Politics

Tuesday, September 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Six years on, America marks September 11 attacks

Once again, the city will pause for four moments of silence to mark the attacks that killed more than 2,700 people. Family members will lay flowers where the twin towers fell, and the names of victims will be read.
Tuesday, September 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Gibraltar election October 11, under new constitution

Gibraltar will be calling a General Election Thursday October 11. Governor Sir Robert Fulton, advised by Chief Minister Peter Caruana issued a Proclamation dissolving Parliament and convening the General Election.
Tuesday, September 11th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Russian Foreign Affairs minister on South American tour

Russian Foreign Affairs Minister Sergei Lavrov and a delegation of businessmen arrived Tuesday in Peru for an official one day visit to hold talks with President Alan García and sign several cooperation agreements.
Monday, September 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Argentina: 14 hopefuls register for Oct 28 presidential elections

Senator Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, Argentina's First Lady, will face two major opposition contenders among the 14 candidates who registered by Sunday's deadline for October 28th presidential election.
Monday, September 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Guatemala Needs Electoral Runoff

A center-left businessman and a conservative former general face a November runoff for Guatemala's presidency, according to election returns Monday that showed a Nobel Peace Prize winner finishing a distant sixth.
Monday, September 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Menem's millionaire assets frozen

A judge has ordered that 112 million dollars of former Argentine president Carlos Menem's assets be frozen as he investigates the allegations of illegal weapons deals during Menem's term of office.
Monday, September 10th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Fosset's wife thanks volunteers

One week after millionaire aviator Steve Fossett disappeared, his wife, Peggy, issued a statement that she remained hopeful and “confident of a successful resolution to this search.”
Sunday, September 9th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Mrs. K admits some economic “gradual corrections” needed

Presidential candidate Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner admitted to the German press that some of Argentina's economic, social and institutional issues “must be corrected”, and in the event she leads the next government, “changes will be gradual”.
Saturday, September 8th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Guatemala ready for Sunday Presidential Election

In spite of violence that claimed some 50 lives, officials in Guatemala say they are prepared to carry out an efficient and secure electoral process on Sunday when voters go to the polls to elect a new president.
Friday, September 7th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Ban Ki-Moon praises Pavarotti as “true friend of the UN”

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid tribute to the late Luciano Pavarotti who beyond being one of the world's foremost tenor singers was a United Nations Messenger of Peace.