International

Wednesday, February 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Iberia Madrid-Gibraltar flights register 50% occupancy

Passenger occupation levels of the new Iberia Madrid-Gibraltar flight stands at approximately 50%, according to official figures released by the Spanish airline at the weekend and reported in the Gibraltar Chronicle.
Wednesday, February 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
UN decolonization: “a success story albeit unfinished”

Decolonization, part of the United Nations' founding mission, is a success story, albeit an unfinished one, said United Nations Deputy Secretary-General, Asha-Rose Migiro at the opening of this year's annual meeting of the 24-member Special Commission on Decolonization at UN Headquarters in New York.
Wednesday, February 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Japan cuts short 2006/07 Antarctic whale hunt season

Japanese whalers have officially called off their annual Antarctic whale hunt following a devastating fire aboard the fleet's mother ship. Japan's Institute for Cetacean Research (ICR) has released a statement saying the whaling ships were on their way home early.
Wednesday, February 28th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
UN outlines plan for cutting climate change risks

Improved transportation systems, tighter building codes and financing for energy-efficiency investments are among the measures recommended in a new scientific report on coping with climate change that was prepared at the request of the United Nations.
Tuesday, February 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Climate change champion and Oscar winning Al Gore to visit Chile

Nobel Peace Prize nominee and former Clinton administration vice-president Al Gore will make a trip to Chile this coming May as the guest of 2005 conservative presidential candidate Sebastian Piñera. And a very expensive guest at that: Gore's visit will cost almost 400.000 US dollars.
Tuesday, February 27th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
China's black Tuesday spills to the global economy

Stock markets round the world slumped Tuesday to record lows of 2001 and 2004, with the US Dow Jones index plummeting by more than 400 points and Latinamerican markets posting sharp losses averaging 4%.
The sell-off was sparked by a near 9% down slide on the Shanghai Composite Index, (the worst in a decade) as investors worried that China may pass rules to limit demand for stocks. Banks, automobiles and steel companies were hardest hit.
Monday, February 26th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Euro zone concerned with falling Yen and US dollar

European finance ministers meeting in Brussels opened their monthly meeting Monday with European Central Bank President Jean-Claude Trichet, downplaying fears of inflation and calling for exchange rates to stabilize
Monday, February 26th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
Greenspan forecasts “possible” US recession end of 2007

Former Federal Reserve Chairman Alan Greenspan said Monday in a video conference with Hong Kong businessmen that a recession in the United States economy was “possible” at the end of the year because the economy has grown since 2001.
Sunday, February 25th 2007 - 21:00 UTC
US severe poverty reached 32-year high: 16 million people

The gap between the “haves” and “have-nots” in United States keeps widening and the percentage of US citizens who are living in deep or severe poverty has reached a 32-year high, 16 million, according to a report from McClatchy Newspapers.
Saturday, February 24th 2007 - 20:00 UTC
Crippled Japanese whaler in Antarctica again on the move

A Japanese whaling ship which was crippled by a fire and laden with fuel begun moving away from Antarctica under its own power, confirmed on Sunday an official from Japan's Institute for Cetacean Research following on reports from the New Zealand press.