Politics

• Monday, August 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Australia will host 2007 APEC Summit

  

  Asia-Pacific leaders will be asked to back practical ways for their nations to save energy when they meet at a regional summit in Sydney, Australian Prime Minister John Howard said on Monday.

• Monday, August 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Dominican Republic joins East Asia-Latam Cooperation forum

  The 33 countries from the Forum of East Asia-Latin America Cooperation (FEALAC), which was held in Brasilia ratified multilateralism and a more fair international economic order and welcomed the Dominican Republic as a new member of this international organization.

• Sunday, August 26th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Princes' tributes at Diana, Camilla pulls out of service

  

  Prince William, Prince Harry and Lady Sarah McCorquodale will all give readings at the memorial service for the 10th anniversary of Diana, Princess of Wales's death.

• Saturday, August 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Malvinas recovery, “a long term issue if to be solved peacefully”

  

  “Recovery of Argentine sovereignty over the Falkland/Malvinas islands will not be defined in the short term or near future” admitted an advisor from the Argentine Foreign Affairs ministry who warned that “such a negotiation needs patience”.

• Saturday, August 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Peru's president García gesture towards Chile

  

  Dampening speculation of a growing rift between the two neighboring countries, Peruvian President Alan Garcia this week traveled to a shared Chilean-Peruvian border area to promote further economic integration between Peru and Chile.

• Friday, August 24th 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Falkland Islands: Weekly Penguin News update

  

  Headlnes:
  Cherie takes first Status pledge; Smiles abound as kids make the college grade; West ferry terminal uncertainty remains; 'Jail break' investigation.

• Thursday, August 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  NAFTA “three amigos” agree agenda remains undisturbed

  

  United States President George W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Mexican President Felipe Calderón pledged closer economic and security relationships but disagreements were also present as was a “lame duck” atmosphere.

• Thursday, August 23rd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Interpol arrest warrant for the cash-filled suitcase man

  

  Interpol Argentina Office said Wednesday an international arrest warrant has been issued for a Venezuelan-US businessman wanted in Argentina on fraud charges stemming from the seizure of a cash-filled suitcase in a Buenos Aires airport.

• Wednesday, August 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Unrelenting upheaval in President Kirchner's home province

  Argentine president Nestor Kirchner faced on Tuesday another political challenge in his own turf, the province of Santa Cruz he ruled for years and where unions and other social groups marched along the capital Rio Gallegos to reject violence and bullying by former local allies of the president, one in particular who last Friday with his vehicle run over seventeen protestors.

• Wednesday, August 22nd 2007 - 21:00 UTC

  Suitcase scandal in limelight in spite of Kirchner and Chavez

  

  Argentina's renowned anti-corruption crusader, lawyer Ricardo Monner Sans, urged the prosecution in the so-called suitcase scandal to investigate whether controls that led to the discovery of 800,000 dollars in possession of Venezuelan-US citizen Guido Antonini Wilson in Buenos Aires, also applied to other officials who arrived on the same plane.