Politics

• Monday, January 29th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  UN marks Holocaust Day as reminder for future genocides

  

  United Nations marked Monday the annual International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust with an urgent appeal that the remembrance of the millions of Jews and others murdered by the Nazis serve to prevent new massacres, a rebuff for those who deny that the tragedy ever occurred, and moving testimony from survivors.

• Monday, January 29th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Bush to request extension of fast-track trade legislation

  

  The White House confirmed Monday it will request Congress to renew the key trade negotiating authority that expires next July and said time was running short for countries to reach a new global trade deal.

• Monday, January 29th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Pull mills dispute: Spain begins third “facilitating” round

  

  Argentina ratified Monday its “full willingness” to dialogue with Uruguay to find a solution to the increasingly intricate dispute over the establishment of pulp mills along the common fluvial border.

• Sunday, January 28th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Lula and Kirchner ask Chavez not to “weaken” democracy

  Brazil's Lula da Silva and Argentina's Nestor Kirchner called on their Venezuelan counterpart Hugo Chavez to avoid decisions that could “debilitate” democratic institutions in Venezuela reported the Brazilian press this Sunday.

• Sunday, January 28th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  World leaders committed to resume Doha trade talks

  

  Leaders from the world's main trading nations supported a “quick resumption” of the frozen Doha Round global trade talks after meeting in the framework of the World Economic Forum that ended this weekend in Davos, Switzerland.

• Sunday, January 28th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Latinamerica “on the right path and advancing”

  

  In a panel discussion at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), José Miguel Insulza, and the Presidents of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and of Mexico, Felipe Calderón, highlighted the positive economic trend in Latin America and significant democratic progress achieved in the past year.

• Sunday, January 28th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  President Bush's support plummets to record low

  

  United States president George Bush's popularity keeps plummeting following last week's state of the Union address, according to a survey published by Newsweek magazine.

• Saturday, January 27th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  UN assembly condemns Holocaust denial; Iran disassociates

  

  The United Nations General Assembly on Friday condemned without reservation any denial of the Holocaust, with only Iran publicly disassociating itself from the consensus resolution which was immediately hailed by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

• Saturday, January 27th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Chile and Bolivia make progress on de-miming border, but not on Ocean access.

  

  In a visit last week to Bolivia's capital, La Paz, Chilean defense minister Vivianne Blanlot announced plans for extensive joint military cooperation between the two nations, including the de-mining of their shared border. Still, Blanlot made it clear that her government would not budge on the issue of providing landlocked Bolivia with access to the Pacific Ocean.

• Friday, January 26th 2007 - 20:00 UTC

  Penguin News Update

  

  Headlines: Governor opens new west road; Sir Rex in June VIP party; Visitors galore; Hudson eruption fears; Mini Sports this weekend; FIDC's new chief arrives.