Politics

• Sunday, July 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Paraguay: ministerial change but economic policy confirmed

  Paraguay's president Nicanor Duarte Frutos announced the naming of a new Finance minister following the unexpected resignation for “strictly personal reasons” of Ernst Bergen who had been on the job for 26 months.

• Saturday, July 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Spain/UK/US controversy over wreck near Gibraltar

  

  A Unites States court extended the deadline by which Odyssey Marine Exploration must reply to a request from Spain for information on a wreck arrested by the company in the Atlantic Ocean, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle.

• Saturday, July 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Congonhas runway reopens and traffic begins to normalize

  

  Authorities reopened the main runway at Brazil's busiest airport on Friday for the first time since a TAM Airbus 320 jetliner crashed there on July 17, killing at least 199 people.

• Friday, July 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  For the third time US rejects dialogue with the Cuban regime

  The United States on Thursday quickly rejected the idea of dialogue with Cuba's communist government, floated by its interim leader Raul Castro during the celebration of the Cuban Revolution Day, July 26.

• Friday, July 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Doha round talks: much goodwill but no results so far

  United States warned it is unsatisfied with draft plans for a global trade deal that will be debated by the World Trade Organization next September. A main problem is a lack of clarity in the three key areas of agriculture, non-farm manufacturing and services.

• Friday, July 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: “Penguin News” weekly update

  

  Headlines:
  Conversion underway on new East West ferry;'FIG have spent £400k on my training, but won't employ me”; FIGAS without General manager; The Falklands today.

• Friday, July 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  HMS Edinburgh returns to Portsmouth after Falklands' patrol

  

  Portsmouth-based warship HMS Edinburgh returned home on Friday after nine months on patrol around the Falkland Islands.

• Friday, July 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Skanska USA wins 1.9 billion contract to refurbish UN HQ

  

  United Nations signed a contract with a United States based firm which will oversee the preconstruction stage of the seven-year, 1.9 billion US dollars refurbishment of the world body's New York Headquarters.

• Thursday, July 26th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Bush leads race for most unpopular US president in modern history

  

  With 18 months left in office, President George W Bush is in the running for most unpopular president in the history of modern polling. The latest Washington Post-ABC shows that 65% of United States citizens disapprove of Bush's job performance, matching his all-time low.

• Wednesday, July 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  First RN Type 45 destroyer begins period of sea trials

  

  The first of the Royal Navy's latest Type 45 warships, “Daring” – the largest and most powerful air defense destroyer built in Britain – sailed late this month down the Clyde to begin an intensive period of sea trials.