Politics

Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Canada prepares for the rush on Arctic claim and resources

Canada is preparing to claim an area of the Arctic Ocean seabed equivalent in size to almost two million square kilometres as part of Ottawa's aggressive effort to defend the country's interests in the North, said Canadian Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn.
Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
World polluters need to understand “Amazon is Brazil”

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva reacted against international criticism of his administration's environment policies saying that the world needed to understand that the Amazon belongs to Brazilians.
Tuesday, May 27th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Peru, Singapore and Canada set to sign free trade agreement

Peru, one of the fastest growing economies in the world, will sign free-trade deals with Canada and Singapore next Thursday announced President Alan Garcia. Peru recently signed a landmark free trade agreement with United States.
Monday, May 26th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Canada launches claim over disputed sea-bed Arctic ridge

A year after Russia's controversial flag-planting dive to the North Pole seabed to assert ownership of a sprawling underwater mountain chain, Canada is launching a less brazen but potentially more effective counterclaim for control over parts of the disputed Arctic ridge - perhaps even the pole itself - by publishing a scientific paper in a scholarly journal.
Monday, May 26th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Colombia calls on new FARC leaders to talk peace

The Colombian government appealed on Sunday to the new head of the rebel guerrilla group FARC, Alfonso Cano and his commanders, to “walk into the door of peace” or they will face the same strong determination as happened to the recently deceased Manuel Marulanda Velez.
Sunday, May 25th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine farmers and government dig into their positions

Argentine farmers and the government held huge separate rallies in shows of strength ahead of talks scheduled for Monday aimed at resolving a two month and a half conflict over export levies on grains and oilseeds which has expanded to demand a new farm policy.
Sunday, May 25th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
UK, US and Canada steelworkers union to become global

The United Kingdom's biggest trade union Unite is reportedly on the brink of merging with a counterpart in North America, reported on Sunday The Daily Telegraph and the Sunday Times.
Saturday, May 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Canadian team gathers evidence of Arctic cap break up

Dramatic evidence of the break-up of the Arctic ice-cap has emerged from research during an expedition by the Canadian military. Scientists traveling with the troops found major new fractures during an assessment of the state of giant ice shelves in Canada's far north, reports BBC.
Saturday, May 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Argentine officials attitude “boosting” farmers Sunday's rally

The Argentine government attitude towards camp has given farmers scheduled Sunday rally in the city of Rosario “its greatest boost” and “they will have to expand the city to get all the people in” said farmers'leaders.
Saturday, May 24th 2008 - 21:00 UTC
Calls for the immediate grounding of RAF Nimrod fleet

The entire RAF Nimrod fleet should be grounded, a coroner has urged as he concluded the inquest into the deaths of 14 servicemen in a crash. The fleet had “never been airworthy”, Andrew Walker said, recording narrative verdicts at the Oxford hearing.