World Politics and News

Falklands’ government awards public relations 3 year contract to Edelman

Merco Press - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 14:56

The Falkland Islands Government has appointed Edelman to provide public relations support for the next three years.

Hundreds of petitions signed by Toronto teachers

rabble.ca - News for the rest of us - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 13:56

The Council of Canadians took its message to Toronto teachers that their pension fund -- the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan -- should divest its shares from for-profit, private water utilities in Chile.

Our message -- teachers don't support private water, so neither should their pension fund. The OTPP owns 50.83 per cent of the Chilean water utility Essbio, 69.4 per cent of Esval, and 100 per cent of ANSM.

More than 200 hundred teachers signed our petition with this demand as they left the Air Canada Centre yesterday after their professional development day gathering there.

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Ferrari recalls supercar amid fire threat

CNN News Europe - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 13:46
Ferrari has been forced to recall its latest supercar after reports that several had burst into flames.

Greece imposes smoking ban

CNN News Europe - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 13:35
Greece has imposed a nationwide ban on smoking in enclosed public and private workplaces under a new slogan "cut smoking, gain life."

Bet allegation cricketers meet authorities

CNN News Europe - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 13:34
Three Pakistan cricket players at the center of an alleged betting scandal were meeting their country's cricket authorities Thursday morning in London.

West Nile virus kills 13 in Greece

CNN News Europe - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 13:33
West Nile Virus has killed 13 people in northern Greece and sickened another 143, the Hellenic Centre for Disease Control and Prevention reported Thursday.

UK bank RBS job cuts reach 27,000

CNN News Europe - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 13:02
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Arrest in Spain over Russian nightclub fire

CNN News Europe - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 11:59
Investigators have arrested a suspect from Russia in connection with a fire that killed 156 people in a nightclub in Russia in 2009, the Spanish National Police said Thursday.

Irish cardinal: I will not resign despite scandals

CNN News Europe - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 11:21
Months after the revelation that he helped cover up for one of Ireland's most notoriously abusive priests, the country's top Catholic churchman, Cardinal Sean Brady, says he has "moved on" and will not resign.

3 babies found buried at Dutch home

CNN News Europe - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 08:54
Dutch investigators were trying to determine Thursday whether the bodies of three babies found at a home in the Netherlands belong to the woman who lived there.

Rousseff promises, if elected, full support for Colombian president Santos

Merco Press - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 07:37

Brazilian incumbent presidential candidate Dilma Rousseff held on Wednesday a private meeting with visiting Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos and promised if elected that Brazil would continue with its willingness to mediate with the Colombian FARC guerrillas, as long as Bogotá formally makes a request.

Venezuela buying out land and cattle belonging to the UK Vestey family

Merco Press - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 07:30

Venezuela will buy a group of large farms and thousands of cattle from a British company announced President Hugo Chavez as part of his populist drive to redistribute land among the country’s peasants.

Jewish community in Venezuela shrinks by half

Merco Press - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 07:25

If someone were to rank the most embattled Jewish communities in the world today, the Jewish community of Venezuela would certainly be high on that list. Over the past decade the community has shrunk by half its size, according to a report from Gil Shefler published in the Jerusalem Post.

Brazilian central bank keeps benchmark interest rate on hold at 10.75%

Merco Press - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 07:21

Brazil's central bank held on Wednesday its benchmark interest rate at 10.75%, ending a monetary tightening cycle that helped cool the economy as the country prepares for October 3 presidential election.

Korea and Peru conclude free trade agreement effective next year

Merco Press - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 07:19

Korea and Peru concluded in Lima negotiations for a free trade agreement (FTA), which is expected to go into effect midway through next year once it is approved by the parliaments of the two countries.

Brazil announces major iron deposit discovery in Matto Grosso

Merco Press - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 07:10

Brazil's Mato Grosso state government announced Wednesday it had registered a major mineral deposit discovery with an estimated 11.5 billion tons of iron ore of a 41% Fe grade plus another 428 million tons of phosphates.

Australia confirms it’s a world wine power and agrees labelling with the EU

Merco Press - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 07:06

A new labelling deal with Australia may make Europe's winemakers feel more than a little light-headed as imitations will no longer be sold with names like champagne and sherry.

Average tourist visiting Chile is 50 years old and from the Americas

Merco Press - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 06:57

More than 3.6 million foreigners from all over the world visit Chile spending nearly two billion US dollars every year. To better understand the growing tourism industry in Chile, the country’s national tourism service, Sernatur, has just released a study called “Type of Potential Tourists and Demands in Chile” which categorizes and analyzes tourists’ behaviour while visiting the country.

Minutes confirm Fed ready to purchase more government bonds to prop economy

Merco Press - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 06:55

United States Federal Reserve will buy up more debt if the outlook worsens "appreciably", minutes from its August meeting have revealed. The central bank preferred to purchase US government bonds, but did not rule out buying further mortgage debts.

Oh baby! Reproductive excess versus the realities

rabble.ca - News for the rest of us - Thu, 09/02/2010 - 06:01

Whenever I travel and stay in a hotel, I find myself sitting slack-jawed in front of late-night television. This is because I usually never watch TV. Let's get the accusations of sanctimony and the indignant spluttering about my haughty, cultural elitist perch out of the way. I prefer to think of myself as an innocent, wandering, dewy-eyed, in the wilderness of cable TV, which is wondrously full of Here There Be Peculiar Things. Everything on television is a revelation to me.

So can somebody please explain what the holy hell is up with the baby freakshow?

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