Politics

Wednesday, March 18th 2009 - 02:44 UTC
Princess Anne to meet British ’82 veterans during Falklands visit

THE Princess Royal will take the opportunity to meet Falklands War veterans when she visits the islands this month. She will, however, begin her visit to the Falklands and South Georgia with the unveiling of a plaque to open the extension to the Royal Falkland Islands Police Station.
Tuesday, March 17th 2009 - 23:30 UTC
“Peaceful and emotional” Falklands visit for Argentine marathon runners

PEACEFUL and emotional is how five Argentine runners, including three 1982 war veterans, describe their visit to the Falkland Islands and their participation in the Standard Chartered Bank Stanley Marathon on Sunday.
Tuesday, March 17th 2009 - 13:46 UTC
Businessman sentenced in Miami for suitcase cash scandal

A Venezuelan businessman was sentenced in Miami on Monday to four years in prison for acting as an unregistered agent of Venezuela in the United States. Franklin Duran had been convicted of conspiring to cover up the origin and destination of a suitcase stuffed with 800.000 US dollars in cash that was found in 2007 in a Buenos Aires airport.
Tuesday, March 17th 2009 - 13:45 UTC
UK Overseas Territory could loose self-government because of corruption

Self-government in the Turks and Caicos Islands, a UK dependency, is set to be suspended after ministers were accused of incompetence and likely corruption, reports BBC.
Tuesday, March 17th 2009 - 13:15 UTC
US will pursue every single legal avenue” to stop AIG bonuses

United States President Barack Obama expressed anger at 165 million US dollars bonuses ledged to executives of bailed-out insurer AIG, calling the payments “an outrage”.
Tuesday, March 17th 2009 - 06:28 UTC
Diplomat who drummed US support for UK in Falklands war dies

Sir Nicholas Henderson, a former British ambassador to the US who helped build support for Britain's war effort in the Falkland Islands in 1982, died in his sleep Monday morning in London, his family said. He was 89.
Tuesday, March 17th 2009 - 03:23 UTC
Falklands surprised with unexpected arrival of 60 Argentine veterans

FALKLAND Islanders have expressed surprise at the unexpected arrival in Stanley of around sixty Argentine veterans of the 1982 War.
Monday, March 16th 2009 - 20:01 UTC
Destroyer HMS Manchester in Falklands forces exercise

BRITISH Destroyer HMS Manchester, fighter jets and troops has been involved in an important exercise around the Falklands.
Monday, March 16th 2009 - 15:25 UTC
El Salvador former guerrilla leader Funes won Sunday's presidential election

El Salvador's former Marxist guerrillas, who fought one of the bitterest conflicts of the Cold War, finally won power through the ballot box after a tight election victory over their right-wing civil war foes.
Monday, March 16th 2009 - 11:25 UTC
Chavez orders military takeover of ports and airports under opposition rule

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez on Sunday ordered the military takeover of ports and airports, boosting the power of the central government after his allies lost key states in a 2008 regional vote.