Politics

Sunday, June 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Battle to limit trade of sharks and cedar trees in The Hague

Battle for conservation of sharks and cedar trees begins in The Hague
The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species is expected to call for new limitations on commercial fisheries and timber, particularly certain species of sharks and cedar trees which are extensively used for furniture and humidors.
Sunday, June 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Chavez threatens to end more private media broadcast licenses

President Hugo Chavez threatened to terminate the broadcast licences of private media outlets seen as sowing unrest in Venezuela, just days after the nation's oldest private TV station was forced off the air when the Venezuelan government refused to renew its broadcast license.
Sunday, June 3rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Winter, Sweden and soccer in the race for Buenos Aires City

Buenos Aires City Conservative candidate Mauricio Macri on Sunday night was almost doubling the votes of his runner up but still short of the 50% plus one needed, and will therefore have to face a run off nest June 24 in the election for mayor of Argentina's capital.
Saturday, June 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Chile returns to the Andean fold but as an “associate” member

Bolivia's Foreign Affairs Minister David Choquehuanca announced Friday in La Paz that Chile had formalized its intention of returning to the Community of Andean Nations, CAN, which she abandoned 31 years ago.
Saturday, June 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Keep pledges, urge G8 campaigners

Thousands of peaceful British campaigners urged G8 leaders to keep their promises on tackling poverty as violence erupted at an anti-summit rally in Germany. The demonstration in London took place as protesters clashed with riot police in the northern German town of Rostock.
Saturday, June 2nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Buenos Aires: Candidates compete for the last word

Brutal government intervention,“ is what mayoral candidate Jorge Telerman blamed for the fact that his rival Daniel Filmus had managed to climb a few percentage points in the polls for Sunday's City elections. He made his remarks as the curtain fell on the 2007 mayoral campaign ÃÂ¢€” after 8am yesterday morning all campaigning was banned.
Friday, June 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
France demands from US reciprocity in farm subsidies cuts

France's agriculture minister said Thursday Europe's farming sector is a “strategic” industry that has already been significantly overhauled and called for no further unilateral concessions in the global free trade negotiations.
Friday, June 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falkland Islands: Penguin News Update

Headlines:
Paras return to Goose Green; Chief Executive reveals resignation plans; New governmental heads; Brothers in Arms dedicated to SAMA; Falklands lobby UN
Friday, June 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Baroness Thatcher visits Pobjoy Mint

On Thursday 31st May 2007, Baroness Thatcher LG OM PC FRS visited Pobjoy Mint in Kingswood, Surrey to launch the first coin in the series produced to mark the 25th Anniversary of the Liberation of the Falkland Islands
Friday, June 1st 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Diplomatic incident brewing between Brazil and Venezuela

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva instructed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to summon Venezuela's ambassador Julio Garcia Montoya “for the indispensable clarification” of President Hugo Chavez' reference to the Brazilian Senate as “a parrot that repeats whatever Washington says” adding that the Brazilian Congress was “controlled by the right wing”.