Politics

Friday, June 29th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur summit calls for unity and not much more

Mercosur presidential summit in Paraguay approved Friday steps to speed cross-border shipments of meat and vegetables on Friday, but postponed action on other key issues amid calls for greater unity.
Thursday, June 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Rato to step down as IMF chief

International Monetary Fund managing director Rodrigo de Rato will step down in October, he said Thursday, some six weeks after upheaval at the helm of the sister institution, the World Bank.
Thursday, June 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brown unveils huge Cabinet revamp

Prime Minister Gordon Brown's new Cabinet has met for the first time in 10 Downing Street.
Thursday, June 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brazilian Congress expects apology from President Chavez

Venezuela may need to apologize to Brazil's Congress if it wants to join Mercosur cautioned Brazil's Foreign Affairs minister Celso Amorim in an interview published Thursday in the capital Brasilia.
Thursday, June 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Mercosur summit amidst criticisms from junior members

Mercosur Foreign Affairs and Finance ministers met Thursday in Paraguay ahead of the presidential summit scheduled for Friday when the trade block's six months rotating presidency will pass from Paraguay to Uruguay.
Wednesday, June 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Looking back with the advantage of hindsight

Twenty five years alter the end of the Falklands War Argentine Air Force Comodoro Pablo Carballo still defines himself as a combatant, as opposed to being “a former or ex combatant” of the 1982 war. “Ex-combatant would mean that I no longer fight on” he explains.
Wednesday, June 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Brown replaces Blair as British Prime Minister

Tony Blair has handed over power to Gordon Brown, his finance minister, after more than 10 years as Britain's prime minister.
He formally handed his resignation to Queen Elizabeth II at Buckingham Palace on Wednesday
Wednesday, June 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Falklands/Argentina: entrenched positions and no realistic change

Relations between the Falkland Islands and Argentina with positions so firmly entrenched, “realistically are not going to change”, but Gibraltar and Northern Ireland show us that very intractable situations can make progress, when there's good will on both sides and willingness to put the sovereignty issue aside.
Wednesday, June 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Borderless EU to absorb nine new countries by December 31

Nine new European Union member nations are on course to join the bloc's borderless travel zone by the end of the year, despite security concerns by some of the older EU members, according to Germany's Interior minister.
Wednesday, June 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
New post for outgoing Tony Blair: Middle East envoy

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair is to become a Middle East envoy working on behalf of the “quartet” made up of United States, Russia, United Nations and the European Union.