slowed the amount of money sent home by Mexicans living north of the border.